The serine/threonine kinase ULK1 is a target of multiple phosphorylation events

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 440, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 283-291

  Bach, Markus ^a   Larance, Mark ^b,c   James, David E ^b   Ramm, Georg ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

14 3 3 protein; AMP activated protein kinase (AMPK); Autophagy; Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR); Receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK); Unc51 like kinase 1 (ULK1)

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE KINASE; ALANINE; INSULIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNC51 LIKE KINASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

14-3-3 PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; AUTOPHAGY; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 81155123729     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20101894     Document Type: Article

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