title: Extracellular signal-regulated kinases in T cells: characterization of human ERK1 and ERK2 cDNAs.
abstract: Extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 are growth factor-sensitive serine/threonine kinases. cDNAs for both human kinases were isolated and sequenced. The nucleic acid and deduced protein sequences of human extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 were 88% and 96% identical, respectively, to the homologous rat sequences. The nucleic acid and deduced protein sequences of human extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 were 90% and 98% identical, respectively, to the corresponding rat sequences. A human extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 specific probe was used to demonstrate that the mRNA for this kinase was present in T cells and did not change with activation. The deduced protein sequences of both human kinases were greater than 95% identical to two Xenopus kinase sequences, indicating that these enzymes are highly conserved across species.
authors.affiliation: Harold C. Simmons Arthritis Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-8884.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Owaki
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Makar
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Boulton
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Cobb
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Geppert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009000:Monocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA; D011494:Protein Kinases; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases