Activating Compound | Comment | Organism | Structure |
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cAMP | the regulatory subunit of Plasmodium falciparum protein kinase A (PfPKA-R) holds the kinase's catalytic subunit (C) in an inactive state by exerting an allosteric inhibitory effect. When two cAMP molecules bind to PKA-R, they stabilize a structural conformation that facilitates its dissociation, freeing PKA-C to phosphorylate downstream substrates such as apical membrane antigen 1 | Plasmodium falciparum |
Cloned (Comment) | Organism |
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expression in Escherichia coli | Plasmodium falciparum |
Crystallization (Comment) | Organism |
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hanging drop vapor diffusion method at 4°C | Plasmodium falciparum |
Natural Substrates | Organism | Comment (Nat. Sub.) | Natural Products | Comment (Nat. Pro.) | Rev. | Reac. |
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ATP + apical membrane antigen 1 | Plasmodium falciparum | - |
ADP + phosphorylated apical membrane antigen 1 | - |
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Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Plasmodium falciparum | Q7KQK0 | cAMP-dependent protein kinase regulatory subunit | - |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
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ATP + apical membrane antigen 1 | - |
Plasmodium falciparum | ADP + phosphorylated apical membrane antigen 1 | - |
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Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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PKA | - |
Plasmodium falciparum |
protein kinase A | - |
Plasmodium falciparum |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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evolution | cAMP-dependent protein kinases are a major regulator of signal transduction that arose prior to the origin of multicellularity in eukaryotes. In mammalian protein kinase A (PKAs), the two binding sites of the regulatpory R subunits display positive cooperativity upon cAMP binding. The C-terminal CBD2, or B site, is always exposed and immediately available for nucleotide binding. When this site is occupied, it stabilizes structural changes within CBD1 that drastically increase its affinity for cAMP and promote subunit dissociation and hence activation. The regulatory subunit of Plasmodium falciparum protein kinase A (PfPKA-R) utilizes a similar two-state cooperative binding mechanism that provides an enthalpically driven interaction with nanomolar affinity for cAMP, as in vertebrates | Plasmodium falciparum |
malfunction | uncontrolled premature activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase regulatory subunit (PfPKA-R) is disruptive to parasite survival | Plasmodium falciparum |
physiological function | cAMP-dependent protein kinases are a major regulator of signal transduction | Plasmodium falciparum |