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WNK1, the kinase mutated in an inherited high-blood-pressure syndrome, is a novel PKB (protein kinase B)/Akt substrate.
The Biochemical journal - 15 Feb 2004
Vitari Alberto C, Deak Maria, Collins Barry J, Morrice Nick, Prescott Alan R, Phelan Anne, Humphreys Sian, Alessi Dario R
Abstract excerpt
Recent evidence indicates that mutations in the gene encoding the WNK1 [with no K (lysine) protein kinase-1] results in an inherited hypertension syndrome called pseudohypoaldosteronism type II. The mechanisms by which WNK1 is regulated or the substrates it phosphorylates are currently unknown. W...
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