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フォスファディチルニノシトール3キナーゼ: 110 kdの触媒亜単体の構造と発現
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|August 7, 1992
まとめ
フォスファディチリノシトール3-キナーゼ (Pl3-キナーゼ) のp110サブユニットは,触媒的活性を持ち,p85αアダプタサブユニットと提携しています. このp85α-p110複合体は,細胞シグナル伝達に不可欠な活性化されたチロシンキナーゼを結合します.
科学分野:
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 細胞シグナル伝達 細胞信号伝達
背景:
- フォスファディチルニノシトール3キナーゼ (Pl3-キナーゼ) は,細胞信号伝達経路における重要な酵素である.
- Pl3-キナーゼは,調節 (p85α) と触媒 (p110) のサブユニットの複合体として存在します.
- p85αサブユニットはアダプタとして作用し,p110を活性化タンパク質チロシンキナーゼと結び付けます.
研究 の 目的:
- 牛の脳Pl3-キナーゼのp110サブユニットを特徴付けるために.
- p110とp85αサブユニットの機能的関係を理解するために.
主な方法:
- p110サブユニットの補完DNA (cDNA) クローン.
- 昆虫およびCOS-1細胞におけるp110の発現.
- 発現したタンパク質および複合体におけるPl3-キナーゼ活性に関する測定.
主要な成果:
- cDNAクローニングにより,p110はS. cerevisiae Vps34pに同類する1068アミノ酸タンパク質であることが明らかになった.
- 昆虫の細胞で発現した再結合p110は,Pl3-キナーゼ活性を示した.
- p110はp85αと結合し,活性化されたコロニー刺激因子1受容体と結合する活性複合体を形成する.
- COS-1細胞で発現するp110の触媒活性は,p85alphaとの関連に依存していた.
結論:
- p110サブユニットは,Pl3-キナーゼの触媒成分である.
- p85αサブユニットは,p110を活性化タイロシンキナーゼと結合させ,その触媒活性のために不可欠です.
- p85α-p110複合体は,コロニー刺激因子1受容体のような成長因子受容体の下流信号伝達に役割を果たします.
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