CDK6_HUMAN Serine/threonine-protein kinase involved in the control of the cell cycle and differentiation; promotes G1/S transition. Phosphorylates pRB/RB1 and NPM1. Interacts with D-type G1 cyclins during interphase at G1 to form a pRB/RB1 kinase and controls the entrance into the cell cycle. Involved in initiation and maintenance of cell cycle exit during cell differentiation; prevents cell proliferation and regulates negatively cell differentiation, but is required for the proliferation of specific cell types (e.g. erythroid and hematopoietic cells). Essential for cell proliferation within the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus and the subventricular zone of the lateral ventricles. Required during thymocyte development. Promotes the production of newborn neurons, probably by modulating G1 length. Promotes, at least in astrocytes, changes in patterns of gene expression, changes in the actin cytoskeleton including loss of stress fibers, and enhanced motility during cell differentiation. Prevents myeloid differentiation by interfering with RUNX1 and reducing its transcription transactivation activity, but promotes proliferation of normal myeloid progenitors. Delays senescence. Promotes the proliferation of beta-cells in pancreatic islets of Langerhans.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
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↑Matushansky I, Radparvar F, Skoultchi AI. CDK6 blocks differentiation: coupling cell proliferation to the block to differentiation in leukemic cells. Oncogene. 2003 Jul 3;22(27):4143-9. PMID:12833137 doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206484
↑Lucas JJ, Domenico J, Gelfand EW. Cyclin-dependent kinase 6 inhibits proliferation of human mammary epithelial cells. Mol Cancer Res. 2004 Feb;2(2):105-14. PMID:14985467
↑Ogasawara T, Kawaguchi H, Jinno S, Hoshi K, Itaka K, Takato T, Nakamura K, Okayama H. Bone morphogenetic protein 2-induced osteoblast differentiation requires Smad-mediated down-regulation of Cdk6. Mol Cell Biol. 2004 Aug;24(15):6560-8. PMID:15254224 doi:10.1128/MCB.24.15.6560-6568.2004
↑Takaki T, Fukasawa K, Suzuki-Takahashi I, Semba K, Kitagawa M, Taya Y, Hirai H. Preferences for phosphorylation sites in the retinoblastoma protein of D-type cyclin-dependent kinases, Cdk4 and Cdk6, in vitro. J Biochem. 2005 Mar;137(3):381-6. PMID:15809340 doi:10.1093/jb/mvi050
↑Fujimoto T, Anderson K, Jacobsen SE, Nishikawa SI, Nerlov C. Cdk6 blocks myeloid differentiation by interfering with Runx1 DNA binding and Runx1-C/EBPalpha interaction. EMBO J. 2007 May 2;26(9):2361-70. Epub 2007 Apr 12. PMID:17431401 doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7601675
↑Ruas M, Gregory F, Jones R, Poolman R, Starborg M, Rowe J, Brookes S, Peters G. CDK4 and CDK6 delay senescence by kinase-dependent and p16INK4a-independent mechanisms. Mol Cell Biol. 2007 Jun;27(12):4273-82. Epub 2007 Apr 9. PMID:17420273 doi:10.1128/MCB.02286-06
↑Fiaschi-Taesch NM, Salim F, Kleinberger J, Troxell R, Cozar-Castellano I, Selk K, Cherok E, Takane KK, Scott DK, Stewart AF. Induction of human beta-cell proliferation and engraftment using a single G1/S regulatory molecule, cdk6. Diabetes. 2010 Aug;59(8):1926-36. doi: 10.2337/db09-1776. PMID:20668294 doi:10.2337/db09-1776
↑Sarek G, Jarviluoma A, Moore HM, Tojkander S, Vartia S, Biberfeld P, Laiho M, Ojala PM. Nucleophosmin phosphorylation by v-cyclin-CDK6 controls KSHV latency. PLoS Pathog. 2010 Mar 19;6(3):e1000818. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000818. PMID:20333249 doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000818
