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A decade of Cdc14 – a personal perspective
Delivered on 9 July 2007 at the 32nd FEBS Congress in Vienna, Austria
Author(s) -
Amon Angelika
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the febs journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.981
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1742-4658
pISSN - 1742-464X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06693.x
Subject(s) - mitosis , function (biology) , budding yeast , phosphatase , regulator , subcellular localization , microbiology and biotechnology , protein tyrosine phosphatase , key (lock) , biology , perspective (graphical) , yeast , genetics , cytoplasm , computer science , phosphorylation , saccharomyces cerevisiae , gene , ecology , artificial intelligence
In budding yeast, the protein phosphatase Cdc14 is a key regulator of late mitotic events. Research over the last decade has revealed many of its functions and today we know that this protein phosphatase orchestrates several aspects of chromosome segregation and is the key trigger of exit from mitosis. Elucidation of the mechanisms controlling Cdc14 activity through nucleolar sequestration now serves as a paradigm for how regulation of the subcellular localization of proteins regulates protein function. Here I review these findings focusing on how discoveries in my laboratory helped elucidate the function and regulation of Cdc14.