Function and regulation of the PDK1 kinase

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alessi, Dario
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Henry Stewart Talks 2010, 2010
Series:Protein phosphorylation
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Collection: Henry Stewart Talks - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The insulin cascade
  • Approaches to study the insulin signalling pathway
  • GSK3 regulation of glycogen synthase by insulin
  • Inactivation of GSK3 by PI3K
  • GSK3 inactivation by other kinases
  • Protein Kinase B (Akt)
  • PKB signal transduction
  • Substrate specificity of PKB
  • Activation of PKB by insulin
  • Phosphorylation of PKB on Thr308 and Ser473
  • PKB phosphorylation on the catalytic domain
  • How insulin locates PKB to the plasma membrane
  • PKB translocation to the cell membrane
  • Molecular mechanism of PKB activation
  • Phosphorylation of PKB
  • Discovery of PDK1
  • Primary structure of human PDK1
  • PIP3 requirement for PDK1 activation of PKB
  • PDK1/2 phosphorylation of PKB
  • The inability of PIP3 to activate PDK1 in vitro
  • PKB in muscle-specific PDK1 knockout mice
  • Glycogen synthase inactivation by GSK3
  • GSK3 & glycogen synthase in muscle-specific PDK1 knockout mice
  • GSK3 knock-in mice
  • Analysis of GSK3 isoforms in knock-in mice
  • Glycogen sy