This gene encodes a subunit of the anaphase-promoting complex. This complex is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that regulates progression through the metaphase to anaphase portion of the cell cycle by ubiquitinating proteins which targets them for degradation. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2011]
Full Name
Anaphase Promoting Complex Subunit 1
Function
Component of the anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C), a cell cycle-regulated E3 ubiquitin ligase that controls progression through mitosis and the G1 phase of the cell cycle. The APC/C complex acts by mediating ubiquitination and subsequent degradation of target proteins: it mainly mediates the formation of 'Lys-11'-linked polyubiquitin chains and, to a lower extent, the formation of 'Lys-48'- and 'Lys-63'-linked polyubiquitin chains.
Biological Process
Anaphase-promoting complex-dependent catabolic process Source: GO_Central
Cell division Source: UniProtKB-KW
Metaphase/anaphase transition of mitotic cell cycle Source: GO_Central
Protein K11-linked ubiquitination Source: UniProtKB
Regulation of exit from mitosis Source: Reactome
Regulation of mitotic cell cycle phase transition Source: Reactome
Ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process Source: Reactome
Cellular Location
Cytosol; Anaphase-promoting complex; Nucleoplasm
Involvement in disease
Rothmund-Thomson syndrome 1 (RTS1): An autosomal recessive disorder characterized by sparse hair, bilateral juvenile cataracts, and poikiloderma, a genodermatosis presenting with mottled pigmentation, telangiectasia and epidermal atrophy. Additional features are short stature, dystrophic and thin nails, and genital, skeletal and dental abnormalities. RTS1 is not associated with an increased risk of cancer.
PTM
Phosphorylated. Phosphorylation on Ser-355 occurs specifically during mitosis.