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SUBMITTER: Tournier C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC23822 | biostudies-literature | 1997 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tournier C C Whitmarsh A J AJ Cavanagh J J Barrett T T Davis R J RJ
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 19970701 14
The c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) group of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases is activated by phosphorylation on Thr and Tyr. Here we report the molecular cloning of a new member of the mammalian MAP kinase kinase group (MKK7) that functions as an activator of JNK. In vitro protein kinase assays demonstrate that MKK7 phosphorylates and activates JNK, but not the p38 or extracellular signal-regulated kinase groups of MAP kinase. Expression of MKK7 in cultured cells causes activation of the ...[more]