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ArticleScientific reports2021

A Cdk4/6-dependent phosphorylation gradient regulates the early to late G1 phase transition.

Manuel Kaulich, Verena M Link, John D Lapek, Yeon J Lee, Christopher K Glass, David J Gonzalez, Steven F Dowdy

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Manuel KaulichDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. kaulich@em.uni-frankfurt.de.
Verena M LinkDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
John D LapekDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA.
Yeon J LeeDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Christopher K GlassDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
David J GonzalezDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA.
Steven F DowdyDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. sdowdy@ucsd.edu.
University of California, San Diego · US

Funding

Transcriptional co-regulators and macrophage gene expressionR01DK091183 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GLASS, CHRISTOPHER K · 2011 to 2025
$9.9M
NCI NIH HHS CA168949-02NIDDK NIH HHS DK091183NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK091183
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During early G1 phase, Rb is exclusively mono-phosphorylated by cyclin D:Cdk4/6, generating 14 different isoforms with specific binding patterns to E2Fs and other cellular protein targets. While mono-phosphorylated Rb is dispensable for early G1 phase progression, interfering with cyclin D:Cdk4/6 kinase activity prevents G1 phase progression, questioning the role of cyclin D:Cdk4/6 in Rb inactivation. To dissect the molecular functions of cyclin D:Cdk4/6 during cell cycle entry, we generated a single cell reporter for Cdk2 activation, RB inactivation and cell cycle entry by CRISPR/Cas9 tagging endogenous p27 with mCherry. Through single cell tracing of Cdk4i cells, we identified a time-sensitive early G1 phase specific Cdk4/6-dependent phosphorylation gradient that regulates cell cycle entry timing and resides between serum-sensing and cyclin E:Cdk2 activation. To reveal the substrate identity of the Cdk4/6 phosphorylation gradient, we performed whole proteomic and phospho-proteomic mass spectrometry, and identified 147 proteins and 82 phospho-peptides that significantly changed due to Cdk4 inhibition in early G1 phase. In summary, we identified novel (non-Rb) cyclin D:Cdk4/6 substrates that connects early G1 phase functions with cyclin E:Cdk2 activation and Rb inactivation by hyper-phosphorylation.

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Cell Cycle ProteinsCell DivisionCells, CulturedCyclin DCyclin-Dependent Kinase 4Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6Cyclin EG1 PhaseHumansOncogene ProteinsPhosphorylationProteomeProto-Oncogene ProteinsRetinoblastoma ProteinCCNE1 protein, humanCDK4 protein, humanCDK6 protein, humanCell Cycle ProteinsCyclin DCyclin-Dependent Kinase 4Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6Cyclin EOncogene ProteinsProteomeProto-Oncogene ProteinsRetinoblastoma Protein

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PMID34282211
PMCPMC8290049
OpenAlexW3184458897

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