Protein kinase CK2: From structures to insights
Protein kinase CK2: From structures to insights
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DOI:
10.1007/s00018-009-9149-8
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发表时间:
2009-06-01
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8
通讯作者:
Issinger, O. -G.
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作者:
Niefind, K.;Raaf, J.;Issinger, O. -G.
Within the last decade, 40 crystal structures corresponding to protein kinase CK2 (former name 'casein kinase 2'), to its catalytic subunit CK2 alpha and to its regulatory subunit CK2 beta were published. Together they provide a valuable, yet by far not complete basis to rationalize the biochemical features of the enzyme, such as its constitutive activity, acidophilic substrate specificity, dual-cosubstrate specificity and its heterotetrameric quarternary structure. Comprehensive sets of structural superimpositions reveal that both CK2 alpha and CK2 beta are relatively rigid molecules. In CK2 beta the critical region of CK2 alpha recruitment is pre-formed in the unbound state. In CK2 alpha the activation segment-a key element of protein kinase regulation-adapts invariably the typical conformation of the active enzymes. Recent structures of human CK2 alpha revealed a surprising plasticity in the ATP-binding region, suggesting an alternative mode of activity control. (Part of a Multi-author Review)