CODSWALLOP

Cyclin-dependent kinase 2

Homo sapiens · seed P24941 · 298 aa · family defined as ≥30% identity to that seed · compiled 07 October 2026

CATH and SCOP identifiers come from the RCSB's own structure annotations, which the Domains panel already reads, so these are looked up rather than guessed at.

1,974Entries 1,983Entities 443Constructs 30Organisms 1,772Ligand-bound
0.83 ÅBest res.
2.02 ÅMedian res.

Every figure here is counted over the whole family rather than quoted from one entry.

The reference structure

9HJ1, the structure every other member of this family is superposed onto. Rendered by the RCSB and embedded here: the live app shows an interactive viewport, which a document that fetches nothing cannot.

Rendered structure of 9HJ1
9HJ1 at the RCSB · open it in the 3D viewer

Which residues anyone has ever seen

How many of this family's constructs contain each residue of the seed. A trough is a stretch nobody has put in a construct, which is a construct-design answer rather than a disorder one.

11492981983 constructs

Constructs, most-used first

443 distinct constructs across 1,974 entries. 1,140 polymer entities differ from the UniProt canonical sequence in some way, 387 carry a recognised expression tag and 0 carry a fusion partner.

"Differs from canonical" is not the same as "engineered". The canonical sequence is the full gene product, so a secreted protein whose structures all start after its signal peptide counts every one of them as different: lysozyme's most-used construct, residues 19–147 on 1,239 entities, is simply the mature protein. Read the construct column below for what was actually done, rather than this count.

EntitiesLengthBest (Å)Best entryWhat was made
185 298 1.38 7RXO matches the canonical sequence
104 306 1.00 6Q49 matches the canonical sequence
59 360 1.66 8YD9 matches the canonical sequence
57 360 1.44 5R97 matches the canonical sequence
56 328 1.09 8AEC residues 2-329; R21S, K74A, K75A +1 more
55 299 1.26 4EK4 matches the canonical sequence
55 368 1.12 8AOJ His6
38 302 1.99 6GUE matches the canonical sequence
38 352 1.51 5OTO residues 1-329; M1S, R21S
33 364 1.46 3QYZ His6
30 364 0.83 6TGU His6; C336S
29 344 2.98 8BU1 residues 709-1052; Y709G, E711G, K965R
28 335 1.50 3BQC residues 1-335
25 303 1.47 9UAU matches the canonical sequence
25 360 1.60 4EHV M1G
22 361 1.50 5LAR matches the canonical sequence
21 299 1.60 9FR2 matches the canonical sequence
21 349 1.70 8P79 matches the canonical sequence
19 332 1.24 4RLK matches the canonical sequence
19 336 1.25 4KWP residues 1-336
18 360 1.59 3SA0 matches the canonical sequence
17 338 2.10 6QY7 residues 1-337
17 360 1.50 3LFF M1G, C119S, C162S +2 more
17 366 1.70 2QD9 M1H
17 372 1.70 3FMK His6

Showing the 25 most-used of 443.

Positions people deliberately mutate

Columns where the wild-type residue still dominates but a real minority carries something else, which is a different question from "what varies across species".

F4Y 70% L255A 70% S46K 70% D247P 70% Q113R 70% V293D 70% S94Q 69% S106F 69% Q287A 69% E257P 69% H121A 69% L296P 69% A183S 69% K75D 69% T182Q 69% G98D 68% I141L 68% K278A 68% D288Q 68% E57H 68% F117Y 68% V230I 68% L25K 68% K242Q 68% G259A 68% R297V 68% V252F 68% A140E 68% K6N 67% M233L 67%

What it assembles into

Oligomeric stateChainsEntriesShare
monomeric1 1,425 72.2%
dimeric2 366 18.5%
trimeric3 120 6.1%
tetrameric4 34 1.7%
pentameric5 6 0.3%
heptameric7 4 0.2%
hexameric6 3 0.2%
40-meric40 2 0.1%

1,347 entries have the depositor's assembly corroborated by PISA, 533 carry the depositor's word alone and 94 were assigned by PISA where the depositor gave none. The middle figure is not a disagreement: PISA may have returned nothing or never run. 40 entries carry more than one assembly with different chain counts, so they have no single answer to quote: 1G3N, 1H24, 1H25, 1H26, 1H27, 1JST, 2F49, 2JLD, 2PK9, 2WMA, 2WMB, 2X1N, 3E3B, 3F5X, 3H30, 3MTL, 3NIZ, 3PUP, 3SD0, 3U9C.

