title: Relationship of CDK-activating kinase and RNA polymerase II CTD kinase TFIIH/TFIIK.
abstract: KIN28, a member of the p34cdc2/CDC28 family of protein kinases, is identified as a subunit of yeast RNA polymerase transcription factor IIH (TFIIH) on the basis of sequence determination, immunological reactivity, and copurification. KIN28 is, moreover, one of three subunits of TFIIK, a subassembly of TFIIH with protein kinase activity directed toward the C-terminal repeat domain (CTD) of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II. Itself a phosphoprotein, KIN28 interacts specifically with the two largest subunits of RNA polymerase II. Previous work of others points to two further associations: KIN28 interacts in vivo with the cyclin CCL1, and KIN28 and CCL1 are homologous to human MO15 and cyclin H, which form the cyclin-dependent kinase-activating kinase (CAK). We show that human CAK possesses the CTD kinase activity characteristic of TFIIH.
authors.affiliation: Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Feaver
authors.forename: J Q
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Svejstrup
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Kornberg
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002474:Cell-Free System; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases; D016213:Cyclins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D012319:RNA Polymerase II / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D051758:Transcription Factor TFIIH; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII; D000095043:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase-Activating Kinase
chemical_list: D016213:Cyclins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C490039:TAF6 protein, S cerevisiae; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII; D051758:Transcription Factor TFIIH; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases; C084210:Kin28 protein kinase, S cerevisiae; D012319:RNA Polymerase II; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; D000095043:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase-Activating Kinase; C000722416:CDK7 protein, human