Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase is a potential new target for the treatment of tumors

Autor: LI Yang, ZHU Lei
Jazyk: čínština
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Jichu yixue yu linchuang, Vol 44, Iss 7, Pp 1039-1043 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1001-6325
DOI: 10.16352/j.issn.1001-6325.2024.07.1039
Popis: Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF2K) is a Ca2+/ CAM-dependent protein kinase, which inhibits the activity of substrate eEF2 by phosphorylating eEF2 to prevent protein synthesis, promote tumor cell proliferation, invasion, metastasis and to regulate tumor microenvironment. The eEF2K is “α-kinase” member of the atypical protein kinase family and has little sequence homology with typical protein kinases. Targeting eEF2K can avoid the toxic side effects caused by most kinases, so it is considered as a potential molecular target for tumor targeted therapy.
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