title: Docking domains and substrate-specificity determination for MAP kinases.
abstract: Signalling specificity in eukaryotic cells is maintained by several mechanisms. One mechanism by which mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases ensure their specificity of action is by interacting with their substrates through docking domains. These docking domains recruit the kinases to the correct substrates and enhance their fidelity and efficiency of action. Additional specificity determinants in the substrates serve to enhance the specificity of substrate phosphorylation by MAP kinases further.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, 2.205 Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK M13 9PT. a.d.sharrocks@man.ac.uk
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Sharrocks
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galanis
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011485:Protein Binding; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D020033:Protein Isoforms; D014157:Transcription Factors