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BIOMD0000000003
Short description
Goldbeter1991 - Min Mit Oscil

Minimal cascade model for the mitotic oscillator involving cyclin and cdc2 kinase.

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This model is described in the article:

Goldbeter A.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 1991; 88(20):9107-11

Abstract:

A minimal model for the mitotic oscillator is presented. The model, built on recent experimental advances, is based on the cascade of post-translational modification that modulates the activity of cdc2 kinase during the cell cycle. The model pertains to the situation encountered in early amphibian embryos, where the accumulation of cyclin suffices to trigger the onset of mitosis. In the first cycle of the bicyclic cascade model, cyclin promotes the activation of cdc2 kinase through reversible dephosphorylation, and in the second cycle, cdc2 kinase activates a cyclin protease by reversible phosphorylation. That cyclin activates cdc2 kinase while the kinase triggers the degradation of cyclin has suggested that oscillations may originate from such a negative feedback loop [Félix, M. A., Labbé, J. C., Dorée, M., Hunt, T. & Karsenti, E. (1990) Nature (London) 346, 379-382]. This conjecture is corroborated by the model, which indicates that sustained oscillations of the limit cycle type can arise in the cascade, provided that a threshold exists in the activation of cdc2 kinase by cyclin and in the activation of cyclin proteolysis by cdc2 kinase. The analysis shows how miototic oscillations may readily arise from time lags associated with these thresholds and from the delayed negative feedback provided by cdc2-induced cyclin degradation. A mechanism for the origin of the thresholds is proposed in terms of the phenomenon of zero-order ultrasensitivity previously described for biochemical systems regulated by covalent modification.

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  • A minimal cascade model for the mitotic oscillator involving cyclin and cdc2 kinase. Click here to expand
  • A Goldbeter
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , 10/ 1991 , Volume 88 , Issue 20 , pages: 9107-9111 , PubMed ID: 1833774
  • Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
  • A minimal model for the mitotic oscillator is presented. The model, built on recent experimental advances, is based on the cascade of post-translational modification that modulates the activity of cdc2 kinase during the cell cycle. The model pertains to the situation encountered in early amphibian embryos, where the accumulation of cyclin suffices to trigger the onset of mitosis. In the first cycle of the bicyclic cascade model, cyclin promotes the activation of cdc2 kinase through reversible dephosphorylation, and in the second cycle, cdc2 kinase activates a cyclin protease by reversible phosphorylation. That cyclin activates cdc2 kinase while the kinase triggers the degradation of cyclin has suggested that oscillations may originate from such a negative feedback loop [Félix, M. A., Labbé, J. C., Dorée, M., Hunt, T. & Karsenti, E. (1990) Nature (London) 346, 379-382]. This conjecture is corroborated by the model, which indicates that sustained oscillations of the limit cycle type can arise in the cascade, provided that a threshold exists in the activation of cdc2 kinase by cyclin and in the activation of cyclin proteolysis by cdc2 kinase. The analysis shows how miototic oscillations may readily arise from time lags associated with these thresholds and from the delayed negative feedback provided by cdc2-induced cyclin degradation. A mechanism for the origin of the thresholds is proposed in terms of the phenomenon of zero-order ultrasensitivity previously described for biochemical systems regulated by covalent modification.
Contributors
Submitter of the first revision: Nicolas Le Novère
Submitter of this revision: Lucian Smith
Curator: Lucian Smith
Modeller: Nicolas Le Novère

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BioModels Database BIOMD0000000003
BioModels Database MODEL6614271263

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PubMed 1833774

hasTaxon (1 statement)
Taxonomy Amphibia

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isVersionOf (2 statements)
hasProperty (1 statement)
Mathematical Modelling Ontology Ordinary differential equation model


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