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THE 20S cyclosome complex (also known as the anaphase-promoting complex) has ubiquitin ligase activity and is required for mitotic cyclin destruction1–3 and sister chromatid separation4,5. The formation and activation of the 20S cyclosome complex is regulated by an unknown mechanism. Here we show that Cut4 (ref. 6) is an essential component of the cyclosome in fission yeast. Cut4 shares sequence similarity with BimE, a protein that regulates mitosis in Aspergittus nidulans7–9. Mutations in cut4 result in hypersensitivity to cyclic AMP and to stress-inducing heavy metals, inhibition of the onset of anaphase, disruption of the 20S complex, and inhibition of mitotic cyclin ubiquitination. These phenotypes are fully suppressed by cAMP phosphodiesterase and the protein kinase A (PKA) regulatory subunit and weakly suppressed by Stil (an activator of the Hsp70 and Hsp90 chaperones10,11). Suppression correlates with the amount of 20S complex, indicating that cyclosome formation and activation is inhibited by the cAMP/PKA pathway.
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Yamashita, Y., Nakaseko, Y., Samejima, I. et al. 20S cyclosome complex formation and proteolytic activity inhibited by the cAMP/PKA pathway. Nature 384, 276–279 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/384276a0
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