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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
48
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-11-24
pubmed:abstractText
Signaling by receptor protein kinases (RPKs) involves their dimerization and transphosphorylation. However, atypical RPKs with kinase-defective domains have been described recently. Some of them are essential for proper signaling in animal systems, although the precise mechanism involved is unknown in most cases. Here we describe the cloning and characterization of an atypical plant receptor kinase from maize, MARK, which does not phosphorylate in vitro. A yeast two-hybrid approach has allowed us to identify a new germinal center kinase (GCK)-related protein, MIK, that interacts with MARK. Interestingly, the interaction of the intracellular domain of MARK with the regulator domain of MIK strongly induces MIK kinase activity. As some GCK-related proteins connect cell-surface receptors to the intracellular MAPK cascades, the activation of MIK by direct interaction with MARK could illustrate a new mechanism for signaling through atypical RPKs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
48105-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12966093-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12966093-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12966093-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:12966093-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:12966093-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12966093-Chromatography, Gel, pubmed-meshheading:12966093-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:12966093-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:12966093-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:12966093-Glutathione Transferase, pubmed-meshheading:12966093-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:12966093-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12966093-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:12966093-Precipitin Tests, pubmed-meshheading:12966093-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:12966093-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12966093-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12966093-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12966093-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:12966093-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:12966093-Two-Hybrid System Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:12966093-Zea mays
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
The direct activation of MIK, a germinal center kinase (GCK)-like kinase, by MARK, a maize atypical receptor kinase, suggests a new mechanism for signaling through kinase-dead receptors.
pubmed:affiliation
Departament de Genètica Molecular, IBMB-CSIC, Jordi Girona 18, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't