2020
Flexible linkers in CaMKII control the balance between activating and inhibitory autophosphorylation
Bhattacharyya M, Lee YK, Muratcioglu S, Qiu B, Nyayapati P, Schulman H, Groves JT, Kuriyan J. Flexible linkers in CaMKII control the balance between activating and inhibitory autophosphorylation. ELife 2020, 9: e53670. PMID: 32149607, PMCID: PMC7141811, DOI: 10.7554/elife.53670.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInhibitory autophosphorylationResidue linkerDependent protein kinase IISingle-molecule assaysMammalian cell expressionProtein kinase IICaMKII variantsShort linkerTransphosphorylation ratesKinase domainCaMKII holoenzymeKinase IIAutophosphorylationHoloenzymeFlexible linkerPrincipal isoformCalcium signalsRelative levelsIsoformsCaMKIIHuman CaCell expressionLinkerVariantsSequence
2019
Structural Insights into the Regulation of Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II (CaMKII).
Bhattacharyya M, Karandur D, Kuriyan J. Structural Insights into the Regulation of Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II (CaMKII). Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives In Biology 2019, 12: a035147. PMID: 31653643, PMCID: PMC7263085, DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a035147.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDependent protein kinase IIProtein kinase IIKinase domainKinase IISerine/threonine kinaseSpecialized isoformIntact holoenzymeThreonine kinaseCaMKII functionCaMKII holoenzymeSubunit exchangeStructural insightsRecent electron microscopic investigationsCaMKII activityStructural mechanismsFlexible linkerCardiac signalingCentral hubHoloenzymeCaMKIICurrent understandingKey roleKinaseSignalingElectron microscopic investigations