Homing in: mechanisms of substrate targeting by protein kinases

CJ Miller, BE Turk - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2018 - cell.com
Protein phosphorylation is the most common reversible post-translational modification in
eukaryotes. Humans have over 500 protein kinases, of which more than a dozen are …

Allosteric communication regulates ligand‐specific GPCR activity

N Ma, AK Nivedha, N Vaidehi - The FEBS journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
G protein‐coupled receptors (GPCRs) are membrane‐bound proteins that are ubiquitously
expressed in many cell types and take part in mediating multiple signaling pathways …

[HTML][HTML] A palmitoyl transferase chemical–genetic system to map ZDHHC-specific S-acylation

CA Ocasio, MP Baggelaar, J Sipthorp… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The 23 human zinc finger Asp-His-His-Cys motif-containing (ZDHHC) S-acyltransferases
catalyze long-chain S-acylation at cysteine residues across an extensive network of …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive profiling of the STE20 kinase family defines features essential for selective substrate targeting and signaling output

CJ Miller, HJ Lou, C Simpson, B van de Kooij… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Specificity within protein kinase signaling cascades is determined by direct and indirect
interactions between kinases and their substrates. While the impact of localization and …

Activation Microswitches in Adenosine Receptor A2A Function as Rheostats in the Cell Membrane

N Ma, S Lee, N Vaidehi - Biochemistry, 2020 - ACS Publications
Although multiple components of the cell membrane modulate the stability and activation of
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), insights into the dynamics of GPCR structures come …

Prenatal transportation stress alters genome-wide DNA methylation in suckling Brahman bull calves,

BP Littlejohn, DM Price, DA Neuendorff… - Journal of Animal …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The objective of this experiment was to identify genome-wide differential methylation of DNA
in young prenatally stressed (PNS) bull calves. Mature Brahman cows (n= 48) were …

Heterodimerization domains in MAP4 KINASEs determine subcellular localization and activity in Arabidopsis

L Pan, CF Fonseca de Lima, LD Vu… - Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Signal transduction relies largely on the activity of kinases and phosphatases that control
protein phosphorylation. However, we still know very little about phosphorylation-mediated …

[HTML][HTML] Bayesian network models identify cooperative GPCR: G protein interactions that contribute to G protein coupling

E Mukhaleva, N Ma, WJC Van Der Velden… - Journal of Biological …, 2024 - ASBMB
Cooperative interactions in protein-protein interfaces demonstrate the interdependency or
the linked network-like behavior and their effect on the coupling of proteins. Cooperative …

ER/K-link—Leveraging a native protein linker to probe dynamic cellular interactions

TM Gupte, M Ritt, S Sivaramakrishnan - Methods in enzymology, 2021 - Elsevier
ER/K α-helices are a subset of single alpha helical domains, which exhibit unusual stability
as isolated protein secondary structures. They adopt an elongated structural conformation …

Bitopic inhibition of ATP and substrate binding in Ser/Thr kinases through a conserved allosteric mechanism

N Ma, LG Lippert, T Devamani, B Levy, S Lee… - Biochemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
Protein kinases achieve substrate selective phosphorylation through their conformational
flexibility and dynamic interaction with the substrate. Designing substrate selective or kinase …