CDKN2C

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the INK4 family of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors. This protein has been shown to interact with CDK4 or CDK6, and prevent the activation of the CDK kinases, thus function as a cell growth regulator that controls cell cycle G1 progression. Ectopic expression of this gene was shown to suppress the growth of human cells in a manner that appears to correlate with the presence of a wild-type RB1 function. Studies in the knockout mice suggested the roles of this gene in regulating spermatogenesis, as well as in suppressing tumorigenesis. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene, which encode an identical protein, have been reported. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Description

Cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 2C

Tissue specificity

Tissue enhanced (adipose tissue, lymphoid tissue)

Subcell location

Nucleoplasm, Cytosol

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Cancer-related genes
Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Plasma proteins
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)

Chromosome

1 (50960745 - 50974634)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000123080  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Cdkn2c: ENSMUSG00000028551

UniProt

P42773

neXtProt

NX_P42773

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure