Cyclin A and Cks1 promote kinase consensus switching to non-proline directed CDK1 phosphorylation

Aymen Al-Rawi, Edward Kaye, Svitlana Korolchuk, Jane A. Endicott, Tony Ly (Lead / Corresponding author)

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    Abstract

    Ordered protein phosphorylation by CDKs is a key mechanism for regulating the cell cycle. How temporal order is enforced in mammalian cells remains unclear. Using a fixed cell kinase assay and phosphoproteomics, we show how CDK1 activity and non-catalytic CDK1 subunits contribute to the choice of substrate and site of phosphorylation. Increases in CDK1 activity alters substrate choice, with intermediate and low sensitivity CDK1 substrates enriched in DNA replication and mitotic functions, respectively. This activity dependence is shared between Cyclin A- and Cyclin B-CDK1. Cks1 has a proteome-wide role as an enhancer of multisite CDK1 phosphorylation. Contrary to the model of CDK1 as an exclusively proline-directed kinase, we show that Cyclin A and Cks1 enhance non-proline directed phosphorylation, preferably on sites with a +3 lysine residue. Indeed, 70% of cell cycle regulated phosphorylations, where the kinase carrying out this modification has not been identified, are non-proline directed CDK1 sites.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number112139
    Number of pages21
    JournalCell Reports
    Volume42
    Issue number3
    Early online date24 Feb 2023
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 28 Mar 2023

    Keywords

    • CP: Cell biology
    • CP: Molecular biology
    • cell cycle
    • kinase consensus motif
    • mitosis
    • phosphoproteomics

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology

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