
The growth-suppressive activity of the retinoblastoma protein (pRB) is regulated by the cell cycle-dependent phosphorylation.1–3 It has been suggested that Cdk4/6-cyclin D, Cdk2-cyclin E and Cdk2-cyclin A are successively involved in this phosphorylation at G1/S transition.2,3 However, it was not known why several different Cdks are needed and how their role is distinguished. We have now found that the consensus motif for phosphorylation by Cdk4-cyclin D1 is different from that (Ser/Thr-Pro-X-Arg/Lys) for phosphorylation by Cdk2-cyclin E/A, and that at least one site among 13–14 potential phosphorylation sites of pRB is specifically phosphorylated by Cdk4-cyclin D1 during the cell cycle.4
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