Publication Date:
1995-03-03
Description:
In response to specific ligands, various STAT proteins (signal transducers and activators of transcription) are phosphorylated on tyrosine by Jak protein kinases and translocated to the nucleus to direct gene transcription. Selection of a STAT at the interferon gamma receptor as well as specific STAT dimer formation depended on the presence of particular SH2 groups (phosphotyrosine-binding domains), whereas the amino acid sequence surrounding the phosphorylated tyrosine on the STAT could vary. Thus, SH2 groups in STAT proteins may play crucial roles in specificity at the receptor kinase complex and in subsequent dimerization, whereas the kinases are relatively nonspecific.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Heim, M H -- Kerr, I M -- Stark, G R -- Darnell, J E Jr -- AI32489/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI34420/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1995 Mar 3;267(5202):1347-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7871432" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Cell Line
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DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism
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Interferon-alpha/*pharmacology
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Interferon-gamma/*pharmacology
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Janus Kinase 1
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Janus Kinase 2
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Phosphorylation
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Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/*metabolism
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Proteins/metabolism
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*Proto-Oncogene Proteins
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Receptors, Interferon/metabolism
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Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
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STAT1 Transcription Factor
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Signal Transduction
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Trans-Activators/chemistry/*metabolism
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Tyrosine/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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