2008
The mammalian target of rapamycin complex 2 controls folding and stability of Akt and protein kinase C
Facchinetti V, Ouyang W, Wei H, Soto N, Lazorchak A, Gould C, Lowry C, Newton AC, Mao Y, Miao RQ, Sessa WC, Qin J, Zhang P, Su B, Jacinto E. The mammalian target of rapamycin complex 2 controls folding and stability of Akt and protein kinase C. The EMBO Journal 2008, 27: 1932-1943. PMID: 18566586, PMCID: PMC2486276, DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2008.120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarget of rapamycinProtein kinase CTOR complex 1Functions of TORRapamycin-sensitive TOR complex 1Site phosphorylationKinase CTurn motif siteProtein synthesisStability of AktConventional protein kinase CTORC2 functionTOR functionTOR pathwayPhosphorylation of AktHM siteKinase domainProtein foldingMotif sitesProteasome degradationNovel functionBasic residuesMammalian targetPhosphorylationAkt
2007
MEKK3 is required for endothelium function but is not essential for tumor growth and angiogenesis
Deng Y, Yang J, McCarty M, Su B. MEKK3 is required for endothelium function but is not essential for tumor growth and angiogenesis. American Journal Of Physiology - Cell Physiology 2007, 293: c1404-c1411. PMID: 17687003, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00058.2007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAngiopoietin-1AnimalsAortaApoptosisCell ProliferationEmbryo, MammalianEndocardiumEndothelial CellsEndothelium, VascularFemaleMAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 3MiceMice, Inbred StrainsMice, KnockoutMice, NudeMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMyocardiumNeoplasms, ExperimentalNeoplastic Stem CellsNeovascularization, PathologicPhosphorylationReceptor, TIE-2Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor AConceptsEmbryonic angiogenesisProtein kinase kinase kinase 3Embryonic stem cell linesEarly embryonic developmentCell proliferationStem cell linesTumor angiogenesisTumor growthEmbryonic developmentEndothelial cellsKinase 3ERK5 activationMEKK3Endothelial cell proliferationAng1/Tie2Essential roleCell linesProduction of VEGFCritical roleEmbryosAngiogenesisFactor productionProliferationGrowthCells