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The cyclin-cdks are master regulators of cell proliferation. These serine/threonine kinases are the motors that both start and stop the cell cycle in response to proliferative or antiproliferative signals. They phosphorylate substrates required to trigger orderly cell cycle progression, and thus their activity is tightly regulated in order to prevent inappropriate activation. One of the main interfaces between the extraceullar environment and the cell cycle machinery is the interaction of the cyclin-cdks with two families of stoichiometric cyclin kinase inhibitors (CKIs), the Ink4s and the Cip/Kips. As their name suggests, the CKIs have historically been considered negative regulators of the cyclin-cdks, responsible for rapidly and effectively turning off cyclin-cdk activity. However, the interaction of cyclin D-cdk4 with the Cip/Kip family, and with p27Kip1 in particular, appeared complex. In addition to its ability to inhibit cyclin D-cdk4, p27 appeared to be a required assembly factor for the complex, binding in a non-inhibitory mode at least some of the time. Whether p27 was a cyclin D-cdk4/6 inhibitor or not was controversial, and how it might switch between these two modes was unknown. Arguing for a two state mechanism, we have recently shown that p27 can be both a cdk4 bound-inhibitor and a bound-non-inhibitor, depending on the growth state of the cell. This perspective highlights the significance of this finding in terms of normal cell cycle progression and tumor development.

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PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov

Journal: Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.)

VOLUME: 7

Page Numbers: 892-8

Journal Abbreviation: Cell Cycle

ISSN: 1551-4005

DAY: 18

MONTH: 01

YEAR: 2008

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AFFILIATION: Departments of Pediatrics and Anatomy and Cell Biology and Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology of the School of Graduate Studies, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA. stacy.blain@downstate.edu

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