| Autor: |
Desai, D, Wessling, H C, Fisher, R P, Morgan, D O |
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Molecular and Cellular Biology; January 1995, Vol. 15 Issue: 1 p345-350, 6p |
| Abstrakt: |
The cyclin-dependent protein kinases (CDKs) are activated by association with cyclins and by phosphorylation at a conserved threonine residue by the CDK-activating kinase (CAK). We have studied the binding of various human CDK and cyclin subunits in vitro, using purified proteins derived from baculovirus-infected insect cells. We find that most CDK-cyclin complexes known to exist in human cells (CDC2-cyclin B, CDK2-cyclin A, and CDK2-cyclin E) form with high affinity in the absence of phosphorylation or other cellular components. One complex (CDC2-cyclin A) forms with high affinity only after CAK-mediated phosphorylation of CDC2 at the activating threonine residue. CDC2 does not bind with high affinity to cyclin E in vitro, even after phosphorylation of the CDC2 subunit. Thus, phosphorylation is of varying importance in the formation of high-affinity CDK-cyclin complexes. |
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