CDKs (cyclin-dependent kinases) ensure directionality and fidelity of the eukaryotic cell division cycle. In a similar fashion, the transcription cycle is governed by a conserved subfamily of CDKs that phosphorylate Pol II (RNA polymerase II) and other substrates. A genetic model organism, the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, has yielded robust models of cell-cycle control, applicable to higher eukaryotes. From a similar approach combining classical and chemical genetics, fundamental principles of transcriptional regulation by CDKs are now emerging. In the present paper, we review the current knowledge of each transcriptional CDK with respect to its substrate specificity, function in transcription and effects on chromatin modifications, highlighting the important roles of CDKs in ensuring quantity and quality control over gene expression in eukaryotes.
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Modelling the CDK-dependent transcription cycle in fission yeast
Miriam Sansó;
Miriam Sansó
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*Department of Structural and Chemical Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1677, New York, NY 10029-6574, U.S.A.
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Robert P. Fisher
Robert P. Fisher
*Department of Structural and Chemical Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1677, New York, NY 10029-6574, U.S.A.
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
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October 08 2013
Online ISSN: 1470-8752
Print ISSN: 0300-5127
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Biochem Soc Trans (2013) 41 (6): 1660–1665.
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Miriam Sansó, Robert P. Fisher; Modelling the CDK-dependent transcription cycle in fission yeast. Biochem Soc Trans 1 December 2013; 41 (6): 1660–1665. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/BST20130238
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