A mitochondrial kinase complex is essential to mediate an ERK1/2-dependent phosphorylation of a key regulatory protein in steroid biosynthesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Poderoso, Cecilia ^a   Converso, Daniela P ^a   Maloberti, Paula ^a   Duarte, Alejandra ^a   Neuman, Isabel ^a   Galli, Soledad ^a   Maciel, Fabiana Cornejo ^a   Paz, Cristina ^a   Carreras, María C ^a   Poderoso, Juan J ^a   Podestá, Ernesto J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CHOLESTEROL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PROGESTERONE; SERINE; STEROID; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; EX VIVO STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 39049122124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001443     Document Type: Article

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