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Identification of a redox-sensitive switch within the JAK2 catalytic domain.
Free radical biology & medicine - 15 Mar 2012
Smith John K, Patil Chetan N, Patlolla Srikant, Gunter Barak W, Booz George W, Duhé Roy J
Abstract excerpt
Four cysteine residues (Cys866, Cys917, Cys1094, and Cys1105) have direct roles in cooperatively regulating Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) catalytic activity. Additional site-directed mutagenesis experiments now provide evidence that two of these residues (Cys866 and Cys917) act together as a redox-sensitive switch, allowing JAK2's catalytic activity to be directly regulated by the redox state of the cell. We created...
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