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Nature Cell Biology 10, 381 - 383 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ncb0408-381

Securin' M-phase entry

Mark J. Solomon1 & Janet L. Burton1

  1. Mark J. Solomon and Janet L. Burton are at Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8024, USA.
    e-mail: Mark.Solomon@yale.edu


The anaphase-promoting complex (APC) mediates the ubiquitination and degradation of key M-phase regulators, including cyclins and the anaphase inhibitor securin. Intriguingly, securin can also inhibit the degradation of cyclin B. This competition between substrates permits the accumulation of enough cyclin to drive entry into M phase.

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