p21wAFi/c//v Mutants Deficient in Inhibiting Cyclin-dependent Kinases (CDKs) Can Promote Assembly of Active Cyclin D/CDK4(6) Complexes in Human Tumor Cells1
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The cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor p21WAFI/CIP1is a multidoniain. multifunctional protein and a candidate tumor suppressor. Here, we show that, among rationally designed and tumor-associated mutants of hu man p21 ectopically expressed in U-2-OS cells, those that are selectively deficient in binding to either cyclin or CDK are partially impaired in inhib iting endogenous CDK activities but efficiently promote assembly of active cyclin D/CDK4<6) complexes. These results provide mechanistic insights into the p21-cyclin/CDK interplay in vivo and suggest a functional subclassification of tumor-specific aberrations of p21. Intriguingly, the subclass exempli fied by the melanoma-derived N50S mutant may promote tumorigenesis, by both attenuating CDK-inhibitory function and concomitantly activating the proto-oncogenic cyclin D-dependent kinases.
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D/CDK4(6) Complexes in Human Tumor Cells Kinases (CDKs) Can Promote Assembly of Active Cyclin Mutants Deficient in Inhibiting Cyclin-dependent
The cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor p21WAFI/CIP1is a multidoniain. multifunctional protein and a candidate tumor suppressor. Here, we show that, among rationally designed and tumor-associated mutants of hu man p21 ectopically expressed in U-2-OS cells, those that are selectively deficient in binding to either cyclin or CDK are partially impaired in inhib iting endogenous CDK activities ...
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