Cloning and characterization of a p53-related protein kinase expressed in interleukin-2-activated cytotoxic T-cells, epithelial tumor cell lines, and the testes.
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Abe Y, Matsumoto S, Wei S, Nezu K, Miyoshi A, Kito K, Ueda N, Shigemoto K, Hitsumoto Y, Nikawa J, Enomoto Y
Cloning and characterization of a p53-related protein kinase expressed in interleukin-2-activated cytotoxic T-cells, epithelial tumor cell lines, and the testes.
J Biol Chem. 2001 Nov 23;276(47):44003-11. Epub 2001 Sep 6.
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A human protein kinase, p53-related protein kinase (PRPK), was cloned from an interleukin-2-activated cytotoxic T-cell subtraction library. PRPK appears to be a homologue of a growth-related yeast serine/threonine protein kinase, YGR262c. However, a complementation assay using YGR262c-disrupted yeast indicated that PRPK is not functionally identical to the yeast enzyme. PRPK expression was observed in interleukin-2-activated cytotoxic T-cells, some human epithelial tumor cell lines, and the testes. The intrinsic transcriptional activity of p53 was up-regulated by a transient transfection of PRPK to COS-7 cells. PRPK was shown to bind to p53 and to phosphorylate p53 at Ser-15. These results indicate that PRPK may play an important role in the cell cycle and cell apoptosis through phosphorylation of p53.