8xpg

Structural highlights

Function

PLK4_HUMAN Serine/threonine-protein kinase that plays a central role in centriole duplication. Able to trigger procentriole formation on the surface of the parental centriole cylinder, leading to the recruitment of centriole biogenesis proteins such as SASS6, CENPJ/CPAP, CCP110, CEP135 and gamma-tubulin. When overexpressed, it is able to induce centrosome amplification through the simultaneous generation of multiple procentrioles adjoining each parental centriole during S phase. Phosphorylates 'Ser-151' of FBXW5 during the G1/S transition, leading to inhibit FBXW5 ability to ubiquitinate SASS6. Its central role in centriole replication suggests a possible role in tumorigenesis, centrosome aberrations being frequently observed in tumors. Also involved in trophoblast differentiation by phosphorylating HAND1, leading to disrupt the interaction between HAND1 and MDFIC and activate HAND1. Phosphorylates CDC25C and CHEK2.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Bettencourt-Dias M, Rodrigues-Martins A, Carpenter L, Riparbelli M, Lehmann L, Gatt MK, Carmo N, Balloux F, Callaini G, Glover DM. SAK/PLK4 is required for centriole duplication and flagella development. Curr Biol. 2005 Dec 20;15(24):2199-207. Epub 2005 Dec 1. PMID:16326102 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2005.11.042
2. ↑ Habedanck R, Stierhof YD, Wilkinson CJ, Nigg EA. The Polo kinase Plk4 functions in centriole duplication. Nat Cell Biol. 2005 Nov;7(11):1140-6. PMID:16244668 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncb1320
3. ↑ Kleylein-Sohn J, Westendorf J, Le Clech M, Habedanck R, Stierhof YD, Nigg EA. Plk4-induced centriole biogenesis in human cells. Dev Cell. 2007 Aug;13(2):190-202. PMID:17681131 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2007.07.002
4. ↑ Bonni S, Ganuelas ML, Petrinac S, Hudson JW. Human Plk4 phosphorylates Cdc25C. Cell Cycle. 2008 Feb 15;7(4):545-7. Epub 2007 Nov 25. PMID:18239451
5. ↑ Petrinac S, Ganuelas ML, Bonni S, Nantais J, Hudson JW. Polo-like kinase 4 phosphorylates Chk2. Cell Cycle. 2009 Jan 15;8(2):327-9. PMID:19164942
6. ↑ Puklowski A, Homsi Y, Keller D, May M, Chauhan S, Kossatz U, Grunwald V, Kubicka S, Pich A, Manns MP, Hoffmann I, Gonczy P, Malek NP. The SCF-FBXW5 E3-ubiquitin ligase is regulated by PLK4 and targets HsSAS-6 to control centrosome duplication. Nat Cell Biol. 2011 Jul 3;13(8):1004-9. doi: 10.1038/ncb2282. PMID:21725316 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncb2282