Gene Review:
YPK2 - Ypk2p
Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288c
Synonyms:
Serine/threonine-protein kinase YPK2/YKR2, YKR2, YM9718.03C, YMR104C
- Tor2 directly phosphorylates the AGC kinase Ypk2 to regulate actin polarization. Kamada, Y., Fujioka, Y., Suzuki, N.N., Inagaki, F., Wullschleger, S., Loewith, R., Hall, M.N., Ohsumi, Y. Mol. Cell. Biol. (2005)
- The sphingoid long chain base phytosphingosine activates AGC-type protein kinases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae including Ypk1, Ypk2, and Sch9. Liu, K., Zhang, X., Lester, R.L., Dickson, R.C. J. Biol. Chem. (2005)
- A protein kinase-encoding gene, pkt1, from Trichoderma reesei, homologous to the yeast YPK1 and YPK2 (YKR2) genes. Morawetz, R., Mischak, H., Goodnight, J., Lendenfeld, T., Mushinsky, J.F., Kubicek, C.P. Gene (1994)
- A pair of putative protein kinase genes (YPK1 and YPK2) is required for cell growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Chen, P., Lee, K.S., Levin, D.E. Mol. Gen. Genet. (1993)
- Differential roles of PDK1- and PDK2-phosphorylation sites in the yeast AGC kinases Ypk1, Pkc1 and Sch9. Roelants, F.M., Torrance, P.D., Thorner, J. Microbiology (Reading, Engl.) (2004)
- A novel yeast gene coding for a putative protein kinase. Kubo, K., Ohno, S., Matsumoto, S., Yahara, I., Suzuki, K. Gene (1989)