title: A cytokine-responsive IkappaB kinase that activates the transcription factor NF-kappaB.
abstract: Nuclear transcription factors of the NF-kappaB/Rel family are inhibited by IkappaB proteins, which inactivate NF-kappaB by trapping it in the cell cytoplasm. Phosphorylation of IkappaBs marks them out for destruction, thereby relieving their inhibitory effect on NF-kappaB. A cytokine-activated protein kinase complex, IKK (for IkappaB kinase), has now been purified that phosphorylates IkappaBs on the sites that trigger their degradation. A component of IKK was molecularly cloned and identified as a serine kinase. IKK turns out to be the long-sought-after protein kinase that mediates the critical regulatory step in NF-kappaB activation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Signal Transduction, Department of Pharmacology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0636, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: DiDonato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayakawa
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Rothwarf
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zandi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D051550:I-kappa B Kinase; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018836:Inflammation Mediators; D016328:NF-kappa B; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C496559:CHUK protein, human; D051550:I-kappa B Kinase; C496560:IKBKB protein, human; C496565:IKBKE protein, human; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases