Reduced expression and impaired kinase activity of a Chk2 mutant identified in human lung cancer.

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The checkpoint kinase Chk2 is phosphorylated and activated in response to DNA damage such as ionizing radiation. Recently, we found a somatic mutation of CHK2 with clear loss of the wild-type allele in human lung cancer. Here we show that the mutant Chk2 exhibits modestly reduced in vitro kinase activity compared with wild type, whereas it is normally phosphorylated and activated after ionizing radiation....

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