Domain architecture

Every source's own domains on the seed axis, one row each. They are not merged: Pfam, CATH, SCOP and InterPro disagree about boundaries, and a merged track would state a consensus none of them gave.

CATHPhosphorylase Kinase; domaTransferase(PhosphotransfeSCOP2BProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-li1149298
DomainSourceSpan (seed)Chains
Phosphorylase Kinase; domain 1CATH 3.30.200.20 19–114 1,605
Transferase(Phosphotransferase) domain 1CATH 1.10.510.10 110–298 1,679
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8040310 2–298 502
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8032654 3–298 40
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8039449 4–298 281
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8033039 6–298 254
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8036628 6–298 122
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8039362 9–298 27
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8036604 11–298 21
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8062460 15–298 39
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8036640 23–298 77
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8036635 33–298 154

What binds it

ANP ANP60 entries ADP ADP47 entries ATP ATP44 entries SB4 SB420 entries GG5 GG519 entries 3NG 3NG18 entries SF4 SF413 entries SB2 SB210 entries I46 I4610 entries IRG IRG10 entries AGS AGS8 entries NIO NIO8 entries
ComponentClassNameEntriesBest (Å)
SO4ion Sulfate Ion 424 1.12
EDOcryoprotectant 1,2-Ethanediol 254 0.83
MGion Magnesium Ion 195 1.04
CLion Chloride Ion 194 0.89
GOLcryoprotectant Glycerol 142 1.19
ACTcryoprotectant Acetate Ion 129 1.09
DMScryoprotectant Dimethyl Sulfoxide 107 1.00
BOGlipid/detergent Octyl Beta-D-Glucopyranoside 79 1.45
ANPcofactor Phosphoaminophosphonic Acid-Adenylate Ester 60 1.04
PO4ion Phosphate Ion 48 1.09
ADPcofactor Adenosine-5'-Diphosphate 47 1.19
ATPcofactor Adenosine-5'-Triphosphate 44 1.09
NAion Sodium Ion 44 0.97
PEGcryoprotectant Di(Hydroxyethyl)ether 41 1.25
ZNion Zinc Ion 39 2.00
SGMcryoprotectant Monothioglycerol 28 1.65
SB4ligand 4-(4-Fluorophenyl)-1-(4-Piperidinyl)-5-(2-Amino-4-Pyrimidinyl)-I 20 1.22
CAion Calcium Ion 20 1.22
GG5ligand 4-[3-(4-Fluorophenyl)-1h-Pyrazol-4-Yl]pyridine 19 1.65
3NGligand 5-[(3-Chlorophenyl)amino]benzo[C][2,6]naphthyridine-8-Carboxylic 18 0.89

How it crystallises

Parsed from the free text 1,797 depositors typed into _exptl_crystal_grow.pdbx_details, out of 1,828 entries that recorded anything at all. Median pH 7.0 (range 4.0 to 9.5).

Precipitants

PEG × Ammonium sulfate × Sodium chloride × Magnesium chloride × Lithium sulfate × Sodium citrate × Calcium chloride × PEG (unspecified) × Sodium formate × MPD × Isopropanol × Sodium malonate × Jeffamine × Tacsimate ×

Buffers

HEPES × MES × Tris × Citrate × Bis-Tris × Bis-Tris propane × Sodium acetate × Sodium cacodylate × Phosphate × Imidazole × CHES × ADA × Glycine ×

Which entries to trust

1,974 entries carry a wwPDB validation report: 494 clean, 849 worth a check and 631 with something to explain. Median clashscore 5.45, median RSRZ outliers 6.21%, median R-free minus R-work 0.04. 1,886 have released structure factors.

