Gradualism is Darwin’s proposition that the differences between even radically different organisms have evolved by small steps through intermediate forms,  not by leaps

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Phosphorylation of a critical threonine residue in the activation loop, Thr-160, allowing substrates to access the active site of the CDK

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Threonine -160 phosphorylation is mediated by 

CDK-activating kinase (CAK)

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Two inhibitory phosphorylations on CDK play a critical role in controlling CDK activity:

Y15

T14

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Y15 & T14 are situated in the G-loop of the CDK, containing the consensus sequence GEGT14Y15GVV

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Phosphorylation of T14 and Y15 in this G-loop

introduces negative charge that electrostatically interferes with the binding of ATP in the catalytic pocket.

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Wee1 kinase Inhibits CDKs in all organisms