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Degradation of Ndd1 by APC/C(Cdh1) generates a feed forward loop that times mitotic protein accumulation. | RAVID LAB

Degradation of Ndd1 by APC/C(Cdh1) generates a feed forward loop that times mitotic protein accumulation.

Citation:

Julia Sajman, Zenvirth, Drora , Nitzan, Mor , Margalit, Hanah , Simpson-Lavy, Kobi J, Reiss, Yuval , Cohen, Itamar , Ravid, Tommer , and Brandeis, Michael . 2015. “Degradation Of Ndd1 By Apc/C(Cdh1) Generates A Feed Forward Loop That Times Mitotic Protein Accumulation.”. Nat Commun, 6, Pp. 7075.

Abstract:

Ndd1 activates the Mcm1-Fkh2 transcription factor to transcribe mitotic regulators. The anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome activated by Cdh1 (APC/C(Cdh1)) mediates the degradation of proteins throughout G1. Here we show that the APC/C(Cdh1) ubiquitinates Ndd1 and mediates its degradation, and that APC/C(Cdh1) activity suppresses accumulation of Ndd1 targets. We confirm putative Ndd1 targets and identify novel ones, many of them APC/C(Cdh1) substrates. The APC/C(Cdh1) thus regulates these proteins in a dual manner—both pretranscriptionally and post-translationally, forming a multi-layered feedforward loop (FFL). We predict by mathematical modelling and verify experimentally that this FFL introduces a lag between APC/C(Cdh1) inactivation at the end of G1 and accumulation of genes transcribed by Ndd1 in G2. This regulation generates two classes of APC/C(Cdh1) substrates, early ones that accumulate in S and late ones that accumulate in G2. Our results show how the dual state APC/C(Cdh1) activity is converted into multiple outputs by interactions between its substrates.