Across species

OrganismEntriesBest (Å)Ligand-boundSeed covered
Homo sapiens1,650 0.83 1507 100%
Mus musculus133 1.22 120 98%
Rattus norvegicus80 1.34 58 98%
Zea mays41 1.24 40 97%
Arabidopsis thaliana12 1.25 7 97%
Saccharomyces cerevisiae10 1.55 6 98%
Plasmodium falciparum4 1.90 2 97%
Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C4 1.95 3 97%
Toxoplasma gondii RH3 2.10 3 99%
Cryptococcus neoformans Bt854 2.28 4 97%
Cryptosporidium parvum Iowa II4 2.37 3 97%
Leishmania major3 1.95 1 99%

Seed sequence

298 residues, numbered every ten. Every identity figure in this document is measured against this sequence.

active or binding site modified residue or glycosylation disulphide cysteine transmembrane or signal the 15 most-substituted positions

1MENFQKVEKI GEGTYGVVYK ARNKLTGEVV ALKKIRLDTE TEGVPSTAIR EISLLKELNH
61PNIVKLLDVI HTENKLYLVF EFLHQDLKKF MDASALTGIP LPLIKSYLFQ LLQGLAFCHS
121HRVLHRDLKP QNLLINTEGA IKLADFGLAR AFGVPVRTYT HEVVTLWYRA PEILLGCKYY
181STAVDIWSLG CIFAEMVTRR ALFPGDSEID QLFRIFRTLG TPDEVVWPGV TSMPDYKPSF
241PKWARQDFSK VVPPLDEDGR SLLSQMLHYD PNKRISAKAA LAHPFFQDVT KPVPHLRL

Sites are UniProt's curated features where the seed is a UniProt accession; the substituted positions are measured from this family's own alignment rather than annotated, and only the fifteen most substituted are marked: every position carrying a minority substitution would be most of the protein, because the family holds orthologues. A residue can carry more than one and is drawn with the first that applies, in the order of the key above.

Primary citations

One record per paper, not per entry.

