title: A mammalian scaffold complex that selectively mediates MAP kinase activation.
abstract: The c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) group of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases is activated by the exposure of cells to multiple forms of stress. A putative scaffold protein was identified that interacts with multiple components of the JNK signaling pathway, including the mixed-lineage group of MAP kinase kinase kinases (MLK), the MAP kinase kinase MKK7, and the MAP kinase JNK. This scaffold protein selectively enhanced JNK activation by the MLK signaling pathway. These data establish that a mammalian scaffold protein can mediate activation of a MAP kinase signaling pathway.
authors.affiliation: Program in Molecular Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Whitmarsh
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cavanagh
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tournier
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048688:MAP Kinase Kinase 7; D020930:MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D000097767:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase 11
chemical_list: D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D007375:Interleukin-1; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048688:MAP Kinase Kinase 7; D020930:MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D011494:Protein Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D000097767:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase 11; C102102:hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1; C090757:mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 12