2011
Small-molecule hydrophobic tagging–induced degradation of HaloTag fusion proteins
Neklesa TK, Tae HS, Schneekloth AR, Stulberg MJ, Corson TW, Sundberg TB, Raina K, Holley SA, Crews CM. Small-molecule hydrophobic tagging–induced degradation of HaloTag fusion proteins. Nature Chemical Biology 2011, 7: 538-543. PMID: 21725302, PMCID: PMC3139752, DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.597.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
The Antiproliferative Agent Didemnin B Uncompetitively Inhibits Palmitoyl Protein Thioesterase †
Meng L, Sin N, Crews C. The Antiproliferative Agent Didemnin B Uncompetitively Inhibits Palmitoyl Protein Thioesterase †. Biochemistry 1998, 37: 10488-10492. PMID: 9671519, DOI: 10.1021/bi9804479.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPalmitoyl-protein thioesterase 1GTP-binding proteinsDynamic protein palmitoylationDidemnin BPalmitoyl-protein thioesterasePalmitoyl proteinsProtein palmitoylationMembrane associationBaculoviral systemMyristoyl-CoAProduct bindsHa-rasBiochemical supportProteinEnzymatic activityBindingInhibition assaysDepalmitoylationPalmitoylationThioesteraseKinetic analysisInhibitionBindsRegulationUncompetitive mode
1993
Raf-1 forms a stable complex with Mek1 and activates Mek1 by serine phosphorylation.
Huang W, Alessandrini A, Crews CM, Erikson RL. Raf-1 forms a stable complex with Mek1 and activates Mek1 by serine phosphorylation. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1993, 90: 10947-10951. PMID: 8248196, PMCID: PMC47898, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.23.10947.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsEnzyme ActivationIn Vitro TechniquesMacromolecular SubstancesMAP Kinase Kinase 1MiceMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase KinasesPhosphorylationPhosphoserineProtein BindingProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProtein-Tyrosine KinasesProto-Oncogene ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-rafRecombinant ProteinsMEK2 is a kinase related to MEK1 and is differentially expressed in murine tissues.
Brott BK, Alessandrini A, Largaespada DA, Copeland NG, Jenkins NA, Crews CM, Erikson RL. MEK2 is a kinase related to MEK1 and is differentially expressed in murine tissues. Molecular Cancer Research 1993, 4: 921-9. PMID: 8297798.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAmino AcidsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBase SequenceBrainChromosome MappingCloning, MolecularFemaleGene Expression RegulationMaleMAP Kinase Kinase 1MAP Kinase Kinase 2MiceMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase KinasesMolecular Sequence DataNucleic Acid HybridizationProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProtein-Tyrosine KinasesRecombinant ProteinsRNA, MessengerSequence AnalysisConceptsERK-1Dual-specificity kinaseMurine chromosome 9Substantial sequence homologyErk/MAPMultigene familyLow expression levelsMEK2 proteinsAdult mouse brainSequence homologyAmino terminusDifferent genesERK-2MEK2MEK1Northern analysisChromosome 9Complementary DNAMurine tissuesExpression levelsKinaseReconstitution of the Raf-1-MEK-ERK signal transduction pathway in vitro.
Macdonald SG, Crews CM, Wu L, Driller J, Clark R, Erikson RL, McCormick F. Reconstitution of the Raf-1-MEK-ERK signal transduction pathway in vitro. Molecular And Cellular Biology 1993, 13: 6615-6620. PMID: 8413257, PMCID: PMC364724, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.13.11.6615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBaculoviridaeCell LineCloning, MolecularGenes, rasGenes, srcHumansMAP Kinase Kinase 1Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase KinasesMothsMutagenesis, Site-DirectedPhosphorylationPolymerase Chain ReactionProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProtein-Tyrosine KinasesProto-Oncogene ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-rafProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)Recombinant ProteinsSignal TransductionTransfectionConceptsRaf-1V-SrcV-rasSf9 cellsGlutathione S-transferase fusion proteinS-transferase fusion proteinSerine/threonine kinaseProtein kinase C phosphorylationKinase-inactive versionERK signal transduction pathwayKinase-inactive mutantRaf-1 phosphorylationKinase C phosphorylationSignal transduction pathwaysRaf-1-MEKActivation of MEKTyrosine kinase oncogenesProtein kinase CAutokinase activityFunction upstreamThreonine kinaseDirect substrateMEK activationTransduction pathwaysC phosphorylation
1992
Purification of a murine protein-tyrosine/threonine kinase that phosphorylates and activates the Erk-1 gene product: relationship to the fission yeast byr1 gene product.
Crews CM, Erikson RL. Purification of a murine protein-tyrosine/threonine kinase that phosphorylates and activates the Erk-1 gene product: relationship to the fission yeast byr1 gene product. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1992, 89: 8205-8209. PMID: 1381507, PMCID: PMC49886, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.17.8205.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsEnzyme ActivationFungal ProteinsGenesMiceMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMolecular Sequence DataPeptide FragmentsPhosphorylationPhosphoserinePhosphothreoninePhosphotyrosineProtein KinasesRecombinant ProteinsSequence AlignmentTyrosineConceptsGene productsProtein kinaseSerine/threonine phosphatase 2AMyelin basic protein kinaseProtein tyrosine phosphatase 1B.MAPK/ERK kinaseSignal transduction mechanismsPossible signal transduction mechanismsERK-1 proteinSte7 genePhosphatase 2AThreonine kinaseERK kinaseERK-1Tyrosine residuesSequence analysisKinaseTransduction mechanismsMEKTrypsin digestionProteinByr1PurificationGenesLesser extent
1991
Mouse Erk-1 gene product is a serine/threonine protein kinase that has the potential to phosphorylate tyrosine.
Crews CM, Alessandrini AA, Erikson RL. Mouse Erk-1 gene product is a serine/threonine protein kinase that has the potential to phosphorylate tyrosine. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1991, 88: 8845-8849. PMID: 1717989, PMCID: PMC52607, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.19.8845.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceBlotting, WesternCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein KinasesCloning, MolecularMiceMolecular Sequence DataMolecular WeightMyelin Basic ProteinOligonucleotidesPhosphoprotein PhosphatasesPhosphoproteinsPhosphotyrosinePolymerase Chain ReactionProtein KinasesProtein Phosphatase 2Protein Serine-Threonine KinasesRecombinant ProteinsTyrosineConceptsSerine/threonine protein kinaseERK-1Serine/threonine kinaseRibosomal protein S6 kinaseSubstrate phosphorylation sitesThreonine protein kinaseProtein S6 kinaseSame substrate specificityPhosphatase 2AThreonine residuesThreonine kinaseActive kinasePhosphorylation sitesERK1 proteinS6 kinaseProtein kinaseSequence dataBacterial expressionSubstrate specificityGene productsKinase activityPhosphatase 1BKinaseRat cellsProtein