YearCitation
2026 Crystallographic Fragment Screening with CK2 alpha', an Isoform of Human Protein Kinase CK2 Catalytic Subunit, and Its Use to Obtain a CK2 alpha'/Heparin Complex Structure Kinases Phosphatases doi:10.3390/kinasesphosphatases4010001
2026 Targeting Human Protein Kinase CK2 by a Library of Indeno[1,2-b]Indoles: Contribution of Thermal Shift Assay to Pre-Screening and Co-Crystallization to Post-Screening. Arch Pharm doi:10.1002/ardp.70312
2026 Discovery and characterization of a novel class of cyclic peptidic compounds inhibiting the subunit interaction of the protein kinase CK2 alpha 2 beta 2 holoenzyme Rsc Chem Biol doi:10.1039/D6CB00095A
2026 Discovery of Supra-Bivalent GSK3 beta Inhibitory Peptides Containing an ATP-Mimetic Amino Acid. J.Am.Chem.Soc. doi:10.1021/jacs.5c13788
2026 Discovery of INCB127443: A Potent and Orally Available Inhibitor of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6c01506
2026 Switching off CK2-mediated activation of survivin offers new therapeutic opportunities in neuroblastoma. Exp.Mol.Med. doi:10.1038/s12276-025-01628-5
2026 Utilizing Molecular Dynamics and Mechanistic Pharmacokinetic Studies in the Design of Selective CDK2 Inhibitors. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c03803
2026 Conformation-Specific Design: Engineering Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 2 Variants with Bias toward Active or Inactive States. Acs Omega doi:10.1021/acsomega.6c01185
2026 Nanoscale Direct-to-Biology Optimization of Cdk2 Inhibitors. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c03614
2026 Discovery of BMS-159, an Orally Active Imidazotriazine Pan-CK2 Inhibitor for the Treatment of Cancer. Acs Med.Chem.Lett. doi:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6c00089
2026 Molecular basis of mitogen-activated protein kinase ERK2 activation by its upstream kinase MEK1. Biorxiv doi:10.64898/2026.01.19.700303
2026 Functional characterization of 42 CK2 alpha de novo variants associated with Okur-Chung neurodevelopmental syndrome. Febs J. doi:10.1111/febs.70538
2026 A Polypharmacology-Driven Approach to Alzheimer's Disease and Tauopathies: Rational Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Amino-Pyrazole-Based Multikinase (GSK-3 beta /FYN-alpha /DYRK1A) Inhibitors. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c01810
2026 Cryo-EM structures of the CDK11-cyclin L-SAP30BP complex reveal mechanisms of CDK11 regulation. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-026-72329-4
2026 Selective CDK2 Degradation via Noncanonical Recruitment. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6c01264
2026 Mechanistic insight into the phosphorylation of ERK by MEK Biorxiv doi:10.64898/2026.03.13.710243
2026 Structural basis of the cyclin Y/14-3-3 protein-mediated activation of CDK16. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-026-70778-5
2026 The +1 nucleosome functions in RNA Pol II transcription initiation and the transition to elongation. Mol.Cell doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2026.06.042
2025 Novel fluoro-brominated benzotriazoles as potential CK2 inhibitors. How does fluorination affect the properties of benzotriazoles? Bioorg.Chem. doi:10.1016/j.bioorg.2025.109446
2025 Exploring the biological potential of the brominated indenoindole MC11 and its interaction with protein kinase CK2. Biol.Chem. doi:10.1515/hsz-2024-0160
2025 Exploiting the Cryptic alpha D Pocket of Casein Kinase 2 alpha (CK2 alpha ) to Deliver Highly Potent and Selective Type 1 Inhibitors. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c01807
2025 Discovery of AZD8421: A Potent CDK2 Inhibitor with Selectivity Against Other CDK Family Members and the Human Kinome. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c01478
2025 Targeting Casein Kinase 2 and Histone Deacetylase with a Dual Inhibitor Effectively Reduces Tumor Growth in a Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Xenograft Model. Acs Pharmacol Transl Sci doi:10.1021/acsptsci.5c00192
2025 A CK2 alpha ' mutant indicating why CK2 alpha and CK2 alpha ', the isoforms of the catalytic subunit of human protein kinase CK2, deviate in affinity to CK2 beta. Biol.Chem. doi:10.1515/hsz-2024-0157
2025 Targeting bacterial kinases as a strategy to counteract antibiotic resistance. Commun Chem doi:10.1038/s42004-025-01794-7
2025 Fulcrum Occupancy-Leverage Perturbation Strategy Enables Rapid Discovery of Potent CDK2-Cyclin A2 Interaction Inhibitors. Angew.Chem.Int.Ed.Engl. doi:10.1002/anie.202513542
2025 Discovery of Atirmociclib (PF-07220060): A Potent and Selective CDK4 Inhibitor. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c02137
2025 An allosteric cyclin E-CDK2 site mapped by paralog hopping with covalent probes. Nat.Chem.Biol. doi:10.1038/s41589-024-01738-7
2025 Cancer hotspot mutations rewire ERK2 specificity by selective exclusion of docking interactions. J.Biol.Chem. doi:10.1016/j.jbc.2025.108348
2025 Targeting Neuroinflammation and Cognitive Decline: First-in-Class Dual Butyrylcholinesterase and p38 alpha Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Inhibitors. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c00933
2025 CDK4 selective inhibition improves preclinical anti-tumor efficacy and safety. Cancer Cell doi:10.1016/j.ccell.2025.02.006
2025 Structural and functional characterization of TgGSK3, a druggable kinase in Toxoplasma gondii. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-025-64701-7
2025 A first-in-class selective inhibitor of ERK1/2 and ERK5 overcomes drug resistance with a single-molecule strategy. Signal Transduct Target Ther doi:10.1038/s41392-025-02169-z
2025 Discovery of KDX1381, a Bivalent CK2 alpha Inhibitor for the Treatment of Solid Tumors as a Single Agent or in Combination. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c00695
2025 CDK2-based CDK7 mimic as a tool for structural analysis: Biochemical validation and crystal structure with SY5609. Int.J.Biol.Macromol. doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.139117
2025 Crystallographic fragment screening of CDK2-cyclin A: FragLites map sites of protein-protein interaction. Structure doi:10.1016/j.str.2025.07.016
2025 Binding-Site Switch for Protein Kinase CK2 Inhibitors. Chemmedchem doi:10.1002/cmdc.202400868
2025 TFIIH kinase CDK7 drives cell proliferation through a common core transcription factor network. Sci Adv doi:10.1126/sciadv.adr9660
2025 Resistance to CDK7 inhibitors directed by acquired mutation of a conserved residue in cancer cells. Embo J. doi:10.1038/s44318-025-00554-6
2025 Picomolar bivalent inhibitors of protein kinase CK2 active against beta-coronavirus replication. Eur.J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2025.117826