title: Kinases, tails and more: regulation of PTEN function by phosphorylation.
abstract: Phosphorylation regulates the conformation, stability, homo- and heterotypic protein interactions, localization, and activity of the tumor suppressor PTEN. From a simple picture, at the beginning of this millennium, recognizing that CK2 phosphorylated PTEN at the C-terminus and thereby impacted on PTEN stability and activity, research has led to a significantly more complex scenario today, where for instance GSK3, Plk3, ATM, ROCK or Src-family kinases are also gaining the spotlight in this evolving play. Here, we review the current knowledge on the kinases that phosphorylate PTEN, and on the impact that specific phosphorylation events have on PTEN function.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fragoso
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal. Electronic address: joao_barata@fm.ul.pt.
authors.forename: João T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Barata
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051059:PTEN Phosphohydrolase / Q000502:physiology*; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000502:physiology; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology*; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases; D051059:PTEN Phosphohydrolase; C494929:PTEN protein, human
keywords: C-terminal tail; C2 domain; CK2; GSK3; Kinases; PLK3; PTEN; Phosphorylation; Posttranslational modification; Src