Table 1

Phosphorylated residues on Cdc25 and Wee1.


Xenopus Site
Human Site
+/-
Kinase
Proposed function
References

Cdc25
T48

+
Cdc2, ERK
Enhances activity and required for Cdc2 activation, binds to Pin1
22, 29, 48, 50, 51

T67

+
Cdc2, ?
Required for Cdc2 activation, binds to Pin1
22, 48, 50, 51

T138
T130
+
Cdk2, ERK
Promotes 14-3-3 release, may create binding site for Plk1
21, 29, 31, 32


S198
+
Plk1
Promotes nuclear translocation
41

S205
S168
+/-
ERK, p38/JNK
Increases activity in Xenopus/Inhibits activity in mammalian cells
29, 54, 53

S285
S214
+
Cdc2
Promotes PP1-mediated dephosphorylation of S287
46–48

S287
S216
-
Chk1, Chk2, C-TAK, CamKII, PKA
Binding site for 14-3-3, blocks nuclear import
5–20, 58

Wee1
S38

-
Cdc2
Promotes degradation via Tome-1
83, 86

T53

-
Cdc2
Regulates protein stability
83


S53
-
Plk1
Promotes degradation via β-TrCP
87, 88

Y90

+
Wee1
Promotes activity
78

Y103

+
Wee1
Promotes activity
78

T104

-
Cdc2
Required for Wee1 inactivation
83

Y110

+
Wee1
Promotes activity
78


S121
-
CK2
Promotes degradation via β-TrCP
87


S123
-
Cdc2
Promotes Plk1 binding and degradation via β-TrCP
87, 88

T150

-
Cdc2, ?
Required for Wee1 inactivation, binds top Pin1
83, 84


Y295
+
Wee1
Promotes activity
77


Y362
+
Wee1
Promotes activity
77

S549
S642
+/-
Chk1/Akt
Promotes 14-3-3 binding and increases activity/Promotes cytoplasmic localization
58, 75–77

The effect of phosphorylation at specific residues is listed as activating (+) or inactivating (-).

Perry and Kornbluth Cell Division 2007 2:12   doi:10.1186/1747-1028-2-12