title: Signal transduction and gene control.
abstract: Extracellular signals regulate gene expression by triggering signal transduction cascades that result in the modulation of transcription factor activity. This is most commonly achieved by changes in the phosphorylation state of these nuclear proteins. Phosphorylation affects transcription factor activity at several distinct levels. It can modulate their intracellular localization by controlling the association with other proteins, have both negative and positive effects on their DNA-binding activity, and modulate the activity of their transcriptional activation domains. In addition to phosphorylation, protein-protein interactions also have an important role in mediating a crosstalk at the nuclear level between different signalling pathways.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D050856:Interferon Regulatory Factor-1; D050836:Interferon Regulatory Factor-2; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C494257:IRF1 protein, human; C494229:IRF2 protein, human; D050856:Interferon Regulatory Factor-1; D050836:Interferon Regulatory Factor-2; D016328:NF-kappa B; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases