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P21: Function, Interactions & Clinical significance

p21Cip1 (alternatively p21Waf1), also known as cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1 or CDK-interacting protein 1, is a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor (CKI) that is capable of inhibiting all cyclin/CDK complexes, though is primarily associated with inhibition of CDK2. p21 represents a major target of p53 activity and thus is associated with linking DNA…

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P21 topic overview

The analysis highlights Function, Interactions and Clinical significance as prominent areas in the source structure around P21.

Related topics
51
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
56
Extracted relationships
235
Concept neighborhoods
18
Bridge connections
56

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Function · 17 topics
Interactions · 13 topics
Clinical significance · 8 topics
Overview · 8 topics
Regulation · 5 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Aliases
CDKN1A, CAP20, CDKN1, CIP1, MDA-6, P21, SDI1, WAF1, p21CIP1, cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A, cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 1A
Available structures
Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1AXC, 2ZVV, 2ZVW, 4RJF, 5E0U
Band
6p21.2 · 17 A3.3|17 15.12 cM
Bgee
stromal cell of endometrium · gastric mucosa · vena cava · left uterine tube · beta cell
BioGPS
More reference expression data
Chr.
Chromosome 6 (human) · Chromosome 17 (mouse)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Function

Regulation

Clinical significance

Interactions

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How P21 connects Entity context

The extracted context around P21 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, P21 → animal organ regeneration, cell cycle, cellular response to amino acid starvation, cellular response to DNA damage stimulus, cellular response to extracellular stimulus, cellular response to gamma radiation, cellular response to heat, cellular response to ionizing radiation, cellular response to UV-B, cellular senescence, cyclin binding, cyclin-dependent protein kinase activating kinase activity, cyclin-dependent protein kinase holoenzyme complex, cyclin-dependent protein serine/threonine kinase activity, cyclin-dependent protein serine/threonine kinase inhibitor activity, cytokine-mediated signaling pathway, cytoplasm, cytosol, DNA damage response, signal transduction by p53 class mediator resulting in cell cycle arrest, DNA damage response, signal transduction by p53 class mediator resulting in transcription of p21 class mediator Another extracted example is P21 → ascending aorta, beta cell, calvaria, Descending thoracic aorta, endothelial cell of lymphatic vessel, epithelium of stomach, esophagus, gastric mucosa, hair follicle, left uterine tube, lip, molar, popliteal artery, pyloric antrum, saphenous vein, skin of external ear, stroma of bone marrow, stromal cell of endometrium, tibial arteries, vena cava. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

P21

Top relations

Gene ontology · 75
P21 → animal organ regeneration, cell cycle, cellular response to amino acid starvation, cellular response to DNA damage stimulus, cellular response to extracellular stimulus, cellular response to gamma radiation, cellular response to heat, cellular response to ionizing radiation, cellular response to UV-B, cellular senescence, cyclin binding, cyclin-dependent protein kinase activating kinase activity, cyclin-dependent protein kinase holoenzyme complex, cyclin-dependent protein serine/threonine kinase activity, cyclin-dependent protein serine/threonine kinase inhibitor activity, cytokine-mediated signaling pathway, cytoplasm, cytosol, DNA damage response, signal transduction by p53 class mediator resulting in cell cycle arrest, DNA damage response, signal transduction by p53 class mediator resulting in transcription of p21 class mediator
Bgee · 20
P21 → ascending aorta, beta cell, calvaria, Descending thoracic aorta, endothelial cell of lymphatic vessel, epithelium of stomach, esophagus, gastric mucosa, hair follicle, left uterine tube, lip, molar, popliteal artery, pyloric antrum, saphenous vein, skin of external ear, stroma of bone marrow, stromal cell of endometrium, tibial arteries, vena cava
RNA expression pattern · 20
P21 → ascending aorta, beta cell, calvaria, Descending thoracic aorta, endothelial cell of lymphatic vessel, epithelium of stomach, esophagus, gastric mucosa, hair follicle, left uterine tube, lip, molar, popliteal artery, pyloric antrum, saphenous vein, skin of external ear, stroma of bone marrow, stromal cell of endometrium, tibial arteries, vena cava
related to CDK inhibition · 17
P21 → C-terminal, CDK, CDK1, CDK2, CDK4/6, CIP/KIP CDK, CIP1/WAF1, CKI, Cy1, Cy2, Experiments, Follow, G0/quiescent, G1, N-terminal, Specifically, The
related to External links · 16
P21 → CDKN1A, Cyclin-Dependent, Drosophila, Human Cyclin-dependent, Inhibitor, Kinase, Medicine Medical Subject Headings, MeSH, National Library, Overview, P38936, PDB, PDBe-KB, The Interactive FlyCDKN1A, UCSC Genome Browser, UniProt
related to p53 dependent response · 16
P21 → CDK2, DNA, Dulcic, E/CDK2, El-Deiry, G1, G2, Moreover, Notably, Recent, S-phase, Spencer, Studies, Taken, WAF1, Working
related to Interactions · 13
P21 → CCNE1, CDK, CIZ1, CUL4A, DDB1, DTL, GADD45A, GADD45G, HDAC, Nrf2BCCIP, PCNA, PIM1, TK1
related to Degradation · 12
P21 → CRL4Cdt2, DNA, E3, G1, G1/S, PCNA, Recent, S-phase, SCFSkp2, Specifically, Studies, UV
related to Clinical significance · 11
P21 → B2/B3, CD4, Cytoplasmic, DFS, Disease-Free Survival, HIV, OS, TNM, When, WHO, World Health Organization
related to PCNA inhibition · 7
P21 → As, DNA, NER, PCNA, PIP-box, S-phase DNA, Specifically

