Anthocyanin pigments stored in vacuoles

Color the petals of many flowers so as to attract pollinating insects

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The phosphorylation state of T14 and Y15 is controlled by a dual-specificity protein kinase known as Wee1 and a pair of dual-specificity phosphatases, Cdc25B and Cdc25C (Threonine 14 is not phosphorylated in S. pombe CDK1)

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Cdc25B is act as a starter phosphatase that initiates CDK1 activation

Cdc25C is the workhorse phosphatase that activates the vast majority of cyclin-CDK1 complexes

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Yeast cells with a defective wee1+ gene activate mitotic CDKs prematurely and premature entry into mitosis (smaller than normal cells

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Fission yeast cells carrying a CDK1 mutation in which the tyrosine-15 residue is replaced by phenylalanine

show the same premature mitotic CDK activation and entry into mitosis.