AKAP signaling islands: venues for precision pharmacology

MH Omar, JD Scott - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Regulatory enzymes often have different roles in distinct subcellular compartments. Yet,
most drugs indiscriminately saturate the cell. Thus, subcellular drug-delivery holds promise …

Molecular mechanisms for cAMP-mediated immunoregulation in T cells–role of anchored protein kinase a signaling units

VL Wehbi, K Taskén - Frontiers in immunology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The cyclic AMP/protein kinase A (cAMP/PKA) pathway is one of the most common and
versatile signal pathways in eukaryotic cells. A-kinase anchoring proteins (AKAPs) target …

Modular enzyme assembly for enhanced cascade biocatalysis and metabolic flux

W Kang, T Ma, M Liu, J Qu, Z Liu, H Zhang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Enzymatic reactions in living cells are highly dynamic but simultaneously tightly regulated.
Enzyme engineers seek to construct multienzyme complexes to prevent intermediate …

A non-catalytic scaffolding activity of hexokinase 2 contributes to EMT and metastasis

CS Blaha, G Ramakrishnan, SM Jeon… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Hexokinase 2 (HK2), which catalyzes the first committed step in glucose
metabolism, is induced in cancer cells. HK2's role in tumorigenesis has been attributed to its …

Augmentation of CAR T-cell trafficking and antitumor efficacy by blocking protein kinase A localization

K Newick, S O'Brien, J Sun, V Kapoor, S Maceyko… - Cancer immunology …, 2016 - AACR
Antitumor treatments based on the infusion of T cells expressing chimeric antigen receptors
(CAR T cells) are still relatively ineffective for solid tumors, due to the presence of …

Phase‐separated multienzyme compartmentalization for terpene biosynthesis in a prokaryote

Y Wang, M Liu, Q Wei, W Wu, Y He, J Gao… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) forms biomolecular condensates or coacervates in
cells. Metabolic enzymes can form phase‐separated subcellular compartments that enrich …

cAMP/PKA signalling reinforces the LATS–YAP pathway to fully suppress YAP in response to actin cytoskeletal changes

M Kim, M Kim, S Lee, S Kuninaka, H Saya, H Lee… - The EMBO …, 2013 - embopress.org
Actin cytoskeletal damage induces inactivation of the oncoprotein YAP (Yes‐associated
protein). It is known that the serine/threonine kinase LATS (large tumour suppressor) …

cAMP signaling in subcellular compartments

K Lefkimmiatis, M Zaccolo - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2014 - Elsevier
In the complex microcosm of a cell, information security and its faithful transmission are
critical for maintaining internal stability. To achieve a coordinated response of all its parts to …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular basis of AKAP specificity for PKA regulatory subunits

MG Gold, B Lygren, P Dokurno, N Hoshi… - Molecular cell, 2006 - cell.com
Localization of cyclic AMP (cAMP)-dependent protein kinase (PKA) by A kinase-anchoring
proteins (AKAPs) restricts the action of this broad specificity kinase. The high-resolution …

Creating order from chaos: cellular regulation by kinase anchoring

JD Scott, CW Dessauer, K Taskén - Annual review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Second messenger responses rely on where and when the enzymes that propagate these
signals become active. Spatial and temporal organization of certain signaling enzymes is …