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Ligand binding to the AMP-activated protein kinase active site mediates protection of the activation loop from dephosphorylation.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 4 Jan 2013
Chandrashekarappa Dakshayini G, McCartney Rhonda R, Schmidt Martin C
Abstract excerpt
The AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a conserved signaling molecule in a pathway that maintains adenosine triphosphate homeostasis. Recent studies have suggested that low energy adenylate ligands bound to one or more sites in the γ subunit of AMPK promote the formation of an active, phosphatase-resistant conformation. We propose an alternative model in which the kinase domain association with the...
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