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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 6.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Cell. 2016 Oct 6;64(1):12–23. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2016.09.006

Table 1.

Representative set of APC/C substrates. For a complete list of APC/C substrates and degrons see http://slim.ucd.ie/apc/.

Activator Degradation timing Protein Regulatory mechanism Degrons
Budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
Cdc20 Pre-metaphase S-phase cyclin 5 (Clb5) Degron co-operativity KEN-like box, D box, ABBA motif, Cks1 co-factor
Metaphase, Anaphase M-phase cyclin 2 (Clb2) KEN-like box, D box, Cks1 co-factor
Metaphase Securin (Pds1) Phosphorylation KEN box, D box
Metaphase Cdc7 kinase regulatory subunit Dbf4 Phosphorylation D box
Metaphase Shugoshin (Sgo1) D box
Metaphase APC/C-Cdh1 modulator 1 (Acm1) Degron hiding D box
Cdh1 Anaphase APC/C activator protein Cdc20 KEN-like box, D box
Anaphase Polo-like protein kinase Cdc5 KEN box, D boxes
Anaphase Filament protein Fin1 D box
Anaphase Kinesin-like protein Kip1
Cytokinesis Contractile ring protein Iqg1
Human (Homo sapiens)
Cdc20 Prometaphase Cyclin A2 (CCNA2) Degron co-operativity KEN-like box, D box, ABBA motif, Cks1 co-factor
Prometaphase Protein kinase Nek2 (NEK2) Degron co-operativity D box, KEN box, MR tail
Metaphase Mitotic cyclin B1 (CCNB1) Degron co-operativity KEN-like box, D box, Cks1 co-factor
Metaphase Kinesin-like protein Kif22 (KIF22) KEN box
Metaphase Securin (PTTG1) Phosphorylation KEN box, D box
Metaphase Shugoshin-like 1 (SGOL1) KEN box, D box
Cdh1 Anaphase Mitotic cyclin B3 (CCNB3) D box
Anaphase APC/C activator protein Cdc20 KEN box
Anaphase Kinesin-like protein Kifc1 (KIFC1) Phosphorylation D box
Anaphase Protein kinase Plk1 (PLK1) D box
Mitotic exit/G1 Actin-binding protein anillin (ANLN) D box
Mitotic exit/G1 Aurora kinase B (AURKB) D box, KEN box
G1 Origin-binding protein Cdc6 (CDC6) Phosphorylation KEN box, D box
G1 Geminin (GMNN) D box
G1 S-phase kinase-associated protein 2 (SKP2) Phosphorylation D box