AMPK: A cellular energy sensor primarily regulated by AMP

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-75

  Gowans, Graeme J ^a   Hardie, D Grahame ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 hydroxy 3 methylglutaryl CoA reductase (HMGR); Acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACC); AMP activated protein kinase (AMPK); Ca2+ calmodulin activated protein kinase kinase (CaMKK); LKB1

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BERBERINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; THREONINE;

ALLOSTERISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATABOLISM; CELL ENERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ADENYLATE KINASE; ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HUMANS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY;

EID: 84893216650     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20130244     Document Type: Article

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