CDK5: a protein kinase of the CDK family. Unlike other members of this family, it is not activated by cyclins but by p35 (CDK5R1) and p39. An important regulator of neuronal positioning during brain development. May also play a role in synaptogenesis and neurotransmission. Substrates include TAU, MAP2, NF-H and -M, Nudel, PDE6, beta-catenin, amphyphysin, dynamin I, synapsin 1, Munc-18, and NMDA receptor 2A. Plays a role in myogenesis, haematopoietic cell differentiation, spermatogenesis, insulin secretion, and lens differentiation. Implicated in the pathology of neurofibrillary tangles and formation of senile plaques, hallmarks of Alzheimer?s disease. Induces tau phosphorylation and aggregation and neurofibrillary tangle deposition and neurodegeneration in in vitro and in vivo animal models. Brain samples from Alzeimer?s pateints show elevated CDK5 activity.
Protein type: Protein kinase, CMGC; EC 2.7.11.1; Cell cycle regulation; Kinase, protein; Protein kinase, Ser/Thr (non-receptor); CMGC group; CDK family; CDK5 subfamily; CDK/CDK5 subfamily
Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 7q36
Cellular Component: axon; cell junction; cell soma; cyclin-dependent protein kinase 5 activator complex; cytoplasm; cytoskeleton; cytosol; dendrite; filopodium; growth cone; lamellipodium; membrane; neuromuscular junction; nucleus; perikaryon; plasma membrane; postsynaptic density; postsynaptic membrane
Molecular Function: acetylcholine receptor activator activity; ATP binding; cyclin-dependent protein kinase activity; cytoskeletal protein binding; ephrin receptor binding; ErbB-2 class receptor binding; ErbB-3 class receptor binding; kinase activity; p53 binding; protein binding; protein kinase activity; protein kinase binding; protein serine/threonine kinase activity; tau-protein kinase activity
Biological Process: axon extension; axon guidance; behavioral response to cocaine; blood coagulation; cell cycle; cell division; cell proliferation; cell-matrix adhesion; central nervous system neuron development; cerebellar cortex formation; corpus callosum development; cortical actin cytoskeleton organization and biogenesis; dendrite morphogenesis; hippocampus development; intracellular protein transport; layer formation in the cerebral cortex; motor axon guidance; negative regulation of axon extension; negative regulation of cell cycle; negative regulation of protein export from nucleus; negative regulation of protein ubiquitination; negative regulation of proteolysis; negative regulation of synaptic plasticity; negative regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent; neurite development; neuron apoptosis; neuron differentiation; neuron migration; nucleocytoplasmic transport; oligodendrocyte differentiation; peptidyl-serine phosphorylation; peptidyl-threonine phosphorylation; phosphorylation; positive regulation of calcium ion-dependent exocytosis; positive regulation of neuron apoptosis; positive regulation of protein binding; positive regulation of protein kinase activity; protein amino acid autophosphorylation; receptor catabolic process; receptor clustering; regulation of apoptosis; regulation of cell migration; regulation of excitatory postsynaptic membrane potential; regulation of synaptic plasticity; rhythmic process; Schwann cell development; sensory perception of pain; serine phosphorylation of STAT3 protein; skeletal muscle development; synaptic transmission; synaptic transmission, dopaminergic; synaptic transmission, glutamatergic; synaptic vesicle endocytosis; synaptic vesicle exocytosis; synaptogenesis; visual learning
Disease: Lissencephaly 7 With Cerebellar Hypoplasia
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