A comprehensive structural overview of p38α mitogen‐activated protein kinase in complex with ATP‐site and non‐ATP‐site binders

A Astolfi, G Manfroni, V Cecchetti… - ChemMedChem, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Herein we review all the currently available ATP‐site and non‐ATP‐site ligands bound to
p38α mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAPK) available in the RCSB Protein Data Bank …

Binding mechanism of inhibitors to p38α MAP kinase deciphered by using multiple replica Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics and calculations of binding free …

J Chen, W Wang, H Sun, L Pang, H Bao - Computers in Biology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The p38α MAP Kinase has been an important target of drug design for treatment of
inflammatory diseases and cancers. This work applies multiple replica Gaussian …

Mechanism of dual specificity kinase activity of DYRK 1 A

A Walte, K Rüben, R Birner‐Gruenberger… - The FEBS …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The function of many protein kinases is controlled by the phosphorylation of a critical
tyrosine residue in the activation loop. Dual specificity tyrosine‐phosphorylation‐regulated …

Synthetic phosphorylation of p38α recapitulates protein kinase activity

KP Chooi, SRG Galan, R Raj, J McCullagh… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Through a “tag-and-modify” protein chemical modification strategy, we site-selectively
phosphorylated the activation loop of protein kinase p38α. Phosphorylation at natural (180) …

DEAD-box helicase DDX27 regulates 3′ end formation of ribosomal 47S RNA and stably associates with the PeBoW-complex

M Kellner, M Rohrmoser, I Forné, K Voss… - Experimental Cell …, 2015 - Elsevier
PeBoW, a trimeric complex consisting of pescadillo (Pes1), block of proliferation (Bop1), and
the WD repeat protein 12 (WDR12), is essential for processing and maturation of …

DEF pocket in p38α facilitates substrate selectivity and mediates autophosphorylation

N Tzarum, N Komornik, DB Chetrit, D Engelberg… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
Signaling processes are primarily promoted by molecular recognition and corresponding
protein-protein interactions. One of the key eukaryotic signaling pathways is the MAP kinase …

p38α Kinase Auto-Activation through Its Conformational Transition Induced by Tyr323 Phosphorylation

Y Zang, H Wang, D Hao, Y Kang, J Zhang… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
p38α is a key serine/threonine kinase that can enable atypical auto-activation through
Zap70 phosphorylation and initiate T cell receptor signaling. The auto-activation plays an …

Targeting the non‐ATP‐binding pocket of the MAP kinase p38γ mediates a novel mechanism of cytotoxicity in cutaneous T‐cell lymphoma (CTCL)

XH Zhang, CH Chen, H Li, J Hsiang, X Wu, W Hu… - FEBS …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We describe here for the first time a lipid‐binding‐domain (LBD) in p38γ mitogen‐activated
protein kinase (MAPK) involved in the response of T cells to a newly identified inhibitor …

NMR characterization of information flow and allosteric communities in the MAP kinase p38γ

PC Aoto, BT Martin, PE Wright - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The intramolecular network structure of a protein provides valuable insights into allosteric
sites and communication pathways. However, a straightforward method to comprehensively …

Lipid molecules induce p38α activation via a novel molecular switch

N Tzarum, Y Eisenberg-Domovich, JJ Gills… - Journal of molecular …, 2012 - Elsevier
p38α mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) is generally activated by dual
phosphorylation but has also been shown to exhibit alternative activation modes. One of …