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GO: Cellular Component

anaphase-promoting complex

Term ID
GO:0005680
Synonyms
  • anaphase promoting complex
  • APC
  • cyclosome
Definition
A ubiquitin ligase complex that degrades mitotic cyclins and anaphase inhibitory protein, thereby triggering sister chromatid separation and exit from mitosis. Substrate recognition by APC occurs through degradation signals, the most common of which is termed the Dbox degradation motif, originally discovered in cyclin B. (2)
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Ontology
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Phenotype
Phenotype caused by Genes