Tribbles in the 21st century: the evolving roles of tribbles pseudokinases in biology and disease

PA Eyers, K Keeshan, N Kannan - Trends in cell biology, 2017 - cell.com
The Tribbles (TRIB) pseudokinases control multiple aspects of eukaryotic cell biology and
evolved unique features distinguishing them from all other protein kinases. The atypical …

Prospects for pharmacological targeting of pseudokinases

JE Kung, N Jura - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2019 - nature.com
Pseudokinases are members of the protein kinase superfamily but signal primarily through
noncatalytic mechanisms. Many pseudokinases contribute to the pathologies of human …

There's more to death than life: Noncatalytic functions in kinase and pseudokinase signaling

PD Mace, JM Murphy - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021 - ASBMB
Protein kinases are present in all domains of life and play diverse roles in cellular signaling.
Whereas the impact of substrate phosphorylation by protein kinases has long been …

A methyltransferase‐like 14/miR‐99a‐5p/tribble 2 positive feedback circuit promotes cancer stem cell persistence and radioresistance via histone deacetylase 2 …

Z Liu, K Wu, S Gu, W Wang, S Xie, T Lu… - Clinical and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is a highly aggressive and
treatment‐resistant tumor. The biological implications and molecular mechanism of cancer …

Emerging concepts in pseudoenzyme classification, evolution, and signaling

AJM Ribeiro, S Das, N Dawson, R Zaru, S Orchard… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
The 21st century is witnessing an explosive surge in our understanding of pseudoenzyme-
driven regulatory mechanisms in biology. Pseudoenzymes are proteins that have sequence …

Molecular mechanism of CCAAT-enhancer binding protein recruitment by the TRIB1 pseudokinase

JM Murphy, Y Nakatani, SA Jamieson, W Dai, IS Lucet… - Structure, 2015 - cell.com
CCAAT-enhancer binding proteins (C/EBPs) are transcription factors that play a central role
in the differentiation of myeloid cells and adipocytes. Tribbles pseudokinases govern levels …

The evolving world of pseudoenzymes: proteins, prejudice and zombies

PA Eyers, JM Murphy - BMC biology, 2016 - Springer
Pseudoenzymes are catalytically deficient variants of enzymes that are represented in all
major enzyme families. Their regulatory functions in signalling pathways are shedding new …

Pseudokinases: a tribble‐edged sword

L Richmond, K Keeshan - The FEBS Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in the understanding of the Tribbles family of pseudokinases (TRIB1, TRIB2 and
TRIB3) reveal these proteins as potentially valuable biomarkers of disease diagnosis …

Tracing the origin and evolution of pseudokinases across the tree of life

A Kwon, S Scott, R Taujale, W Yeung, KJ Kochut… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Protein phosphorylation by eukaryotic protein kinases (ePKs) is a fundamental mechanism
of cell signaling in all organisms. In model vertebrates,~ 10% of ePKs are classified as …

Pseudokinases: update on their functions and evaluation as new drug targets

DP Byrne, DM Foulkes, PA Eyers - Future medicinal chemistry, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The pseudokinase complement of the human kinase superfamily consists of approximately
60 signaling proteins, which lacks one or more of the amino acids typically required to …