title: Forkhead transcription factors are targets of signalling by the proto-oncogene PKB (C-AKT).
abstract: Following the discovery that the proto-oncogene protein kinase B (PKB) functions as a downstream element in signalling from phosphoinositide 3'-kinase (PI3-kinase) (Burgering & Coffer, 1995), PKB has been shown to mediate a diverse array of PI3-kinase dependent cellular responses. Most recently PKB-dependent phosphorylation of 3 members of the family of Forkhead transcription factors has been demonstrated to play a role in PI3-kinase dependent effects on transcription. This review focuses on this newly discovered function of PKB in conveying the diversity of PI3-kinase dependent cellular responses.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Physiological Chemistry and Centre for Biomedical Genetics, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Kops
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Burgering
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals / Q000502:physiology*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D014157:Transcription Factors; C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; C494918:AKT1 protein, human