|  |   Structural highlights   Function [CDK13_HUMAN] Cyclin-dependent kinase which displays CTD kinase activity and is required for RNA splicing. Has CTD kinase activity by hyperphosphorylating the C-terminal heptapeptide repeat domain (CTD) of the largest RNA polymerase II subunit RPB1, thereby acting as a key regulator of transcription elongation. Required for RNA splicing, probably by phosphorylating SRSF1/SF2. Required during hematopoiesis. In case of infection by HIV-1 virus, interacts with HIV-1 Tat protein acetylated at 'Lys-50' and 'Lys-51', thereby increasing HIV-1 mRNA splicing and promoting the production of the doubly spliced HIV-1 protein Nef.[1] [2] [3] [4]  [CCNK_HUMAN] May play a role in transcriptional regulation. In vitro, is associated with a kinase activity toward both RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain and CDK2 (CAK).[5]  
   References ↑ Even Y, Durieux S, Escande ML, Lozano JC, Peaucellier G, Weil D, Geneviere AM. CDC2L5, a Cdk-like kinase with RS domain, interacts with the ASF/SF2-associated protein p32 and affects splicing in vivo. J Cell Biochem. 2006 Oct 15;99(3):890-904. PMID:16721827 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcb.20986↑ Lapidot-Lifson Y, Patinkin D, Prody CA, Ehrlich G, Seidman S, Ben-Aziz R, Benseler F, Eckstein F, Zakut H, Soreq H. Cloning and antisense oligodeoxynucleotide inhibition of a human homolog of cdc2  required in hematopoiesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Jan 15;89(2):579-83. PMID:1731328 ↑ Berro R, Pedati C, Kehn-Hall K, Wu W, Klase Z, Even Y, Geneviere AM, Ammosova T, Nekhai S, Kashanchi F. CDK13, a new potential human immunodeficiency virus type 1 inhibitory factor regulating viral mRNA splicing. J Virol. 2008 Jul;82(14):7155-66. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02543-07. Epub 2008 May 14. PMID:18480452 doi:10.1128/JVI.02543-07↑ Bartkowiak B, Liu P, Phatnani HP, Fuda NJ, Cooper JJ, Price DH, Adelman K, Lis JT, Greenleaf AL. CDK12 is a transcription elongation-associated CTD kinase, the metazoan ortholog  of yeast Ctk1. Genes Dev. 2010 Oct 15;24(20):2303-16. doi: 10.1101/gad.1968210. PMID:20952539 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/gad.1968210↑ Fu TJ, Peng J, Lee G, Price DH, Flores O. Cyclin K functions as a CDK9 regulatory subunit and participates in RNA polymerase II transcription. J Biol Chem. 1999 Dec 3;274(49):34527-30. PMID:10574912 
 
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