CDK5
Chr 7cyclin dependent kinase 5
Also known as: LIS7, PSSALRE
This gene encodes a proline-directed serine/threonine kinase that is a member of the cyclin-dependent kinase family of proteins. Unlike other members of the family, the protein encoded by this gene does not directly control cell cycle regulation. Instead the protein, which is predominantly expressed at high levels in mammalian postmitotic central nervous system neurons, functions in diverse processes such as synaptic plasticity and neuronal migration through phosphorylation of proteins required for cytoskeletal organization, endocytosis and exocytosis, and apoptosis. In humans, an allelic variant of the gene that results in undetectable levels of the protein has been associated with lethal autosomal recessive lissencephaly-7. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, May 2015]
Primary Disease Associations & Inheritance
Clinical highlights
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Population Genetics & Constraint
gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance
More LoF-intolerant than ~75% of genes
Moderately missense-constrained (top ~2.5%)
ClinVar Variant Classifications
0 submitted variants in ClinVar
Protein Context — Lollipop Plot
CDK5 · protein map & ClinVar variants
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External Resources
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Clinical Trials
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