Cyclins contain two domains of similar all-alpha fold, this family corresponds with the C-terminal domain of some cyclins including cyclin C and cyclin H [1].
Cyclins regulate cyclin dependent kinases (CDKs). Swiss:P22674 is a Uracil-DNA glycosylase that is related to other cyclins [4]. Cyclins contain two domains of similar all-alpha fold, of which this family corresponds with the N-terminal domain.
This domain is found in eukaryotes, and is typically between 325 and 354 amino acids in length. The function of this particular region of the Mediator subunit Med12 is not known, but there is a conserved sequence motif: LCEWAV, from which the name de ...
This domain is found in eukaryotes, and is typically between 325 and 354 amino acids in length. The function of this particular region of the Mediator subunit Med12 is not known, but there is a conserved sequence motif: LCEWAV, from which the name derives.
Med12 is a negative regulator of the Gli3-dependent sonic hedgehog signalling pathway via its interaction with Gli3 within the RNA polymerase II transcriptional Mediator. A complex is formed between Med12, Med13, CDK8 and CycC which is responsible fo ...
Med12 is a negative regulator of the Gli3-dependent sonic hedgehog signalling pathway via its interaction with Gli3 within the RNA polymerase II transcriptional Mediator. A complex is formed between Med12, Med13, CDK8 and CycC which is responsible for suppression of transcription. This subunit forms part of the Kinase section of Mediator [2].
MID domain of the medPIWI PIWI/Argonaute module. medPIWI is the core globular domain of the Med13 protein. Med13 is one member of the CDK8 subcomplex of the Mediator transcriptional coactivator complex. The medPIWI module in Med13 is predicted to bin ...
MID domain of the medPIWI PIWI/Argonaute module. medPIWI is the core globular domain of the Med13 protein. Med13 is one member of the CDK8 subcomplex of the Mediator transcriptional coactivator complex. The medPIWI module in Med13 is predicted to bind double-stranded nucleic acids, triggering the experimentally-observed conformational switch in the CDK8 subcomplex which regulates the Mediator complex [1].
Mediator is a large complex of up to 33 proteins that is conserved from plants through fungi to humans - the number and representation of individual subunits varying with species [1-2]. It is arranged into four different sections, a core, a head, a t ...
Mediator is a large complex of up to 33 proteins that is conserved from plants through fungi to humans - the number and representation of individual subunits varying with species [1-2]. It is arranged into four different sections, a core, a head, a tail and a kinase-activity part, and the number of subunits within each of these is what varies with species. Overall, Mediator regulates the transcriptional activity of RNA polymerase II but it would appear that each of the four different sections has a slightly different function. Med13 is part of the ancillary kinase module, together with Med12, CDK8 and CycC, which in yeast is implicated in transcriptional repression, though most of this activity is likely attributable to the CDK8 kinase. The large Med12 and Med13 proteins are required for specific developmental processes in Drosophila, zebrafish, and Caenorhabditis elegans but their biochemical functions are not understood [4]. This domain is also identified as an RNaseH domain of the medPIWI PIWI/Argonaute module. medPIWI is the core domain found in the Med13 protein. The medPIWI module in Med13 is predicted to bind double-stranded nucleic acids, triggering the experimentally-observed conformational switch in the CDK8 subcomplex which regulates the Mediator complex [5].
