CDK9 (PITALRE): a multifunctional cdc2-related kinase.
CDK9 is a cdc2-related kinase protein. Previously named PITALRE, this protein is a serine-threonine kinase involved in many physiological processes. Unlike most of the cdc2-like kinases, its activity is not cell cycle-regulated. CDK9 acts preferentially in processes different from cell-cycle regulation, such as differentiation. Its cyclin partners, cyclins of T family, recently have been isolated. CDK9 immunoprecipitates with several unidentified polypeptides that may regulate its kinase activity. CDK9 has been shown to associate with the HIV-Tat protein, suggesting a possible involvement in AIDS. CDK9 recently was shown to be responsible for the kinase activity associated with the TAK complex and with the P-TEFb complex, suggesting activity also in the transcription process.
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Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology, Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
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D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9 / Q000235:genetics; D042863:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 9; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases / Q000502:physiology*; D016213:Cyclins / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D016213:Cyclins; C467969:CDK9 protein, human; C467972:Cdk9 protein, mouse; D042863:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 9; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases