Definition
Protein kinases play an important role in many cellular functions including cell proliferation, differentiation, migration, or metabolic changes. They function by regulating protein phosphorylation. In so doing, phosphorylated proteins now have an altered conformation and thus an altered activity and localization, or association with other proteins.
Characteristics
There are more than 500 protein kinases representing about 2 % of all genes encoded by the human genome (Manning et al. 2002). Protein kinases phosphorylate approximately 30 % of cellular proteins, and there are as many as 500,000 phosphorylation sites in most of the 23,000 proteins in the human genome. Protein kinases are also found in bacteria as well as in plants and yeasts.
Chemical Activity
Protein kinases catalyze the transfer of phosphate from ATP to a free hydroxyl group on a substrate. All kinases have an ATP-binding site (GXGXXG).
Classification
Kinases show specificity for serine/threonine or tyrosine...
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See Also
(2012) Hydroxyl Group. In: Schwab M (ed) Encyclopedia of Cancer, 3rd edn. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, p 1779. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-16483-5_2893
(2012) Serine/Threonine Kinase. In: Schwab M (ed) Encyclopedia of Cancer, 3rd edn. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, p 3384. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-16483-5_5258
(2012) Tyrosine. In: Schwab M (ed) Encyclopedia of Cancer, 3rd edn. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, p 3822. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-16483-5_6078
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Wong, A. (2014). Protein Kinases. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_6621-3
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