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-relate...

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Published in:Plant molecular biology 2000-08, Vol.43 (5-6), p.607-620
Main Authors: Joubès, J, Chevalier, C, Dudits, D, Heberle-Bors, E, Inzé, D, Umeda, M, Renaudin, J P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amino Acid Motifs
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
CDKA gene
CDKB gene
CDKB1 gene
CDKB2 gene
CDKD gene
CDKE gene
Cell cycle
Cyclin-Dependent Kinases - genetics
Cyclin-Dependent Kinases - metabolism
Evolution, Molecular
Genes, Plant
Kinases
Life Sciences
Molecular Sequence Data
Phosphorylation
Phylogeny
Plantae
Plants - enzymology
Plants - genetics
Plants - metabolism
Proteins
Sequence Alignment
Terminology as Topic
Yeasts
Yeasts - enzymology
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0167-4412
1573-5028
DOI:10.1023/A:1006470301554