Aurora A kinase (AURKA) in normal and pathological cell division

AS Nikonova, I Astsaturov, IG Serebriiskii… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2013 - Springer
Temporally and spatially controlled activation of the Aurora A kinase (AURKA) regulates
centrosome maturation, entry into mitosis, formation and function of the bipolar spindle, and …

An atlas of substrate specificities for the human serine/threonine kinome

JL Johnson, TM Yaron, EM Huntsman, A Kerelsky… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Protein phosphorylation is one of the most widespread post-translational modifications in
biology,. With advances in mass-spectrometry-based phosphoproteomics, 90,000 sites of …

Cell cycle regulation by the NEK family of protein kinases

AM Fry, L O'Regan, SR Sabir… - Journal of cell …, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
Genetic screens for cell division cycle mutants in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus
nidulans led to the discovery of never-in-mitosis A (NIMA), a serine/threonine kinase that is …

Polθ is phosphorylated by PLK1 to repair double-strand breaks in mitosis

C Gelot, MT Kovacs, S Miron, E Mylne, A Haan… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are deleterious lesions that challenge genome integrity.
To mitigate this threat, human cells rely on the activity of multiple DNA repair machineries …

[HTML][HTML] Condensed-phase signaling can expand kinase specificity and respond to macromolecular crowding

D Sang, T Shu, CF Pantoja, AI de Opakua… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Phase separation can concentrate biomolecules and accelerate reactions. However, the
mechanisms and principles connecting this mesoscale organization to signaling dynamics …

The structural basis for control of eukaryotic protein kinases

JA Endicott, MEM Noble… - Annual review of …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Eukaryotic protein kinases are key regulators of cell processes. Comparison of the structures
of protein kinase domains, both alone and in complexes, allows generalizations to be made …

Evolution and functional cross‐talk of protein post‐translational modifications

P Beltrao, P Bork, NJ Krogan… - Molecular systems …, 2013 - embopress.org
Protein post‐translational modifications (PTM s) allow the cell to regulate protein activity and
play a crucial role in the response to changes in external conditions or internal states …

The Aurora B kinase in chromosome bi-orientation and spindle checkpoint signaling

V Krenn, A Musacchio - Frontiers in oncology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Aurora B, a member of the Aurora family of serine/threonine protein kinases, is a key player
in chromosome segregation. As part of a macromolecular complex known as the …

BUB1 and CENP-U, primed by CDK1, are the main PLK1 kinetochore receptors in mitosis

P Singh, ME Pesenti, S Maffini, S Carmignani… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
Reflecting its pleiotropic functions, Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) localizes to various sub-cellular
structures during mitosis. At kinetochores, PLK1 contributes to microtubule attachments and …

Homing in: mechanisms of substrate targeting by protein kinases

CJ Miller, BE Turk - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2018 - cell.com
Protein phosphorylation is the most common reversible post-translational modification in
eukaryotes. Humans have over 500 protein kinases, of which more than a dozen are …