title: The role of RB in cell cycle control.
abstract: The retinoblastoma protein is an inhibitor of cell cycle progression from the G1 to the S phase of the cell cycle. It acts through its ability to interact with cellular target molecules such as E2F transcription factors. The function of pRB is negatively regulated by a cell-cycle dependent phosphorylation catalyzed by cyclin-dependent kinases in the late G1 cell cycle phase. Recent evidence indicates that this pRB inactivation is a key molecular event leading to the S-phase commitment at the G1 restriction point in the cell cycle. Deregulated inactivation of pRB in G1 phase may be a universal mechanism underlying cellular transformation.
authors.affiliation: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02142, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hatakeyama
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Weinberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D056741:Cyclin D; D019927:Cyclin E / Q000378:metabolism; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D050760:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27; D016213:Cyclins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D000070819:Discoidin Domain Receptor 1; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016193:G1 Phase / Q000502:physiology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008322:Mammals / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein / Q000502:physiology*; D016196:S Phase / Q000502:physiology; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: C493957:Cdkn1a protein, mouse; C493961:Cdkn1b protein, mouse; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D056741:Cyclin D; D019927:Cyclin E; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D016213:Cyclins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D050760:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27; C092030:DDR1 protein, human; D000070819:Discoidin Domain Receptor 1; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases