In the G2 phase of the cell cycle, cyclin A (CCNA) and B (CCNB)-dependent kinases CDK1 and CDK2 phosphorylate FOXM1 transcription factor, increasing its transcriptional activity. Threonine residue T611 (corresponds to T596 in FOXM1B isoform) was shown to be phosphorylated by both CCNA:CDK1/2 and CCNB:CDK1 complexes and its functional relevance is best establshed (Major et al. 2004, Laoukili et al. 2008, Fu et al. 2008). CCNA:CDK1/2 may also phosphorylate FOXM1 on T600 (Laoukili et al. 2008), while CCNB:CDK1 may phosphorylate it on S693 (S678 in FOXM1B isoform) (Fu et al. 2008). The phosphorylation of FOXM1 threonine residue T611 relieves the N-terminal domain-mediated autoinhibition of FOXM1 transcriptional activity (Laoukili et al. 2008), likely enabling interaction with transcriptional co-activators (Major et al. 2004), and creates a docking site for the Polo-box domain (PBD) of PLK1 (Fu et al. 2008).
Laoukili, J, Alvarez, M, Meijer, LA, Stahl, M, Mohammed, S, Kleij, L, Heck, AJ, Medema, RH
Major, ML, Lepe, R, Costa, RH
Fu, Z, Malureanu, L, Huang, J, Wang, W, Li, H, van Deursen, JM, Tindall, DJ, Chen, J
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