CDK-related protein kinases in plants.
Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK) form a conserved superfamily of eukaryotic serine-threonine protein kinases, which require binding to a cyclin protein for activity. CDK are involved in different aspects of cell biology and notably in cell cycle regulation. The comparison of nearly 50 plant CDK-related cDNAs with a selected set of their animal and yeast counterparts reveals five classes of these genes in plants. These are described here with respect to their phylogenetic, structural and functional properties. A plant-wide nomenclature of CDK-related genes is proposed, using a system similar to that of the plant cyclin genes. The most numerous class, CDKA, includes genes coding for CDK with the PSTAIRE canonical motif. CDKB makes up a class of plant-specific CDK divided into two groups: CDKB1 and CDKB2. CDKC, CDKD and CDKE form less numerous classes. The CDKD class includes the plant orthologues of metazoan CDK7, which correspond to the CDK-activating kinase (CAK). At present, no functional information is available in plants for CDKC and CDKE.
Joubès
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Laboratory of Plant Physiology, National Institute for Agronomic Research INRA, Villenave d'Ornon, France .
Chevalier
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C
Dudits
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D
Heberle-Bors
E
E
Inzé
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D
Umeda
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Renaudin
J P
JP
D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D017343:Genes, Plant; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010802:Phylogeny; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D015003:Yeasts / Q000201:enzymology
D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases