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CDK1P
P P
CDK1CycBCDK1CycBDegradationTranslation PhosphorylationDephosphorylationPi H 2 O
Cdc25PATPCdk1Wee1/Myt1ADPPAPC/C UbAAAAAAAAAAACycBCycBCdk1Cdk1 Cdk1E2CycB
UbUbCycB26SFig. 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
CycBPCDK1
CycBP PCDK1
CycBPCAKP
Cdc25P
P
P
PWee1/
Myt1Wee1/
Myt1P P
Cdc25PPlx1PPPPPPPPPCdc25Cdc25Cdc25Cdc25Cdc25Cdc25Cdc25PPSCFβ-TRCPFig. 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.