Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) signaling in cancer and beyond

S Iliaki, R Beyaert, IS Afonina - Biochemical pharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
PLK1 is an evolutionary conserved Ser/Thr kinase that is best known for its role in cell cycle
regulation and is expressed predominantly during the G2/S and M phase of the cell cycle …

Polo-like kinase 1 inhibitors in human cancer therapy: development and therapeutic potential

J Zhang, L Zhang, J Wang, L Ouyang… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) plays an important role in a variety of cellular functions, including
the regulation of mitosis, DNA replication, autophagy, and the epithelial–mesenchymal …

RHINO directs MMEJ to repair DNA breaks in mitosis

A Brambati, O Sacco, S Porcella, J Heyza, M Kareh… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) and homologous recombination (HR) are the primary
pathways for repairing DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) during interphase, whereas …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of potent inhibitors of NEK7 protein using a comprehensive computational approach

M Aziz, SA Ejaz, N Tamam, F Siddique, N Riaz… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
NIMA related Kinases (NEK7) plays an important role in spindle assembly and mitotic
division of the cell. Over expression of NEK7 leads to the progression of different cancers …

Polo-like kinases: structural variations lead to multiple functions

S Zitouni, C Nabais, SC Jana, A Guerrero… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2014 - nature.com
Members of the polo-like kinase (PLK) family are crucial regulators of cell cycle progression,
centriole duplication, mitosis, cytokinesis and the DNA damage response. PLKs undergo …

Mechanisms of specificity in protein phosphorylation

JA Ubersax, JE Ferrell Jr - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2007 - nature.com
A typical protein kinase must recognize between one and a few hundred bona fide
phosphorylation sites in a background of∼ 700,000 potentially phosphorylatable residues …

Multifaceted polo-like kinases: drug targets and antitargets for cancer therapy

K Strebhardt - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2010 - nature.com
The polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) acts in concert with cyclin-dependent kinase 1–cyclin B1 and
Aurora kinases to orchestrate a wide range of critical cell cycle events. Because PLK1 has …

Shared and separate functions of polo-like kinases and aurora kinases in cancer

S Lens, EE Voest, RH Medema - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2010 - nature.com
Large numbers of inhibitors for polo-like kinases and aurora kinases are currently being
evaluated as anticancer drugs. Interest in these drugs is fuelled by the idea that these …

Polo-like kinases and the orchestration of cell division

FA Barr, HHW Silljé, EA Nigg - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2004 - nature.com
Polo-like kinases (Plks) are increasingly recognized as key regulators of mitosis, meiosis
and cytokinesis. In agreement with a broad range of proposed functions during cell division …

Aurora-PLK1 cascades as key signaling modules in the regulation of mitosis

V Joukov, A De Nicolo - Science signaling, 2018 - science.org
Mitosis is controlled by reversible protein phosphorylation involving specific kinases and
phosphatases. A handful of major mitotic protein kinases, such as the cyclin B–CDK1 …