Overview:

Cyclin T2 belongs to the highly conserved cyclin family, whose members are characterized by a dramatic periodicity in protein abundance through the cell cycle which function as regulators of CDK kinases. Different cyclins exhibit distinct expression and degradation patterns which contribute to the temporal coordination of each mitotic event. Cyclin T2 and its kinase partner CDK9 were found to be subunits of the transcription elongation factor p-TEFb. The p-TEFb complex containing this cyclin was reported to interact with, and act as a negative regulator of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Tat protein(1). In mammalian cells, all 3 CDK9/cyclin T combinations strongly activated a CMV promoter(2).

Gene Aliases:

CCNT2; CYCT2

Genbank Number:

NM_001241

References:

1. Yang, Z.et.al: The 7SK small nuclear RNA inhibits the CDK9/cyclin T1 kinase to control transcription. Nature 414: 317-322, 2001.

2. Peng, J.et.al: Identification of multiple cyclin subunits of human P-TEFb. Genes Dev. 12: 755-762, 1998.