Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk): function, regulation, and transformation with special emphasis on the PH domain

AJ Mohamed, L Yu, CM Bäckesjö… - Immunological …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Bruton's agammaglobulinemia tyrosine kinase (Btk) is a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase
important in B‐lymphocyte development, differentiation, and signaling. Btk is a member of …

T-cell signaling regulated by the Tec family kinase, Itk

AH Andreotti, PL Schwartzberg… - Cold Spring …, 2010 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The Tec family tyrosine kinases regulate lymphocyte development, activation, and
differentiation. In T cells, the predominant Tec kinase is Itk, which functions downstream of …

Tec family kinases in T lymphocyte development and function

LJ Berg, LD Finkelstein, JA Lucas… - Annu. Rev …, 2005 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The Tec family tyrosine kinases are now recognized as important mediators of
antigen receptor signaling in lymphocytes. Three members of this family, Itk, Rlk, and Tec …

Native state proline isomerization: an intrinsic molecular switch

AH Andreotti - Biochemistry, 2003 - ACS Publications
Exquisite control of biological function is achieved via tight regulation of the catalytic and
binding activities of cellular proteins. The mechanistic details of protein regulation vary from …

Autoinhibition of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) and activation by soluble inositol hexakisphosphate

Q Wang, EM Vogan, LM Nocka, CE Rosen, JA Zorn… - Elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk), a Tec-family tyrosine kinase, is essential for B-cell function.
We present crystallographic and biochemical analyses of Btk, which together reveal …

Achieving a graded immune response: BTK adopts a range of active/inactive conformations dictated by multiple interdomain contacts

RE Joseph, TE Wales, DB Fulton, JR Engen… - Structure, 2017 - cell.com
Capturing the functionally relevant forms of dynamic, multidomain proteins is extremely
challenging. Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK), a kinase essential for B and mast cell function …

Beyond calcium: new signaling pathways for Tec family kinases

A Takesono, LD Finkelstein… - Journal of cell …, 2002 - journals.biologists.com
The Tec kinases represent the second largest family of mammalian non-receptor tyrosine
kinases and are distinguished by the presence of distinct proline-rich regions and pleckstrin …

[PDF][PDF] Non-receptor protein tyrosine kinases

AY Tsygankov - Front Biosci, 2003 - researchgate.net
The protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) are enzymes catalyzing the transfer of the gamma-
phosphate group of ATP to the hydroxyl groups of specific tyrosine residues in peptides …

Itk phosphorylation sites are required for functional activity in primary T cells

HM Wilcox, LJ Berg - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2003 - ASBMB
The Tec family kinase Itk plays a critical role in signal transduction downstream of the T cell
antigen receptor and has been implicated in the activation of phospholipase C-γ1, a key …

Mimicry of a constitutively active pre–B cell receptor in acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells

N Feldhahn, F Klein, JL Mooster, P Hadweh… - The Journal of …, 2005 - rupress.org
Pre–B cells undergo apoptosis unless they are rescued by pre–B cell receptor–dependent
survival signals. We previously showed that the BCR-ABL1 kinase that is expressed in pre …