Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) signaling in cancer and beyond

S Iliaki, R Beyaert, IS Afonina - Biochemical pharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
PLK1 is an evolutionary conserved Ser/Thr kinase that is best known for its role in cell cycle
regulation and is expressed predominantly during the G2/S and M phase of the cell cycle …

Recent advances in activity-based probes (ABPs) and affinity-based probes (A f BPs) for profiling of enzymes

H Fang, B Peng, SY Ong, Q Wu, L Li, SQ Yao - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Activity-based protein profiling (ABPP) is a technique that uses highly selective active-site
targeted chemical probes to label and monitor the state of proteins. ABPP integrates the …

BUB1 and CENP-U, primed by CDK1, are the main PLK1 kinetochore receptors in mitosis

P Singh, ME Pesenti, S Maffini, S Carmignani… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
Reflecting its pleiotropic functions, Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) localizes to various sub-cellular
structures during mitosis. At kinetochores, PLK1 contributes to microtubule attachments and …

Mechanisms of chromosome congression during mitosis

H Maiato, AM Gomes, F Sousa, M Barisic - Biology, 2017 - mdpi.com
Chromosome congression during prometaphase culminates with the establishment of a
metaphase plate, a hallmark of mitosis in metazoans. Classical views resulting from more …

FGF18 alleviates hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury via the USP16-mediated KEAP1/Nrf2 signaling pathway in male mice

G Tong, Y Chen, X Chen, J Fan, K Zhu, ZJ Hu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is a common complication occurs during hepatic
resection and transplantation. However, the mechanisms underlying hepatic IRI have not …

Kinase and phosphatase cross-talk at the kinetochore

AT Saurin - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Multiple kinases and phosphatases act on the kinetochore to control chromosome
segregation: Aurora B, Mps1, Bub1, Plk1, Cdk1, PP1, and PP2A-B56, have all been shown …

Micronuclei from misaligned chromosomes that satisfy the spindle assembly checkpoint in cancer cells

AM Gomes, B Orr, M Novais-Cruz, F De Sousa… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Chromosome alignment to the spindle equator is a hallmark of mitosis thought to promote
chromosome segregation fidelity in metazoans. Yet chromosome alignment is only indirectly …

Deubiquitinases in cancers: aspects of proliferation, metastasis, and apoptosis

J Liu, CT Leung, L Liang, Y Wang, J Chen, KP Lai… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This review summarizes the current DUBs findings that correlate with the
most common cancers in the world (liver, breast, prostate, colorectal, pancreatic, and lung …

Dynamic ubiquitin signaling in cell cycle regulation

S Gilberto, M Peter - Journal of Cell Biology, 2017 - rupress.org
The cell division cycle is driven by a collection of enzymes that coordinate DNA duplication
and separation, ensuring that genomic information is faithfully and perpetually maintained …

Bub1 and CENP-U redundantly recruit Plk1 to stabilize kinetochore-microtubule attachments and ensure accurate chromosome segregation

Q Chen, M Zhang, X Pan, X Yuan, L Zhou, L Yan… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Bub1 is required for the kinetochore/centromere localization of two essential mitotic kinases
Plk1 and Aurora B. Surprisingly, stable depletion of Bub1 by∼ 95% in human cells …