88
CDK1
P
P P
CDK1
CycB
CDK1
CycB
Degradation
Translation Phosphorylation
Dephosphorylation
Pi H 2 O
Cdc25
P
ATP
Cdk1
Wee1/Myt1
ADP
P
APC/C Ub
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CycB
CycB
Cdk1
Cdk1 Cdk1
E2
CycB
Ub
Ub
CycB
26S
Fig. 3.3 Cdk1 is the master regulator of cell cycle progression. The activity of Cdk1/cyclin-B is
regulated at the levels of translation and degradation, phosphorylation and dephosphorylation (active
and inactive factors are shown in green and red, respectively. This also applies to Figs. 3.4–6)
CDK1
CycB
P
CDK1
CycB
P P
CDK1
CycB
P
CAK
P
Cdc25P
P
P
P
Wee1/
Myt1
Wee1/
Myt1
P P
Cdc25
P
Plx1
P
P
P
PPPPPPCdc25Cdc25Cdc25Cdc25Cdc25Cdc25Cdc25PP
SCFβ-TRCP
Fig. 3.4 The Cdk1/cyclin-B amplification loop. Cdk1/cyclin-B negatively regulates the activities
of Wee1/Myt1 that act inhibitory on Cdk1 by phosphorylating it at T14/Y15. These inhibitory
phosphorylations are removed by Cdc25, which is under the positive control of Cdk1/cyclin-
B. Cdk1-activating kinase (CAK) constitutively activates Cdk1 by phosphorylating it at the T-loop
A. Heim et al.