Biology:Cyclin H

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Cyclin-H is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CCNH gene.[1][2]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the highly conserved cyclin family, whose members are characterized by a dramatic periodicity in protein abundance through the cell cycle. Cyclins function as regulators of CDK kinases. Different cyclins exhibit distinct expression and degradation patterns which contribute to the temporal coordination of each mitotic event. This cyclin forms a complex with CDK7 kinase and ring finger protein MAT1. The kinase complex is able to phosphorylate CDK2 and CDC2 kinases, thus functions as a CDK-activating kinase (CAK). This cyclin and its kinase partner are components of TFIIH, as well as RNA polymerase II protein complexes. They participate in two different transcriptional regulation processes, suggesting an important link between basal transcription control and the cell cycle machinery.[2]

Interactions

Cyclin H has been shown to interact with P53,[3] Cyclin-dependent kinase 7[4][5][6] and MNAT1.[7][8]

References

  1. "Mapping of the human genes encoding cyclin H (CCNH) and the CDK-activating kinase (CAK) assembly factor MAT1 (MNAT1) to chromosome bands 5q13.3-q14 and 14q23, respectively". Genomics 47 (1): 115–20. Jan 1998. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.5053. PMID 9465303. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: CCNH cyclin H". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=902. 
  3. "Regulation of CAK kinase activity by p53". Oncogene 17 (21): 2733–41. November 1998. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1202504. PMID 9840937. 
  4. "A cyclin associated with the CDK-activating kinase MO15". Nature 371 (6494): 254–7. Sep 1994. doi:10.1038/371254a0. PMID 8078587. Bibcode1994Natur.371..254M. 
  5. "Molecular cloning of CDK7-associated human MAT1, a cyclin-dependent kinase-activating kinase (CAK) assembly factor". Cancer Research 55 (24): 6058–62. December 1995. PMID 8521393. 
  6. "CDK9 autophosphorylation regulates high-affinity binding of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 tat-P-TEFb complex to TAR RNA". Molecular and Cellular Biology 20 (18): 6958–69. Sep 2000. doi:10.1128/MCB.20.18.6958-6969.2000. PMID 10958691. 
  7. "Large-scale mapping of human protein-protein interactions by mass spectrometry". Molecular Systems Biology 3 (1): 89. 2007. doi:10.1038/msb4100134. PMID 17353931. 
  8. "MTA1 interacts with MAT1, a cyclin-dependent kinase-activating kinase complex ring finger factor, and regulates estrogen receptor transactivation functions". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 278 (13): 11676–85. Mar 2003. doi:10.1074/jbc.M209570200. PMID 12527756. 

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