Cyclin-dependent kinase 2

Cyclin-dependent kinase 2, also known as cell division protein kinase 2, or Cdk2, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CDK2 gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the cyclin-dependent kinase family of Ser/Thr protein kinases. This protein kinase is highly similar to the gene products of S. cerevisiae cdc28, and S. pombe cdc2, also known as Cdk1 in humans. It is a catalytic subunit of the cyclin-dependent kinase complex, whose activity is restricted to the G1-S phase of the cell cycle, where cells make proteins necessary for mitosis and replicate their DNA. This protein associates with and is regulated by the regulatory subunits of the complex including cyclin E or A. Cyclin E binds G1 phase Cdk2, which is required for the transition from G1 to S phase while binding with Cyclin A is required to progress through the S phase. Its activity is also regulated by phosphorylation. Multiple alternatively spliced variants and multiple transcription initiation sites of this gene have been reported. The role of this protein in G1-S transition has been recently questioned as cells lacking Cdk2 are reported to have no problem during this transition.

CDK2
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesCDK2, cyclin-dependent kinase 2, A630093N05Rik, CDKN2, p33(CDK2), cyclin dependent kinase 2
External IDsOMIM: 116953 MGI: 104772 HomoloGene: 74409 GeneCards: CDK2
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

1017

12566

Ensembl

ENSG00000123374

ENSMUSG00000025358

UniProt

P24941

P97377

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001290230
NM_001798
NM_052827

NM_016756
NM_183417

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001277159
NP_001789
NP_439892

NP_058036
NP_904326

Location (UCSC)Chr 12: 55.97 – 55.97 MbChr 10: 128.53 – 128.54 Mb
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