Biology:Wee1-like protein kinase

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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WEE1 homolog (S. pombe), also known as WEE1, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the WEE1 gene.[1]

Function

This gene encodes a nuclear protein, which is a tyrosine kinase belonging to the Ser/Thr family of protein kinases. This protein catalyzes the inhibitory tyrosine phosphorylation of CDC2/cyclin B kinase, and appears to coordinate the transition between DNA replication and mitosis by protecting the nucleus from cytoplasmically activated CDC2 kinase.[2]

Interactions

Wee1-like protein kinase has been shown to interact with YWHAB[3] and PIN1.[4]

References

  1. "Wee1(+)-like gene in human cells". Nature 353 (6339): 80–3. September 1991. doi:10.1038/353080a0. PMID 1840647. Bibcode1991Natur.353...80I. 
  2. "Entrez Gene: WEE1 WEE1 homolog (S. pombe)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=7465. 
  3. Wang, Y; Jacobs C; Hook K E; Duan H; Booher R N; Sun Y (April 2000). "Binding of 14-3-3beta to the carboxyl terminus of Wee1 increases Wee1 stability, kinase activity, and G2-M cell population". Cell Growth Differ. (UNITED STATES) 11 (4): 211–9. ISSN 1044-9523. PMID 10775038. 
  4. Shen, M; Stukenberg P T; Kirschner M W; Lu K P (March 1998). "The essential mitotic peptidyl-prolyl isomerase Pin1 binds and regulates mitosis-specific phosphoproteins". Genes Dev. (UNITED STATES) 12 (5): 706–20. doi:10.1101/gad.12.5.706. ISSN 0890-9369. PMID 9499405. 

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