When expressed in yeast, mammalian mitogen-activated protein kinases lose proper regulation and become spontaneously phosphorylated

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 417, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 331-340

  Levin Salomon, Vered ^a   Maayan, Inbai ^a   Avrahami Moyal, Liat ^a   Marbach, Irit ^a   Livnah, Oded ^a   Engelberg, David ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

c Jun N terminal kinase (JNK); Extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK); Mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK); p38; Phosphorylation; Yeast

Indexed keywords

AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; C-JUN N-TERMINAL KINASE; C-JUN N-TERMINAL KINASE (JNK); C-TERMINAL DOMAINS; C-TERMINAL REGIONS; COMBINED MECHANISMS; EVOLUTIONARY CONSERVATIONS; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED KINASE; EXTRACELLULAR-SIGNAL-REGULATED KINASE (ERK); IN-CELL; KEY COMPONENT; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE (MAPK); OPTIMAL GROWTH; P38; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MAMMALS; YEAST;

PHOSPHORYLATION;

GENE PRODUCT; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PROTEIN C JUN; PROTEIN HOG1; PROTEIN MPK1; PROTEIN PBS2; PROTEIN STE7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME REGULATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN VARIANT; YEAST; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; HUMANS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 58249084137     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20081335     Document Type: Article

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