Parallel signal processing among mammalian MAPKs

Trends Biochem Sci. 1995 Mar;20(3):117-22. doi: 10.1016/s0968-0004(00)88978-1.

Abstract

The intracellular signalling field is dominated by the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade and its control, which involves the small GTPase Ras and sequential kinase activation. Until recently, ERK1 and ERK2 were the only cloned and well-characterized mammalian MAPKs; diverse ligand-stimulated, proline-directed protein phosphorylation events were attributed to these kinases. The recent discovery of two other MAPK subtypes, the JNK/SAPK subfamily and p38/RK (mammalian equivalents of HOG1 in yeast), reveals extreme complexity within the family and, most intriguingly, the existence in mammalian cells of parallel MAPK cascades that can be activated simultaneously.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / metabolism
  • JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
  • Mammals
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases*
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Protein Kinases / drug effects
  • Protein Kinases / metabolism*
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / drug effects
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism
  • Protein Synthesis Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / drug effects
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction*

Substances

  • Protein Synthesis Inhibitors
  • Protein Kinases
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases
  • JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases