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Aromatase is phosphorylated in situ at serine-118.
The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology - 1 Nov 2008
Miller Todd W, Shin Incheol, Kagawa Norio, Evans Dean B, Waterman Michael R, Arteaga Carlos L
Abstract excerpt
Phosphorylation of the cytochrome P450 aromatase has been proposed as a switch to rapidly modulate enzymatic activity and estrogen biosynthesis. Herein, we demonstrate that aromatase serine-118 is a potential phosphorylation site in mammalian cells. The amino acid context surrounding S118 is highly conserved among diverse animal species and suggests that an AGC-like kinase may phosphorylate aromatase. Mutation of...
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