ストレスで活性化されたタンパク質キナーゼの活性化は,MEKK1がアクティベーターSEK1をリン酸化することによって行われる
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Assaying Protein Kinase Activity with Radiolabeled ATP
Published on: May 26, 2017
1Institute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
Nature
|December 22, 1994
まとめ
MEKキナーゼ-1 (MEKK) は,MAPKではなく,Junアミノ端末キナーゼとも呼ばれるストレス活性化タンパク質キナーゼ (SAPK) を活性化します. MEKKはSEK1をリン酸化し,SEK1はSAPKを活性化させ,新しいシグナリングカスケードを明らかにする.
科学分野:
- 細胞の信号伝達経路は,
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- シグナルトランスデュークション.
背景:
- ミトゲン活性化タンパク質キナーゼ (MAPK) 信号伝達は,細胞プロセスにとって極めて重要です.
- RafとMEKキナーゼ-1 (MEKK) は,MAPK経路の活性化剤として知られています.
- MEKKは,酵母交配経路キナーゼのホモロジーによって特定されました.
研究 の 目的:
- NIH3T3細胞におけるMEKKによって活性化されたシグナル伝達経路を調査する.
- MEKKがMAPKや他の関連キナーゼを活性化するかどうかを判断する.
- MEKKが細胞効果を発揮するメカニズムを解明する.
主な方法:
- 誘導可能なMEKK発現を持つNIH3T3細胞サブラインの生成.
- MEKK誘導によるキナーゼ活性化 (MAPK,SAPK/JNK) の分析.
- SEK1.1のような下流信号構成要素のリン酸化におけるMEKKの役割の調査.
主要な成果:
- NIH3T3細胞におけるMEKK誘導はMAPKを活性化しなかった.
- MEKK誘導は,Jun amino-terminal kinaseとして知られるストレス活性化タンパク質キナーゼ (SAPKs) の活性化につながった.
- MEKKはSAPKの活性化剤であるSEK1をリン酸化し,新しいシグナリングカスケードを確立することが示されました.
結論:
- MEKKは,特にSAPK/JNKカスケードを標的とした,MAPK活性化への代替経路を表しています.
- MEKKは,SEK1とSAPKを巻き込む明確なシグナリング経路を規制しています.
- この発見は,細胞のストレス反応とキナーゼシグナル伝達ネットワークの理解を広げています.
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