Regulation of Plasmodium falciparum Pfnek3 relies on phosphorylation at its activation loop and at threonine 82

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 3081-3090

  Low, Huiyu ^a   Chua, Chun Song ^a   Sim, Tiow Suan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Activation loop; MAPK; Phosphorylation; Plasmodium falciparum; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE PFNEK3; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; THREONINE;

ASPERGILLUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 69949147156     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-0101-8     Document Type: Article

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