Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

Structure and evolution of the Fam20 kinases

  • Hui Zhang,
  • Qinyu Zhu,
  • Jixin Cui,
  • Yuxin Wang,
  • Mark J. Chen,
  • Xing Guo,
  • Vincent S. Tagliabracci,
  • Jack E. Dixon,
  • Junyu Xiao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03615-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Fam20 proteins are kinases that phosphorylate secreted proteins and proteoglycans. Here the authors present the crystal structures of the three Fam20 kinases and their complexes and give mechanistic insights into substrate recognition and the function and regulation of this kinase family.