Dynamics and membrane interactions of protein kinase C

TI Igumenova - Biochemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
Protein kinase C (PKC) is a family of Ser/Thr kinases that regulate a multitude of cellular
processes through participation in the phosphoinositide signaling pathway. Significant …

It takes two to tango: activation of protein kinase D by dimerization

R Reinhardt, L Truebestein, HA Schmidt… - BioEssays, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The recent discovery and structure determination of a novel ubiquitin‐like dimerization
domain in protein kinase D (PKD) has significant implications for its activation. PKD is a …

Intramolecular conformational changes optimize protein kinase C signaling

CE Antal, JD Violin, MT Kunkel, S Skovsø… - Chemistry & biology, 2014 - cell.com
Optimal tuning of enzyme signaling is critical for cellular homeostasis. We use fluorescence
resonance energy transfer reporters in live cells to follow conformational transitions that tune …

Flexible loop in carbohydrate-binding module 48 allosterically modulates substrate binding of the 1, 4-α-glucan branching enzyme

H Jiang, X Xie, X Ban, Z Gu, L Cheng… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The 1, 4-α-glucan branching enzyme (GBE, EC 2.4. 1.18) catalyzes the formation of α-1, 6
branching points in starch and plays a key role in synthesis. To obtain mechanistic insights …

REDOR NMR reveals multiple conformers for a protein kinase C ligand in a membrane environment

H Yang, D Staveness, SM Ryckbosch… - ACS Central …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Bryostatin 1 (henceforth bryostatin) is in clinical trials for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease
and for HIV/AIDS eradication. It is also a preclinical lead for cancer immunotherapy and …

Interactions of protein kinase C-α C1A and C1B domains with membranes: a combined computational and experimental study

J Li, BP Ziemba, JJ Falke, GA Voth - Journal of the American …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Protein kinase C-α (PKCα) has been studied widely as a paradigm for conventional PKCs,
with two C1 domains (C1A and C1B) being important for the regulation and function of the …

Structural anatomy of Protein Kinase C C1 domain interactions with diacylglycerol and other agonists

SS Katti, IV Krieger, J Ann, J Lee, JC Sacchettini… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Diacylglycerol (DAG) is a versatile lipid whose 1, 2-sn-stereoisomer serves both as second
messenger in signal transduction pathways that control vital cellular processes, and as …

Toward a biorelevant structure of protein kinase C bound modulators: design, synthesis, and evaluation of labeled bryostatin analogues for analysis with rotational …

BA Loy, AB Lesser, D Staveness… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Protein kinase C (PKC) modulators are currently of great importance in preclinical and
clinical studies directed at cancer, immunotherapy, HIV eradication, and Alzheimer's …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis for the failure of the C1 domain of Ras guanine nucleotide releasing protein 2 (RasGRP2) to bind phorbol ester with high affinity

A Czikora, DJ Lundberg, A Abramovitz… - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
The C1 domain represents the recognition module for diacylglycerol and phorbol esters in
protein kinase C, Ras guanine nucleotide releasing protein (RasGRP), and related proteins …

Structural insights into C1-ligand interactions: Filling the gaps by in silico methods

S Katti, TI Igumenova - Advances in biological regulation, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Protein Kinase C isoenzymes (PKCs) are the key mediators of the phosphoinositide
signaling pathway, which involves regulated hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol (4, 5) …