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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-29
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Phosphorylation by the CDK-activating kinase (CAK) is a required step in the activation of cyclin-dependent kinases. We have purified CAK from mammalian cells; the enzyme comprises two major polypeptides of 42 and 37 kDa. Protein sequencing indicates that the 42 kDa subunit is the mammalian homolog of MO15, a protein kinase known to be a component of CAK in amphibians and echinoderms. Cloning of a cDNA encoding the 37 kDa subunit identifies it as a novel cyclin (cyclin H). We have reconstituted CAK in vitro with the MO15 catalytic subunit and cyclin H, demonstrating that MO15 is a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK7). Like other CDKs, MO15/CDK7 contains a conserved threonine required for full activity; mutation of this residue severely reduces CAK activity. The CAK holoenzyme activates complexes of CDK2 and CDC2 with various cyclins and also phosphorylates CDK2, but not CDC2, in the absence of cyclin. Thus, CAK is a CDK-cyclin complex implicated in the control of multiple cell cycle transitions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
713-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8069918-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8069918-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8069918-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8069918-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:8069918-Cyclin H, pubmed-meshheading:8069918-Cyclin-Dependent Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:8069918-Cyclins, pubmed-meshheading:8069918-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:8069918-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:8069918-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8069918-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8069918-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:8069918-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8069918-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:8069918-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:8069918-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8069918-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:8069918-Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:8069918-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:8069918-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8069918-Substrate Specificity
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
A novel cyclin associates with MO15/CDK7 to form the CDK-activating kinase.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0444.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't