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ArticleJACS Au2024

CDK2 and CDK4: Cell Cycle Functions Evolve Distinct, Catalysis-Competent Conformations, Offering Drug Targets.

Wengang Zhang, Yonglan Liu, Hyunbum Jang, Ruth Nussinov

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Article in JACS Au, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Wengang ZhangCancer Innovation Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9653-6966
Yonglan LiuCancer Innovation Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, United States.
Hyunbum JangComputational Structural Biology Section, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland 21702, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9402-4051
Ruth NussinovComputational Structural Biology Section, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland 21702, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8115-6415

Funding

NCI NIH HHS HHSN261201500003CNCI NIH HHS HHSN261201500003I
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs), particularly CDK4 and CDK2, are crucial for cell cycle progression from the Gap 1 (G1) to the Synthesis (S) phase by phosphorylating targets such as the Retinoblastoma Protein (Rb). CDK4, paired with cyclin-D, operates in the long G1 phase, while CDK2 with cyclin-E, manages the brief G1-to-S transition, enabling DNA replication. Aberrant CDK signaling leads to uncontrolled cell proliferation, which is a hallmark of cancer. Exactly how they accomplish their catalytic phosphorylation actions with distinct efficiencies poses the fundamental, albeit overlooked question. Here we combined available experimental data and modeling of the active complexes to establish their conformational functional landscapes to explain how the two cyclin/CDK complexes differentially populate their catalytically competent states for cell cycle progression. Our premise is that CDK

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PMCPMC11134382

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