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During mitosis the Xenopus polo-like kinase 1 (Plx1) plays key roles in the activation of Cdc25C, in spindle assembly, and in cyclin B degradation. Previous work has shown that the activation of Plx1 requires phosphorylation on serine and threonine residues. In the present work, we demonstrate that replacement of Ser-128 or Thr-201 with a negatively charged aspartic acid residue (S128D or T201D) elevates Plx1 activity severalfold and that replacement of both Ser-128 and Thr-201 with Asp residues (S128D/T201D) increases Plx1 activity approximately 40-fold. Microinjection of mRNA encoding S128D/T201D Plx1 into Xenopus oocytes induced directly the activation of both Cdc25C and cyclin B-Cdc2. In egg extracts T201D Plx1 delayed the timing of deactivation of Cdc25C during exit from M phase and accelerated Cdc25C activation during entry into M phase. This supports the concept that Plx1 is a "trigger" kinase for the activation of Cdc25C during the G(2)/M transition. In addition, during anaphase T201D Plx1 reduced preferentially the degradation of cyclin B2 and delayed the reduction in Cdc2 histone H1 kinase activity. In early embryos S128D/T201D Plx1 resulted in arrest of cleavage and formation of multiple interphase nuclei. Consistent with these results, Plx1 was found to be localized on centrosomes at prophase, on spindles at metaphase, and at the midbody during cytokinesis. These results demonstrate that in Xenopus laevis activation of Plx1 is sufficient for the activation of Cdc25C at the initiation of mitosis and that inactivation of Plx1 is required for complete degradation of cyclin B2 after anaphase and completion of cytokinesis.
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