Functional conservation between the human, nematode, and yeast CK2 cell cycle genes

I. Dotan, E. Ziv, N. Dafni, J. S. Beckman, R. O. McCann, C. V.C. Glover, D. Canaani*

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Abstract

Protein kinase CK2 (formerly casein kinase II) is a highly conserved serine/threonine protein kinase ubiquitous in eukaryotic organisms. Previously, we have shown that CK2 is required for cell cycle progression and essential for the viability of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We now report that either the human or the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans CK2α catalytic subunit can substitute for the yeast catalytic subunits. Additionally, expression of the human CK2 regulatory subunit (CK2β) can suppress the temperature sensitivity of either of the two yeast CK2 mutant catalytic subunits. Taken together, these observations reinforce the view that the CK2 cell cycle progression genes have been highly conserved during evolution from yeast to humans, not only in structure but also in function.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)603-609
Number of pages7
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume288
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Nov 2001

Funding

FundersFunder number
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation

    Keywords

    • CKII
    • Yeast cell cycle progression

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