Pfnek-1, a NIMA-related kinase from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum: Biochemical properties and possible involvement in MAPK regulation

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 268, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2600-2608

  Dorin, Dominique ^a   Roch, Karine Le ^a   Sallicandro, Pina ^b   Alano, Pietro ^b   Parzy, Daniel ^c   Poullet, Patrick ^d   Meijer, Laurent ^e   Doerig, Christian ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^d EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Malaria; Phosphorylation; Plasmodium falciparum; Protein kinase; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE PFNEK 1; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ERYTHROCYTES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0034850190     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02151.x     Document Type: Article

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