CDKN1A (cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A)
Written | 2001-04 | Delphine Javelaud, Françoise Besançon |
Institut Curie, Pavillon Pasteur, Unité INSERM 365, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France |
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1. Identity
Alias_names | General Information |
cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A (p21 | |
Alias_symbol (synonym) | P21 |
CIP1 | |
WAF1 | |
SDI1 | |
CAP20 | |
p21CIP1 | |
p21Cip1/Waf1 | |
Other alias | p21 |
WAF1 (Wild type p53 activated protein-1) | |
CIP1 (CDK- interacting protein) | |
SDI1 (Senescence cell- derived inhibitor-1) | |
MDA-6 (melanoma differentiation-asssociated protein-1) | |
HGNC (Hugo) | CDKN1A |
LocusID (NCBI) | 1026 |
Atlas_Id | 139 |
Location | 6p21.2 [Link to chromosome band 6p21] |
Location_base_pair | Starts at 36676490 and ends at 36687339 bp from pter ( according to hg19-Feb_2009) [Mapping CDKN1A.png] |
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CDKN1A (6p21) - Courtesy Mariano Rocchi, Resources for Molecular Cytogenetics. | |
Fusion genes (updated 2017) | Data from Atlas, Mitelman, Cosmic Fusion, Fusion Cancer, TCGA fusion databases with official HUGO symbols (see references in chromosomal bands) |
CDKN1A (6p21.2) / CD9 (12p13.31) | CDKN1A (6p21.2) / CDKN1A (6p21.2) | CDKN1A (6p21.2) / GAPDH (12p13.31) | |
CREB3L2 (7q33) / CDKN1A (6p21.2) | RCN2 (15q24.3) / CDKN1A (6p21.2) | UBR4 (1p36.13) / CDKN1A (6p21.2) | |
2. DNA/RNA
Description | 3 exons (68, 450, 1600 pb ; the first exon is not translated) |
Transcription | 2,1 kb mRNA, expression regulated at both transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. |
3. Protein
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Description | 164 amino acids, 18 kDa. Contains interacting domains with several proteins (see Figure) and a nuclear localization signal. |
Expression | in all adult human tissues. CDKN1A expression in the developing mouse embryo is correlated with cell-cycle arrest that precedes terminal differentiation in a variety of tissues. |
Localisation | nuclear and cytoplasmic. |
Function | can interact with cytoplasmic proteins ( pro-caspase-3, ASK-1, JNK, CaM, cyclinD-CDK4). |
Homology | with p27kip1 and p57kip2 in the N- terminal. |
4. Mutations
Somatic | Analysis of normal and tumor cells revealed two common variants in the CDKN1A gene which were not unique to tumors: a C to A substitution at codon 31 (Ser 31-to-Arg) which does not result in loss of activity and a C to T change in the 3' untranslated region of the CDKN1A gene, 20 bp following the stop codon. In prostate cancer, a single base insertion at codon 35, resulting in frameshift, protein troncation and impairement of activity, has been identified. A Phe to Leu change at codon 63, an Arg to Trp change at position 94 and an Asn to Ser change at position 50 were observed in a Burkitt's lymphoma, a human breast carcinoma and a malignant melanoma cell line, respectively. |
5. Bibliography
Apoptosis inhibitory activity of cytoplasmic p21(Cip1/WAF1) in monocytic differentiation. |
Asada M, Yamada T, Ichijo H, Delia D, Miyazono K, Fukumuro K, Mizutani S |
The EMBO journal. 1999 ; 18 (5) : 1223-1234. |
PMID 10064589 |
A single nucleotide substitution at codon 31 (Ser/Arg) defines a polymorphism in a highly conserved region of the p53-inducible gene WAF1/CIP1. |
Chedid M, Michieli P, Lengel C, Huppi K, Givol D |
Oncogene. 1994 ; 9 (10) : 3021-3024. |
PMID 8084608 |
p21(WAF1/Cip1): more than a break to the cell cycle? |
Dotto GP |
Biochimica et biophysica acta. 2000 ; 1471 (1) : M43-M56. |
PMID 10967424 |
Transcriptional regulation of the p21((WAF1/CIP1)) gene. |
Gartel AL, Tyner AL |
Experimental cell research. 1999 ; 246 (2) : 280-289. |
PMID 9925742 |
The p21 Cdk-interacting protein Cip1 is a potent inhibitor of G1 cyclin-dependent kinases. |
Harper JW, Adami GR, Wei N, Keyomarsi K, Elledge SJ |
Cell. 1993 ; 75 (4) : 805-816. |
PMID 8242751 |
Two variants of the CIP1/WAF1 gene occur together and are associated with human cancer. |
Mousses S, Ozçelik H, Lee PD, Malkin D, Bull SB, Andrulis IL |
Human molecular genetics. 1995 ; 4 (6) : 1089-1092. |
PMID 7655464 |
p53-independent expression of p21Cip1 in muscle and other terminally differentiating cells. |
Parker SB, Eichele G, Zhang P, Rawls A, Sands AT, Bradley A, Olson EN, Harper JW, Elledge SJ |
Science (New York, N.Y.). 1995 ; 267 (5200) : 1024-1027. |
PMID 7863329 |
6. Citation
This paper should be referenced as such : |
Javelaud, D ; Besanè_on, F |
CDKN1A (cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A) |
Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol. 2001;5(3):170-171. |
Free journal version : [ pdf ] [ DOI ] |
On line version : http://atlasgeneticsoncology.usal.es/classic/Genes/CDKN1AID139.html |
Other Solid tumors implicated (Data extracted from papers in the Atlas) [ 2 ] |
Neuro-Endocrine/Endocrine system: Carcinoid tumors
t(6;12)(p21;p13) CDKN1A/CD9 |
7. External links
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