Triggering mitosis

A Crncec, H Hochegger - FEBS letters, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Entry into mitosis is triggered by the activation of cyclin‐dependent kinase 1 (Cdk1). This
simple reaction rapidly and irreversibly sets the cell up for division. Even though the core …

PHLPPing through history: a decade in the life of PHLPP phosphatases

AT Grzechnik, AC Newton - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2016 - portlandpress.com
In the decade since their discovery, the PH domain leucine-rich repeat protein
phosphatases (PHLPP) have emerged as critical regulators of cellular homeostasis, and …

Therapeutic relevance of the PP2A-B55 inhibitory kinase MASTL/Greatwall in breast cancer

M Álvarez-Fernández, M Sanz-Flores… - Cell Death & …, 2017 - nature.com
PP2A is a major tumor suppressor whose inactivation is frequently found in a wide spectrum
of human tumors. In particular, deletion or epigenetic silencing of genes encoding the B55 …

PP2A holoenzymes, substrate specificity driving cellular functions and deregulation in cancer

H Fowle, Z Zhao, X Graña - Advances in Cancer Research, 2019 - Elsevier
PP2A is a highly conserved eukaryotic serine/threonine protein phosphatase of the PPP
family of phosphatases with fundamental cellular functions. In cells, PP2A targets specific …

The MASTL/PP2A cell cycle kinase‐phosphatase module restrains PI3K‐Akt activity in an mTORC1‐dependent manner

B Sanz‐Castillo, B Hurtado, D Vara‐Ciruelos… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
The AKT‐mTOR pathway is a central regulator of cell growth and metabolism. Upon
sustained mTOR activity, AKT activity is attenuated by a feedback loop that restrains …

MASTL overexpression promotes chromosome instability and metastasis in breast cancer

S Rogers, RA McCloy, BL Parker, D Gallego-Ortega… - Oncogene, 2018 - nature.com
MASTL kinase is essential for correct progression through mitosis, with loss of MASTL
causing chromosome segregation errors, mitotic collapse and failure of cytokinesis …

Greatwall kinase at a glance

A Castro, T Lorca - Journal of cell science, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
Mitosis is controlled by a subtle balance between kinase and phosphatase activities that
involve the master mitotic kinase cyclin-B–Cdk1 and its antagonizing protein phosphatase …

Ensa controls S-phase length by modulating Treslin levels

S Charrasse, A Gharbi-Ayachi, A Burgess… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract The Greatwall/Ensa/PP2A-B55 pathway is essential for controlling mitotic substrate
phosphorylation and mitotic entry. Here, we investigate the effect of the knockdown of the …

PP2A/B55α substrate recruitment as defined by the retinoblastoma-related protein p107

H Fowle, Z Zhao, Q Xu, JS Wasserman, X Wang… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Protein phosphorylation is a reversible post-translation modification essential in cell
signaling. This study addresses a long-standing question as to how the most abundant …

MASTL regulates EGFR signaling to impact pancreatic cancer progression

I Fatima, S Barman, JP Uppada, S Chauhan, S Rauth… - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer (PC) remains a major cause of cancer-related deaths primarily due to its
inherent potential of therapy resistance. Checkpoint inhibitors have emerged as promising …