title: Functions of the DNA dependent protein kinase.
abstract: The DNA dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) is a trimeric nuclear complex consisting of a large protein kinase and the Ku heterodimer that regulates kinase activity by its association with DNA. Recent findings have shown structural similarities between DNA-PK and a family of lipid and putative protein kinases (PIK family). DNA-PK is one of the PIK members known to be a protein kinase with clearly identified effector subunits. A broad range of observations link DNA-PK to dual roles in double strand DNA break (DSB) repair and transcription. Unlike its most closely related PIKs, DNA-PK is not required for activating cell cycle regulated DNA damage signalling mechanisms. Instead, the phenotypes and biochemical properties of DNA-PK are most consistent with functions in DSB repair and joining steps in recombination mechanisms. DNA-PK is associated with RNA polymerase II and RNA polymerase I transcription complexes, where it most frequently has a negative regulatory role.
authors.affiliation: Division of Tumour Immunology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Weaver
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D051747:DNA-Activated Protein Kinase; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004330:Drosophila; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals; D016296:Mutagenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D016615:Telomere / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015003:Yeasts
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D051747:DNA-Activated Protein Kinase; C497263:PRKDC protein, human; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases