title: Molecular cloning and identification of two types of hamster cyclin-dependent kinases: cdk2 and cdk2L.
abstract: We isolated two types of hamster cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (cdk2) cDNAs from BHK21 cells derived from Golden hamsters. One type of cdk2 (cdk2hm) encodes the 32 kDa protein consisting of 298 predicted amino acids and shows strong homology to the cdk2 cDNAs of humans and Xenopus. The other cdk2 (cdk2Lhm) encodes the 38 kDa protein containing the insertion of 48 amino acids in the cdk2hm protein. Immunoblotting analysis suggested that these two types of cdk2 protein exist in mammalian cells. The cdk2hm has the activity of protein kinase, while the cdk2Lhm does not, however, both bind with cyclin E.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sekiguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimoto
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D042846:CDC2-CDC28 Kinases; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006224:Cricetinae; D051357:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli; D015870:Gene Expression; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008647:Mesocricetus; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D006656:Protamine Kinase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases; D006656:Protamine Kinase; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D042846:CDC2-CDC28 Kinases; C495894:CDK2 protein, human; C495893:Cdk2 protein, mouse; D051357:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases