title: The cyclin C/Cdk8 kinase.
abstract: Cyclin C was originally identified in a genetic screen for metazoan cDNAs that complement a triple knock-out of the CLN genes, involved in G1/S progression in S. cerevisiae. Unlike cyclin Ds and cyclin E, also identified in this screen, cyclin C has not been found to have a cell-cycle role in metazoa. Identified as the catalytic partner of cyclin C, Cdk8 is a novel protein-kinase of the Cdk family structurally related to the yeast Srb10 kinase. Cyclin C, Cdk8 and RNA polymerase II are found in a large multi-protein complex that shows structural as well as functional homologies with the yeast polymerase II holoenzyme. These observations and the sequence similarity to the kinase/cyclin pair Srb10/Srb11 in S. cerevisiae, suggest that cyclin C and Cdk8 control RNA polymerase II function.
authors.affiliation: URA 671 CNRS, Villefranche-sur-mer, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Leclerc
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Léopold
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D056745:Cyclin C; D056850:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 8; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases; D016213:Cyclins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D006801:Humans; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D012319:RNA Polymerase II / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; C503674:CCNC protein, human; D056745:Cyclin C; D016213:Cyclins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C095686:CDK8 protein, human; D056850:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 8; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases; C498309:SSN3 protein, S cerevisiae; D012319:RNA Polymerase II