CDK9

Disease related genes, Enzymes, Metabolic proteins, Plasma proteins, Potential drug targets

Intracellular

Low cell type specificity

Low immune cell specificity

Low cell line specificity

Component of the super elongation complex (SEC), at least composed of EAF1, EAF2, CDK9, MLLT3/AF9, AFF (AFF1 or AFF4), the P-TEFb complex and ELL (ELL, ELL2 or ELL3). Associates with CCNT1/cyclin-T1, CCNT2/cyclin-T2 (isoform A and isoform B) or CCNK/cyclin-K to form active P-TEFb. P-TEFb forms a complex with AFF4/AF5Q31 and is part of the super elongation complex (SEC). Component of a complex which is composed of at least 5 members: HTATSF1/Tat-SF1, P-TEFb complex, RNA pol II, SUPT5H and NCL/nucleolin. Associates with UBR5 and forms a transcription regulatory complex composed of CDK9, RNAP II, UBR5 and TFIIS/TCEA1 that can stimulate target gene transcription (e.g. gamma fibrinogen/FGG) by recruiting their promoters. Component of the 7SK snRNP inactive complex which is composed of at least 8 members: P-TEFb (composed of CDK9 and CCNT1/cyclin-T1), HEXIM1, HEXIM2, LARP7, BCDIN3, SART3 proteins and 7SK and U6 snRNAs. This inactive 7SK snRNP complex can also interact with NCOR1 and HDAC3, probably to regulate CDK9 acetylation. Release of P-TEFb from P-TEFb/7SK snRNP complex requires both PP2B to transduce calcium Ca(2+) signaling in response to stimuli (e.g. UV or hexamethylene bisacetamide (HMBA)) and PPP1CA to dephosphorylate Thr-186. This released P-TEFb remains inactive in the pre-initiation complex with BRD4 until new Thr-186 phosphorylation occurs after the synthesis of a short RNA (PubMed:10393184, PubMed:10574912, PubMed:12037670, PubMed:11884399, PubMed:12065898, PubMed:12718890, PubMed:15965233, PubMed:16109376, PubMed:17452463, PubMed:17643375, PubMed:18249148, PubMed:18483222, PubMed:18566585, PubMed:20159561, PubMed:20471948, PubMed:21127351, PubMed:21779453, PubMed:22195968, PubMed:9491887). Interacts with BRD4; to target chromatin binding (PubMed:16109376, PubMed:16109377, PubMed:18483222). Interacts with JMJD6 (PubMed:24360279). Interacts with activated nuclear STAT3 and RELA/p65 (PubMed:17956865, PubMed:18362169). Binds to AR and MYOD1 (PubMed:12037670, PubMed:20980437). Forms a complex composed of CDK9, CCNT1/cyclin-T1, EP300 and GATA4 that stimulates hypertrophy in cardiomyocytes (PubMed:20081228). The large PER complex involved in the repression of transcriptional termination is composed of at least PER2, CDK9, DDX5, DHX9, NCBP1 and POLR2A (By similarity). Interacts with HSF1 (PubMed:27189267). Interacts with TBX21 (By similarity). Isoform 3: binds to KU70/XRCC6 (PubMed:20535204). Interacts with WDR43 (By similarity). (Microbial infection) Interacts with the acidic/proline-rich region of HIV-1 and HIV-2 Tat via T-loop region and is thus required for HIV to hijack host transcription machinery during its replication through cooperative binding to viral TAR RNA (PubMed:10958691, PubMed:9491887). Interacts with herpes simplex virus 1 protein ICP22; this interaction inhibits the positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb) (PubMed:23029222).

Kinase, Serine/threonine-protein kinase, Transferase