Regulation of protein kinases: controlling activity through activation segment conformation

B Nolen, S Taylor, G Ghosh - Molecular cell, 2004 - cell.com
There are currently at least forty-six unique protein kinase crystal structures, twenty-four of
which are available in an active state. Here we examine these structures using a structural …

Structural modes of stabilization of permissive phosphorylation sites in protein kinases: distinct strategies in Ser/Thr and Tyr kinases

A Krupa, G Preethi, N Srinivasan - Journal of molecular biology, 2004 - Elsevier
Protein kinases phosphorylate several cellular proteins providing control mechanisms for
various signalling processes. Their activity is impeded in a number of ways and restored by …

The hallmark of AGC kinase functional divergence is its C-terminal tail, a cis-acting regulatory module

N Kannan, N Haste, SS Taylor… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
The catalytic activities of eukaryotic protein kinases (EPKs) are regulated by movement of
the C-helix, movement of the N and C lobes upon ATP binding, and movement of the …

[HTML][HTML] Structure of the pseudokinase VRK3 reveals a degraded catalytic site, a highly conserved kinase fold, and a putative regulatory binding site

ED Scheeff, J Eswaran, G Bunkoczi, S Knapp… - Structure, 2009 - cell.com
About 10% of all protein kinases are predicted to be enzymatically inactive pseudokinases,
but the structural details of kinase inactivation have remained unclear. We present the first …

Evolutionary constraints associated with functional specificity of the CMGC protein kinases MAPK, CDK, GSK, SRPK, DYRK, and CK2α

N Kannan, AF Neuwald - Protein Science, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Amino acid residues associated with functional specificity of cyclin‐dependent kinases
(CDKs), mitogen‐activated protein kinases (MAPKs), glycogen synthase kinases (GSKs) …

Structural and evolutionary adaptation of rhoptry kinases and pseudokinases, a family of coccidian virulence factors

E Talevich, N Kannan - BMC evolutionary biology, 2013 - Springer
Background The widespread protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii interferes with host cell
functions by exporting the contents of a unique apical organelle, the rhoptry. Among the mix …

A sliding docking interaction is essential for sequential and processive phosphorylation of an SR protein by SRPK1

JCK Ngo, K Giang, S Chakrabarti, CT Ma, N Huynh… - Molecular cell, 2008 - cell.com
The 2.9 Å crystal structure of the core SRPK1: ASF/SF2 complex reveals that the N-terminal
half of the basic RS domain of ASF/SF2, which is destined to be phosphorylated, is bound to …

Prediction of cancer driver mutations in protein kinases

A Torkamani, NJ Schork - Cancer research, 2008 - AACR
A large number of somatic mutations accumulate during the process of tumorigenesis. A
subset of these mutations contribute to tumor progression (known as “driver” mutations) …

Conservation, variability and the modeling of active protein kinases

JDR Knight, B Qian, D Baker, R Kothary - PLoS One, 2007 - journals.plos.org
The human proteome is rich with protein kinases, and this richness has made the kinase of
crucial importance in initiating and maintaining cell behavior. Elucidating cell signaling …

Direct phosphorylation of SRC homology 3 domains by tyrosine kinase receptors disassembles ligand-induced signaling networks

U Dionne, FJM Chartier, YL de Los Santos, N Lavoie… - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
Phosphotyrosine (pTyr) signaling has evolved into a key cell-to-cell communication system.
Activated receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) initiate several pTyr-dependent signaling …