THE STRESS-ACTIVATED PROTEIN-KINASE SUBFAMILY OF C-JUN KINASES
THE STRESS-ACTIVATED PROTEIN-KINASE SUBFAMILY OF C-JUN KINASES
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DOI:
10.1038/369156a0
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发表时间:
1994-05-12
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
WOODGETT, JR
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作者:
KYRIAKIS, JM;BANERJEE, P;WOODGETT, JR
THE mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases Erk-1 and Erk-2 are proline-directed kinases that are themselves activated through concomitant phosphorylation of tyrosine and threonine residues(1-4). The kinase p54 (M(r) 54,000), which was first isolated from cycloheximide-treated rats, is proline-directed like Erks-1/2, and requires both Tyr and Ser/Thr phosphorylation(3,5,6) for activity. p54 is, however, distinct from Erks-1/2 in its substrate specificity, being unable to phosphorylate pp90(rsk) but more active in phosphorylating the c-Jun transactivation domain(5,7,8). Molecular cloning of p54 reveals a unique subfamily of extracellularly regulated kinases. Although they are 40-45% identical in sequence to Erks-1/2, unlike Erks-1/2 the p54s are only poorly activated in most cells by mitogens or phorbol esters. However, p54s are the principal c-Jun N-terminal kinases activated by cellular stress and tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, hence they are designated stress-activated protein kinases, or SAPKs. SAPKs are also activated by sphingomyelinase, which elicits a subset of cellular responses to TNF-alpha (ref. 9). SAPKs therefore define a new TNF-alpha and stress-activated signalling pathway, possibly initiated by sphingomyelin-based second messengers, which regulates the activity of c-Jun.