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- * Cyclins signature *
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- Cyclins [1,2,3] are eukaryotic proteins which play an active role in
- controlling nuclear cell division cycles. Cyclins, together with the p34
- (cdc2) or cdk2 kinases, form the Maturation Promoting Factor (MPF). There are
- two main groups of cyclins:
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- - G2/M cyclins, essential for the control of the cell cycle at the G2/M
- (mitosis) transition. G2/M cyclins accumulate steadily during G2 and are
- abruptly destroyed as cells exit from mitosis (at the end of the M-phase).
- - G1/S cyclins, essential for the control of the cell cycle at the G1/S
- (start) transition.
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- In most species, there are multiple forms of G1 and G2 cyclins. For example,
- in vertebrates, there are two G2 cyclins, A and B, and at least three G1
- cyclins, C, D, and E.
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- A cyclin homolog has also been found in herpesvirus saimiri [4].
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- The best conserved region is in the central part of the cyclins' sequences,
- known as the 'cyclin-box', from which we have derived a 32 residue pattern.
-
- -Consensus pattern: R-x(2)-[LIVM]-x(2)-[FYW]-[LIVM]-x(8)-[LIVMC]-x(4)-
- [LIVMFY]-x(2)-[STAGC]-[LIVMFYQ]-x-[LIVMFY](2)-D-[RK]-
- [LIVMFYW]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL, except
- for G1/S cyclins C from human and Drosophila, puc1 and mcs2 from fission
- yeast and CLG1 and HCS26 from budding yeast.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
- -Last update: June 1994 / Text revised.
-
- [ 1] Nurse P.
- Nature 344:503-508(1990).
- [ 2] Norbury C., Nurse P.
- Curr. Biol. 1:23-24(1991).
- [ 3] Lew D.J., Reed S.I.
- Trends Cell Biol. 2:77-81(1992).
- [ 4] Nicholas J., Cameron K.R., Honess R.W.
- Nature 355:362-365(1992).
-