Species Human Entrez 904 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000129315 | |
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Aliases CCNT1, CCNT, CYCT1, HIVE1, cyclin T1 External IDs MGI: 1328363 HomoloGene: 947 GeneCards: CCNT1 | ||
Cyclin-T1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CCNT1 gene.
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Function
The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the highly conserved cyclin family, whose members are characterized by a dramatic periodicity in protein abundance through the cell cycle. Cyclins function as regulators of CDK kinases. Different cyclins exhibit distinct expression and degradation patterns that contribute to the temporal coordination of each mitotic event. This cyclin tightly associates with CDK9 kinase, and was found to be a major subunit of the transcription elongation factor p-TEFb. The kinase complex containing this cyclin and the elongation factor can interact with, and act as a cofactor of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Tat protein, and was shown to be both necessary and sufficient for full activation of viral transcription. This cyclin and its kinase partner were also found to be involved in the phosphorylation and regulation of the carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) of the largest RNA polymerase II subunit.
Interactions
Cyclin T1 has been shown to interact with: