title: Involvement of JAK-family tyrosine kinases in hematopoietin receptor signal transduction.
abstract: A variety of cytokines, hormones and hematopoietic growth factors signal through the hematopoietin family of membrane receptors, which share several structural features, including a Trp-Ser-X-Trp-Ser motif and four paired cysteine residues. The signal transduction mechanisms utilized by these receptors have remained elusive, although tyrosine kinase activation has been one common element. Recently, a role for the cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases of the Janus kinase (JAK) family has been implicated in signalling by these receptors. There are currently three known JAK family kinases, including JAK1, JAK2 and TYK2. This review will focus on the role of such tyrosine kinases in hematopoietin receptor signal transduction, and address the possibility of the involvement also of unidentified Janus kinases.
authors.affiliation: Cytokine Molecular Mechanisms Section, National Cancer Institute, Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, MD 21702.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kirken
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rui
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Farrar
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D017467:Receptors, Erythropoietin / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D017467:Receptors, Erythropoietin; D011494:Protein Kinases