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IPR001245

Serine-threonine/tyrosine-protein kinase, catalytic domain

InterPro entry
Short nameSer-Thr/Tyr_kinase_cat_dom
Overlapping
homologous
superfamilies
 
domain relationships

Description

This entry represents the catalytic domain found in a number of serine/threonine- and tyrosine-protein kinases. It does not include catalytic domain of dual specificity kinases.

Protein phosphorylation, which plays a key role in most cellular activities, is a reversible process mediated by protein kinases and phosphoprotein phosphatases. Protein kinases catalyse the transfer of the gamma phosphate from nucleotide triphosphates (often ATP) to one or more amino acid residues in a protein substrate side chain, resulting in a conformational change affecting protein function. Phosphoprotein phosphatases catalyse the reverse process. Protein kinases fall into three broad classes, characterised with respect to substrate specificity
[3]
:


 * Serine/threonine-protein kinases
 * Tyrosine-protein kinases
 * Dual specificity protein kinases (e.g. MEK -phosphorylates both Thr and Tyr on target proteins)


Protein kinase function is evolutionarily conserved from Escherichia coli to human
[1]
. Protein kinases play a role in a multitude of cellular processes, including division, proliferation, apoptosis, and differentiation
[2]
. Phosphorylation usually results in a functional change of the target protein by changing enzyme activity, cellular location, or association with other proteins. The catalytic subunits of protein kinases are highly conserved, and several structures have been solved
[5]
, leading to large screens to develop kinase-specific inhibitors for the treatments of a number of diseases
[4]
.

References

1.The protein kinase complement of the human genome. Manning G, Whyte DB, Martinez R, Hunter T, Sudarsanam S. Science 298, 1912-34, (2002). View articlePMID: 12471243

2.Evolution of protein kinase signaling from yeast to man. Manning G, Plowman GD, Hunter T, Sudarsanam S. Trends Biochem. Sci. 27, 514-20, (2002). View articlePMID: 12368087

3.The protein kinase family: conserved features and deduced phylogeny of the catalytic domains. Hanks SK, Quinn AM, Hunter T. Science 241, 42-52, (1988). View articlePMID: 3291115

4.Creating chemical diversity to target protein kinases. Li B, Liu Y, Uno T, Gray N. Comb. Chem. High Throughput Screen. 7, 453-72, (2004). View articlePMID: 15320712

5.High-throughput structural biology in drug discovery: protein kinases. Stout TJ, Foster PG, Matthews DJ. Curr. Pharm. Des. 10, 1069-82, (2004). View articlePMID: 15078142

GO terms

cellular component

  • None

Cross References

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