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Polo-like kinase 1 phosphorylates cyclin B1 and targets it to the nucleus during prophase.
Nature - 8 Mar 2001
Toyoshima-Morimoto F, Taniguchi E, Shinya N, Iwamatsu A, Nishida E
Abstract excerpt
In vertebrate cells, the nuclear entry of Cdc2-cyclin B1 (MPF) during prophase is thought to be essential for the induction and coordination of M-phase events. Phosphorylation of cyclin B1 is central to its nuclear translocation, but the kinases that are responsible remain unknown. Here we have purified a protein kinase from Xenopus M-phase extracts that phosphorylates a crucial serine residue (S147) in the...
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