Open AccessComparative analysis of two murine CDC25B isoforms
Author(s) -
Min Kook Kang,
Aera Bang,
Hwa Ok Choi,
Seung Jin Han
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
archives of biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1821-4339
pISSN - 0354-4664
DOI - 10.2298/abs160315062k
Subject(s) - biology , gene isoform , alternative splicing , kinase , microbiology and biotechnology , histone , phosphatase , cell cycle , cyclin dependent kinase 1 , gene expression , acetylation , phosphorylation , gene , biochemistry
CDC25B phosphatase plays a pivotal role in the cell cycle process by dephosphorylating and activating the CDC2 kinase of maturation-promoting factor (MPF). In mice, two transcripts of Cdc25B are generated by the alternative splicing of one gene. We compared the properties of these two forms of CDC25B. When the expression pattern of Cdc25B was examined using RT-PCR, both forms were detected in almost all mouse tissues tested. The expression of two forms of the CDC25B protein in various mouse tissues was confirmed using Western blotting with generated isoform specific antibodies. CDC25B1 tends to accumulate more in the cytosol than CDC25B2 does, and they have different binding capacity for 14-3-3 proteins. CDC25B1 was more effective in dephosphorylating in vitro substrate para-nitrophenyl phosphate and showed higher activity in the modified histone H1 kinase assay than CDC25B2. These results suggest that the two forms of CDC25B play different roles in cell cycle regulation