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Genetic code expansion and live cell imaging reveal that Thr-308 phosphorylation is irreplaceable and sufficient for Akt1 activity.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 6 Jul 2018
Balasuriya Nileeka, Kunkel Maya T, Liu Xuguang, Biggar Kyle K, Li Shawn S-C, Newton Alexandra C, O'Donoghue Patrick
Abstract excerpt
The proto-oncogene Akt/protein kinase B (PKB) is a pivotal signal transducer for growth and survival. Growth factor stimulation leads to Akt phosphorylation at two regulatory sites (Thr-308 and Ser-473), acutely activating Akt signaling. Delineating the exact role of each regulatory site is, however, technically challenging and has remained elusive. Here, we used genetic code expansion to produce...
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