Why have serine/threonine/tyrosine kinases been evolutionarily selected in eukaryotic signaling cascades?

Computational Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 218-221

  Choi, Hyung Seok ^a,b   Kim, Jeong Rae ^b   Lee, Sang Woo ^a,b   Cho, Kwang Hyun ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Histidine kinase; MAPK pathways; Serine threonine tyrosine kinase; Signal transduction; Two component systems

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

HISTIDINE KINASE; MAPK PATHWAYS; SERINE/THREONINE/TYROSINE KINASE; TWO-COMPONENT SYSTEMS;

ENZYMES;

PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 43449095277     PISSN: 14769271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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