[HTML][HTML] Protein kinase CK2–diverse roles in cancer cell biology and therapeutic promise

JH Trembley, BT Kren, M Afzal, GA Scaria… - Molecular and cellular …, 2023 - Springer
The association of protein kinase CK2 (formerly casein kinase II or 2) with cell growth and
proliferation in cells was apparent at early stages of its investigation. A cancer-specific role …

[HTML][HTML] Protein kinase CK2 and SARS-CoV-2: An expected interplay story

CP Quezada Meza, M Ruzzene - Kinases and Phosphatases, 2023 - mdpi.com
Protein kinase CK2 is a Ser/Thr protein kinase that phosphorylates hundreds of substrates
mainly related to survival and proliferation pathways. It has long been considered an anti …

Inhibition of CK2/ING4 Pathway Facilitates Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer Immunotherapy

Q Gou, H Chen, M Chen, J Shi, J Jin, Q Liu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Immune cells can protect against tumor progression by killing cancer cells, while aberrant
expression of the immune checkpoint protein PD‐L1 (programmed death ligand 1) in cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of CX-4945 and SGC-CK2-1 as inhibitors of CSNK2 using quantitative phosphoproteomics: Triple SILAC in combination with inhibitor-resistant …

D Menyhart, L Gyenis, K Jurcic, SE Roffey… - Current Research in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Specificity is a limiting factor when using small-molecule inhibitors to study protein kinase
signalling. Since inhibitor-resistant kinase mutants (ie, drug-resistant alleles) remain active …

[HTML][HTML] CSNK2A1 confers gemcitabine resistance to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma via inducing autophagy

ZD Liu, YH Shi, QC Xu, GY Zhao, YQ Zhu, FX Li, MJ Ma… - Cancer Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Gemcitabine, a pivotal chemotherapeutic agent for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
(PDAC), frequently encounters drug resistance, posing a significant clinical challenge with …

[HTML][HTML] Protein Kinase CK2α', More than a Backup of CK2α

M Montenarh, C Götz - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
The serine/threonine protein kinase CK2 is implicated in the regulation of fundamental
processes in eukaryotic cells. CK2 consists of two catalytic α or α'isoforms and two …

Memory effects of prior subculture may impact the quality of multiomic perturbation profiles

P Bortel, G Hagn, L Skos, A Bileck… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Mass spectrometry-based omics technologies are increasingly used in perturbation studies
to map drug effects to biological pathways by identifying significant molecular events …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical genetic validation of CSNK2 substrates using an inhibitor-resistant mutant in combination with triple SILAC quantitative phosphoproteomics

L Gyenis, D Menyhart, ES Cruise, K Jurcic… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Casein Kinase 2 (CSNK2) is an extremely pleiotropic, ubiquitously expressed protein kinase
involved in the regulation of numerous key biological processes. Mapping the CSNK2 …

Towards the CSNK2 phosphoproteome–With lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to revealing the secrets of CSNK2 and its promise as a therapeutic target

DW Litchfield, L Gyenis, D Menyhart… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dramatic advances in phosphoproteomics and the development of a selective chemical
probe have presented new opportunities for revealing the cellular landscape of substrates …

[HTML][HTML] Copper modulates the catalytic activity of protein kinase CK2

JE Chojnowski, R Li, T Tsang, FH Alfaran… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Casein kinase 2 (CK2) is an evolutionarily conserved serine/threonine kinase implicated in
a wide range of cellular functions and known to be dysregulated in various diseases such as …