Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Conserved phosphorylation hotspots in eukaryotic protein domain families

  • Marta J. Strumillo,
  • Michaela Oplová,
  • Cristina Viéitez,
  • David Ochoa,
  • Mohammed Shahraz,
  • Bede P. Busby,
  • Richelle Sopko,
  • Romain A. Studer,
  • Norbert Perrimon,
  • Vikram G. Panse,
  • Pedro Beltrao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09952-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Protein phosphorylation has various regulatory functions. Here, the authors map 241 phosphorylation hotspot regions across 40 eukaryotic species, showing that they are enriched at interfaces and near catalytic residues, and enable the discovery of functionally important phospho-sites.