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Phosphorylation of FADD at serine 194 by CKIalpha regulates its nonapoptotic activities.
Molecular cell - 5 Aug 2005
Alappat Elizabeth C, Feig Christine, Boyerinas Benjamin, Volkland Jörg, Samuels Martin, Murmann Andrea E, Thorburn Andrew, Kidd Vincent J, Slaughter Clive A, Osborn Stephanie L, Winoto Astar, Tang Wei-Jen, Peter Marcus E
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FADD is essential for death receptor (DR)-induced apoptosis. However, it is also critical for cell cycle progression and proliferation, activities that are regulated by phosphorylation of its C-terminal Ser194, which has also been implicated in sensitizing cancer cells to chemotherapeutic drugs and in regulating FADD's intracellular localization. We now demonstrate that casein kinase Ialpha (CKIalpha)...
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