The importance of being proline: the interaction of proline‐rich motifs in signaling proteins with their cognate domains

BK Kay, MP Williamson, M Sudol - The FASEB journal, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A common focus among molecular and cellular biologists is the identification of
proteins that interact with each other. Yeast two‐hybrid, cDNA expression library screening …

PI3K in lymphocyte development, differentiation and activation

K Okkenhaug, B Vanhaesebroeck - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2003 - nature.com
Abstract Phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) regulate numerous biological processes,
including cell growth, differentiation, survival, proliferation, migration and metabolism. In the …

Phosphoinositide 3-kinase: the key switch mechanism in insulin signalling

PR Shepherd, DJ Withers, K Siddle - Biochemical Journal, 1998 - portlandpress.com
Insulin plays a key role in regulating a wide range of cellular processes. However, until
recently little was known about the signalling pathways that are involved in linking the …

The Src, Syk, and Tec family kinases: distinct types of molecular switches

JM Bradshaw - Cellular signalling, 2010 - Elsevier
The Src, Syk, and Tec family kinases are three of the most well characterized tyrosine kinase
families found in the human genome. Members of these kinase families function …

Regulation of the Jak2 tyrosine kinase by its pseudokinase domain

P Saharinen, K Takaluoma… - Molecular and cellular …, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
Activation of Jak tyrosine kinases through hematopoietic cytokine receptors occurs as a
consequence of ligand-induced aggregation of receptor-associated Jaks and their …

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 …

The Tec family of cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases: mammalian Btk, Bmx, Itk, Tec, Txk and homologs in other species

CIE Smith, TC Islam, PT Mattsson, AJ Mohamed… - …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Cytoplasmic protein‐tyrosine kinases (PTKs) are enzymes involved in transducing a vast
number of signals in metazoans. The importance of the Tec family of kinases was …

Genetic analysis of B cell antigen receptor signaling

T Kurosaki - Annual review of immunology, 1999 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract In B lymphocytes, a signaling complex that contributes to cell fate decisions is the
B cell antigen receptor (BCR). Data from knockout experiments in cell lines and mice have …

Erk/Src phosphorylation of cortactin acts as a switch on-switch off mechanism that controls its ability to activate N-WASP

N Martinez-Quiles, HYH Ho, MW Kirschner… - … and cellular biology, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
The Arp2/3 complex can be independently activated to initiate actin polymerization by the
VCA domain of WASP family members and by the acidic N-terminal and F-actin-binding …

Recognition of proline‐rich motifs by protein–protein‐interaction domains

LJ Ball, R Kühne… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Protein–protein interactions are essential in every aspect of cellular activity. Multiprotein
complexes form and dissociate constantly in a specifically tuned manner, often by conserved …