The ERK signalling cascade comprised of protein kinases Raf, MEK and ERK is an evolutionarily conserved member of MAPK family that is activated in response to wide range of extracellular stimuli. The ERK pathway controls fundamental cellular functions including cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis or cell motility. To control such a diverse cellular responses by a single pathway cells have evolved regulatory mechanisms that channel the extracellular signals towards the specific biological response. Crucial to this control are non- enzymatic proteins termed scaffolds that associate with and enhance functional interaction of the components of MAPK pathways and can regulate amplitude, timing, specificity and location of signals. Scaffold protein RACK1 associates with several components of cell migration machinery including integrins, FAK, Src and the ERK pathway core protein kinases. RACK1 regulates distinct steps of cell migration such as establishment of cell polarity and focal adhesion turnover, however, the molecular mechanism by which RACK1 regulates these processes remains largely unknown. The main aim of this study was to investigate the functional role of RACK1 in cell motility, in particular to identify new effector proteins utilized by the ERK pathway and RACK1 in the regulation of...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:310182 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Bráborec, Vojtěch |
| Contributors | Vomastek, Tomáš, Filipp, Dominik |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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