Anaphase-promoting complex subunit 2 is an
enzyme
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that in humans is encoded by the ''ANAPC2''
gene
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A large
protein
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues. Proteins perform a vast array of functions within organisms, including catalysing metabolic reactions, DNA replication, respo ...
complex, termed the
anaphase-promoting complex
Anaphase-promoting complex (also called the cyclosome or APC/C) is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that marks target cell cycle proteins for degradation by the 26S proteasome. The APC/C is a large complex of 11–13 subunit proteins, including a culli ...
(APC), or the cyclosome, promotes
metaphase
Metaphase ( and ) is a stage of mitosis in the eukaryotic cell cycle in which chromosomes are at their second-most condensed and coiled stage (they are at their most condensed in anaphase). These chromosomes, carrying genetic information, align ...
-anaphase transition by ubiquitinating its specific substrates such as mitotic cyclins and anaphase inhibitor, which are subsequently degraded by the 26S
proteasome
Proteasomes are protein complexes which degrade unneeded or damaged proteins by proteolysis, a chemical reaction that breaks peptide bonds. Enzymes that help such reactions are called proteases.
Proteasomes are part of a major mechanism by w ...
. Biochemical studies have shown that the vertebrate APC contains eight subunits. The composition of the APC is highly conserved in organisms from yeast to humans. The product of this gene is a component of the complex and shares sequence similarity with a recently identified family of proteins called
cullin
Cullins are a family of hydrophobic scaffold proteins which provide support for ubiquitin ligases (E3). All eukaryotes appear to have cullins. They combine with RING proteins to form ''Cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases'' (CRLs) that are highly dive ...
s, which may also be involved in
ubiquitin
Ubiquitin is a small (8.6 kDa) regulatory protein found in most tissues of eukaryotic organisms, i.e., it is found ''ubiquitously''. It was discovered in 1975 by Gideon Goldstein and further characterized throughout the late 1970s and 1980s. Fo ...
-mediated degradation.
Interactions
ANAPC2 has been shown to
interact
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ANAPC1
Anaphase-promoting complex subunit 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''ANAPC1'' gene.
ANAPC1 is one of at least ten subunits of the anaphase-promoting complex (APC), which functions at the metaphase-to-anaphase transition of the cel ...
and
ANAPC11
Anaphase-promoting complex subunit 11 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''ANAPC11'' gene.
Interactions
ANAPC11 has been shown to Protein-protein interaction, interact with ANAPC2 and CDC27.
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