Important terminology

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Important terminology

cell cycle dna human p53 gene damage response inhibitor bp cdk2 activity arrest protein cdkn1a dependent also cyclin-dependent kinase g1

P21 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 235 structured relationships around P21. Examples in this analysis include P21 → Aliases → CDKN1A, CAP20, CDKN1, CIP1, MDA-6, P21, SDI1, WAF1, p21CIP1, cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A, cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 1A and P21 → Available structures → Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1AXC, 2ZVV, 2ZVW, 4RJF, 5E0U. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
P21AliasesCDKN1A, CAP20, CDKN1, CIP1, MDA-6, P21, SDI1, WAF1, p21CIP1, cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A, cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 1A1.00infobox
P21Available structuresAvailable structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1AXC, 2ZVV, 2ZVW, 4RJF, 5E0U1.00infobox
P21Band6p21.21.00infobox
P21Band17 A3.3|17 15.12 cM1.00infobox
P21Bgeestromal cell of endometrium1.00infobox
P21Bgeegastric mucosa1.00infobox
P21Bgeevena cava1.00infobox
P21Bgeeleft uterine tube1.00infobox
P21Bgeebeta cell1.00infobox
P21Bgeeascending aorta1.00infobox
P21Bgeesaphenous vein1.00infobox
P21Bgeepopliteal artery1.00infobox
P21Bgeetibial arteries1.00infobox
P21BgeeDescending thoracic aorta1.00infobox
P21Bgeestroma of bone marrow1.00infobox
P21Bgeecalvaria1.00infobox
P21Bgeemolar1.00infobox
P21Bgeepyloric antrum1.00infobox
P21Bgeelip1.00infobox
P21Bgeeesophagus1.00infobox
P21Bgeehair follicle1.00infobox
P21Bgeeepithelium of stomach1.00infobox
P21Bgeeskin of external ear1.00infobox
P21Bgeeendothelial cell of lymphatic vessel1.00infobox
P21BioGPSMore reference expression data1.00infobox
P21Chr.Chromosome 6 (human)1.00infobox
P21Chr.Chromosome 17 (mouse)1.00infobox
P21DatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry1.00infobox
P21End36,687,339 bp1.00infobox
P21End29,319,701 bp1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around P21 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include P53, Response and Cells. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • P21
    • P53
    • Response
    • Cells
    • Dependent
    • G1
    • Expression
    • Pcna
    • S-phase
    • Ubiquitin
    • Ligase
    • Protein
    • Apoptosis
  • p21
    • P53
    • Response
    • Cells
    • Dependent
    • G1
    • Expression
    • Pcna
    • S-phase
    • Ubiquitin
    • Ligase
    • Protein
    • Apoptosis
  • cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor
    • Kinase
    • Inhibitor
    • Cyclin
    • External
    • Associated
    • Human
    • P53
    • Location
    • Bp
    • Cdk
    • Cdkn1a
    • Chr
  • cyclin
    • Cyclin-dependent
    • External
    • Kinase
    • P53
    • Inhibitor
    • Associated
    • Arrest
    • Complexes
    • Location
    • Bp
    • Cdk
    • Cdkn1a
  • cdk complexes
    • Cyclin
    • Complexes
    • Thus
    • Cycle
    • Cdk2
    • Cyclin-dependent
    • Kinase
    • Pcna
    • Protein
    • Arrest
    • Inhibitor
    • Cell
  • cell cycle arrest
    • Arrest
    • Cycle
    • Damage
    • Cell
    • P53
    • Dna
    • P21
    • Response
    • Cyclin
    • Protein
    • Cdk2
    • G1
  • chromosome 6
    • Bp
    • Chr
    • Band
    • Gene
    • Location
    • Human
    • External
    • Mouse
    • Cyclin
    • Cyclin-dependent
    • Kinase
    • Inhibitor
  • cell cycle
    • Arrest
    • Cycle
    • Damage
    • P53
    • Dna
    • P21
    • Response
    • Protein
    • Cyclin
    • G1
    • Expression
    • Thus

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For P21, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects P21 with Function. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
P21Function · splits 39 ⟂ 18
P21Interactions · splits 43 ⟂ 14
P21Overview · splits 48 ⟂ 9
P21Clinical significance · splits 48 ⟂ 9
P21Regulation · splits 51 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

P21

Nodes57
Edges56
Triples235
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035088
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around P21 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Function, Interactions & Clinical significance, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — P21 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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