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Dimerization in protein kinase signaling

Steven Pelech email

The Brain Research Centre, Division of Neurology, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5, Canada

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Journal of Biology 2006, 5:12doi:10.1186/jbiol45

Published: 19 July 2006

Abstract

The closely related mitogen-activated protein kinases ERK1 and ERK2 have now been shown to have opposing roles in Ras-mediated cell proliferation. I propose that dimerization of these highly related protein kinases could underlie these surprising observations and that this could be a common paradigm for widespread regulation of protein phosphorylation by kinase-substrate interactions.


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