title: The RSK family of kinases: emerging roles in cellular signalling.
abstract: The 90 kDa ribosomal S6 kinase (RSK) family of proteins is a group of highly conserved Ser/Thr kinases that regulate diverse cellular processes, such as cell growth, cell motility, cell survival and cell proliferation. RSKs are downstream effectors of the Ras-extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling cascade. Significant advances in the field of RSK and ERK/MAPK signalling have occurred in the past few years, including biological insights and the discovery of novel substrates and new RSK regulatory mechanisms. Collectively, these data expand the current models of RSK signalling and highlight potential directions of research in RSK-mediated survival, growth, proliferation and migration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Rana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anjum
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blenis
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000502:physiology; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006801:Humans; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D038744:Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 90-kDa / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D038744:Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 90-kDa