Whi5 phosphorylation embedded in the G1/S network dynamically controls critical cell size and cell fate

In budding yeast the G1/S transition requires the attainment of a critical cell size. Here the authors unravel its basic control mechanism by integrating simulations of a mathematical model of multisite phosphorylation of Whi5 by Cln3–Cdk1, with molecular analyses of a Whi5 phospho-mimetic mutant.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pasquale Palumbo, Marco Vanoni, Valerio Cusimano, Stefano Busti, Francesca Marano, Costanzo Manes, Lilia Alberghina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11372