Description
Protocol
Available protocols: ELISA+
Specificity / Sensitivity
PathScan
Species Reactivity: Human
Background
The entry of eukaryotic cells into mitosis is regulated by cdc2 kinase activation, a process controlled at several steps including cyclin binding and phosphorylation of cdc2 at Thr161 (1). However, the critical regulatory step in activating cdc2 during progression into mitosis appears to be dephosphorylation of cdc2 at Thr14 and Tyr15 (2). Phosphorylation at Thr14 and Tyr15, resulting in inhibition of cdc2, can be carried out by Wee1 and Myt1 protein kinases (3,4). The cdc25 phosphatase may be responsible for removal of phosphates at Thr14 and Tyr15 and subsequent activation of cdc2 (1,5).
Alternate Names
CDC2; CDC28A; CDK1; CDKN1; cell cycle controller CDC2; Cell division control protein 2 homolog; cell division cycle 2; cell division cycle 2, G1 to S and G2 to M; Cell division protein kinase 1; cyclin dependent kinase 1; Cyclin-dependent kinase 1; DKFZp686L20222; MGC111195; p34 protein kinase; P34CDC2
