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  • noun biochemistry A protein found in platelets

Etymologies

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Abbreviation of platelet + leukocyte C kinase substrate + KSTR amino acid string.

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  • Interaction between the newly generated 3-phosphorylated phosphoinositides and distinct structural motifs, such as pleckstrin homology (PH) domain, can regulate the activity of different proteins through their membrane targeting or direct modulation of their enzymatic activity

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Tania Maffucci et al. 2009

  • Sec3-N adopts a pleckstrin homology (PH) fold, despite having no detectable sequence homology with other PH domains of known structure.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Masami Yamashita 2010

  • Phlda2 (pleckstrin homology-like domain, family A, member 2) was identified in C2

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2010

  • These lipids bind to the pleckstrin homology (PH) domains of proteins such as PKB (Akt) and control the activity and subcellular localisation of a diverse array of signal transduction molecules

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Veronica Ulici et al. 2010

  • Morozov P, Frank D, Musalo R, Lemmon MA, et al. (2002) Phosphoinositide binding by the pleckstrin homology domains of Ipl and Tih1.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Veronica Ulici et al. 2010

  • Morozov P, Frank D, Musalo R, Lemmon MA, et al. (2002) Phosphoinositide binding by the pleckstrin homology domains of Ipl and Tih1.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2010

  • Phlda2 (pleckstrin homology-like domain, family A, member 2) was identified in C2

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Veronica Ulici et al. 2010

  • These lipids bind to the pleckstrin homology (PH) domains of proteins such as PKB (Akt) and control the activity and subcellular localisation of a diverse array of signal transduction molecules

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2010

  • PDGF, platelet-derived growth factor; PDK1, 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1; PH, pleckstrin homology; PH-in, protein kinase B in an inactive conformation; PKB, protein kinase B Author Summary

    PLoS Biology: New Articles 2009

  • Milburn CC, Deak M, Kelly SM, Price NC, Alessi DR, et al. (2003) Binding of phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate to the pleckstrin homology domain of protein kinase B induces a conformational change.

    PLoS Biology: New Articles 2009

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