Lighting Up Cell Signaling with Photoswitchable Kinases
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Blog Post
...members of their pathways, but where the kinases are located, their signal strength, and how long their signals...and MEK1 is active or “on.” Dronpa’s color thus indicates MEK1’s current state (Green when off, dark when...domains were inserted at sites homologous to the locations they were attached to in MEK. The photoswitchable...kinases good for?
There are a number of potential applications for photoswitchable kinases. Below are a few...signaling by using psMEK1 and an ERK kinase translocation reporter with a mRuby2 fluorescent reporter ...endogenous ERK, and its localization serves as an indicator of MEK1 activity. When MEK1 is active, it phosphorylates...