Gene Information
Gene NameCDK8
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length464
Protein NamesCyclin-dependent kinase 8 (EC 2.7.11.22) (EC 2.7.11.23) (Cell division protein kinase 8) (Mediator complex subunit CDK8) (Mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription subunit CDK8) (Protein kinase K35)
Target Namecyclin-dependent kinase 8
Target TypeClinical trial target
Gene Age544 ( ENSG00000132964 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBP49336
Gene CardCDK8
Uniprot IDP49336
PfamPF00069
In ASDyes
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.897160675)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ CDK8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ CDK8 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ CDK8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ CDK8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Cdk8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ CDK8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ AABR07035338.1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ CDK8 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsCDK19
ParalogsCDK14, CDKL2, CDK5, CDKL3, CDK7, CDK3, CDK1, CDKL1, CDK19, CDKL5, CDK6, CDK16, CDK15, CDK4, CDKL4, CDK2, CDK20, CDK9, CDK12, CDK10, CDK11B, CDK11A, CDK13, CDK18, CDK17, PRPF4B
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityNA
Pharmacological Animal Models0.049197(Chimpanzee);0.134530(Mouse);NULL(Rat);0.138525(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 3RGF  (X-ray  2.20A  4CRL  (X-ray  2.40A  4F6S  (X-ray  2.60A  4F6U  (X-ray  2.10A  4F6W  (X-ray  2.39A  4F70  (X-ray  3.00A  4F7J  (X-ray  2.60A  4F7L  (X-ray  2.90A  4F7N  (X-ray  2.65A  4F7S  (X-ray  2.20A  4G6L  (X-ray  2.70A  5BNJ  (X-ray  2.64A  5CEI  (X-ray  2.24A  5FGK  (X-ray  2.36A  5HBE  (X-ray  2.38A  5HBH  (X-ray  2.50A  5HBJ  (X-ray  3.00A  5HNB  (X-ray  2.35A  5HVY  (X-ray  2.39A  5I5Z  (X-ray  2.60A  5ICP  (X-ray  2.18A  5IDN  (X-ray  2.26A  5IDP  (X-ray  2.65A  5XQX  (X-ray  2.30A  5XS2  (X-ray  2.04A  6QTG  (X-ray  2.70A  6QTJ  (X-ray  2.48A  6R3S  (X-ray  2.19A  6T41  (X-ray  2.45A  6TPA  (X-ray  2.80A  6Y0A  (X-ray  2.19A 
DBSNP rs1593218885  rs1593218890  rs1565977796  rs1418353379  rs1593310364 
Subcellular location [CC]Nucleus {ECO:0000305}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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