title: Alternative splicing of STY, a nuclear dual specificity kinase.
abstract: The LAMMER subfamily of kinases has been conserved throughout evolution, and its members are thought to play important roles in the regulation of cellular growth and differentiation programs. STY is a murine LAMMER kinase which has been implicated in the control of PC12 cell differentiation. Multiple transcripts are derived from the Sty gene, and their relative abundance is developmentally regulated. Alternative splicing of the primary Sty transcript generates mRNAs encoding full-length catalytically active (STY) and truncated, kinase-deficient polypeptides. Both STY and its truncated isoform, STYT, are localized in the nucleus and are capable of heterodimerizing. We also demonstrate that STY functions as a dual specificity kinase in mammalian cells.
authors.affiliation: Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, Cancer Research Group, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Howell
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Marius
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Drmanic
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Douville
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000201:enzymology*; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005091:Exons; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016716:PC12 Cells; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases; C066780:Clk dual-specificity kinases; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases