Psk1, an AGC kinase family member in fission yeast, is directly phosphorylated and controlled by TORC1 and functions as S6 kinase

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 5840-5849

  Nakashima, Akio ^a,d   Otsubo, Yoko ^b,c   Yamashita, Akira ^b,c   Sato, Tatsuhiro ^a,e   Yamamoto, Masayuki ^b,c   Tamanoi, Fuyuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nutrient response; Rapamycin; S6 kinase; Signal transduction; Target of rapamycin; TORC1

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; PROTEIN KINASE; PSK1 PROTEIN; RAPAMYCIN; S6 KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; STARVATION;

MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 84874675231     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.111146     Document Type: Article

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