Identifiers
NAME:CDK4_6*:p15INK4B*
Maps_Modules
HMC:ACTIVATING_INVASION_AND_METASTASIS
EMT Senescence / EMT_REGULATORS
References
em_emtc_emtc_re256( EMT Senescence ):
PMID:23140366
PMID:17055429
p16 and p15 activates the pRB tumor supressor by inhibiting the cyclin dependent kinase CDK4 and CDK6, which promotes proliferation. The inhibition of CDK4 and CDK6 ability to phosphorylate Rb, maintains Rb-family protein in a hypophosphorylated state which promotes G1 cell cycle arrest