ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Wee1

Wee1 is like a traffic cop in your body that helps control when your cells can divide and grow. It tells a special molecule called CDK1 when to stop doing its job and when it's okay to start again. When the traffic cop, Wee1, says stop, CDK1 can't do anything until Wee1 says it's okay to start again. Basically, just like a traffic light on the road stops the cars to avoid accidents, Wee1's job is to stop the molecules in our body from making mistakes when they are dividing and growing.
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