Publication Date:
1995-12-22
Description:
The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is a conserved eukaryotic signaling module that converts receptor signals into various outputs. MAPK is activated through phosphorylation by MAPK kinase (MAPKK), which is first activated by MAPKK kinase (MAPKKK). A genetic selection based on a MAPK pathway in yeast was used to identify a mouse protein kinase (TAK1) distinct from other members of the MAPKKK family. TAK1 was shown to participate in regulation of transcription by transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta). Furthermore, kinase activity of TAK1 was stimulated in response to TGF-beta and bone morphogenetic protein. These results suggest that TAK1 functions as a mediator in the signaling pathway of TGF-beta superfamily members.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Yamaguchi, K -- Shirakabe, K -- Shibuya, H -- Irie, K -- Oishi, I -- Ueno, N -- Taniguchi, T -- Nishida, E -- Matsumoto, K -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1995 Dec 22;270(5244):2008-11.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8533096" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Base Sequence
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Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
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Cell Line
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Cloning, Molecular
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Epidermal Growth Factor/pharmacology
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*Gene Expression Regulation
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Genes, Reporter
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*MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases
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Mice
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism
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Proteins/pharmacology
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
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*Signal Transduction
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Transfection
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Transforming Growth Factor beta/*pharmacology
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
