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Towards An Atomic Level Model Of The Structure And Calmodulin Mediated Activation Of Eef-2k, Nathan E. Will
Towards An Atomic Level Model Of The Structure And Calmodulin Mediated Activation Of Eef-2k, Nathan E. Will
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Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF-2K), the only calmodulin (CaM) dependent member of the a-kinase, phosphorylates eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF-2) on a specific residue (Thr-56), decreasing its affinity for the ribosome and reducing the rate of peptide chain elongation during protein translation. In contrast to the “release-of-inhibition’ mechanism operative in most CaM-dependent proteins kinases, the activation of eEF-2K is proposed to occur through a two-step process subsequent to the engagement of CaM and involves (1) auto-phosphorylation on T348 and (2) engagement of an allosteric site by phospho-T348 leading to a state with the highest activity towards the substrate eEF-2. …