dsRNA-dependent protein kinase PKR and its role in stress, signaling and HCV infection

S Dabo, EF Meurs - Viruses, 2012 - mdpi.com
The double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase PKR plays multiple roles in cells, in
response to different stress situations. As a member of the interferon (IFN)‑Stimulated …

PKR; a sentinel kinase for cellular stress

BRG Williams - Oncogene, 1999 - nature.com
The double stranded RNA (dsRNA)-activated protein kinase PKR is a ubiquitously
expressed serine/threonine protein kinase that is induced by interferon and activated by …

Impact of protein kinase PKR in cell biology: from antiviral to antiproliferative action

MA Garcia, J Gil, I Ventoso, S Guerra… - Microbiology and …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
The double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase PKR is a critical mediator of the
antiproliferative and antiviral effects exerted by interferons. Not only is PKR an effector …

The dsRNA protein kinase PKR: virus and cell control

MA Garcia, EF Meurs, M Esteban - Biochimie, 2007 - Elsevier
The IFN-induced double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) is one of the four
mammalian serine-threonine kinases (the three others being HRI, GCN2 and PERK) that …

RAX, a cellular activator for double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase during stress signaling

T Ito, M Yang, WS May - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1999 - ASBMB
The double-stranded (ds) RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) regulates protein synthesis
by phosphorylating the α subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor-2. PKR is activated by viral …

Functional characterization of pkr gene products expressed in cells from mice with a targeted deletion of the N terminus or C terminus domain of PKR

D Baltzis, S Li, AE Koromilas - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2002 - ASBMB
The interferon-inducible double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-activated protein kinase, PKR,
plays an important role in messenger (m) RNA translation by phosphorylating the α subunit …

Activation of PKR: an open and shut case?

JL Cole - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2007 - cell.com
The double-stranded (ds) RNA-activated protein kinase, PKR, has a key role in the innate
immunity response to viral infection in higher eukaryotes. PKR contains an N-terminal …

The dsRNA-dependent protein kinase, PKR and cell death.

GN Barber - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2005 - nature.com
Cellular recognition of foreign dsRNA species is an important component of host defense,
responsible for initiating innate immune responses to virus infection. Over the years, a …

PACT, a stress-modulated cellular activator of interferon-induced double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase, PKR

CV Patel, I Handy, T Goldsmith, RC Patel - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2000 - ASBMB
The interferon (IFN)-induced, double-stranded (ds) RNA-activated serine-threonine protein
kinase, PKR, is a key mediator of the antiviral activities of IFNs. In addition, PKR activity is …

[HTML][HTML] Structure of the double‐stranded RNA‐binding domain of the protein kinase PKR reveals the molecular basis of its dsRNA‐mediated activation

S Nanduri, BW Carpick, Y Yang, BRG Williams… - The EMBO …, 1998 - embopress.org
Protein kinase PKR is an interferon‐induced enzyme that plays a key role in the control of
viral infections and cellular homeostasis. Compared with other known kinases, PKR is …