Protein kinase, interferon-inducible double stranded RNA dependent activator, also known as interferon-inducible double stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase activator A or Protein ACTivator of the interferon-induced protein kinase (PACT) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PRKRAgene.[1][2][3] PACT heterodimerizes with and activates protein kinase R.[2][4]
PRKRA mutations have been linked to a rare form of dystonia parkinsonism.[5]
↑Ito T, Yang M, May WS (May 1999). "RAX, a cellular activator for double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase during stress signaling". J. Biol. Chem. 274 (22): 15427–32. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.22.15427. PMID10336432.
↑Camargos S, Scholz S, Simón-Sánchez J, Paisán-Ruiz C, Lewis P, Hernandez D, Ding J, Gibbs JR, Cookson MR, Bras J, Guerreiro R, Oliveira CR, Lees A, Hardy J, Cardoso F, Singleton AB (March 2008). "DYT16, a novel young-onset dystonia-parkinsonism disorder: identification of a segregating mutation in the stress-response protein PRKRA". Lancet Neurology. 7 (3): 207–215. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70022-X. PMID18243799.
Further reading
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Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, et al. (1997). "Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library". Gene. 200 (1–2): 149–56. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3. PMID9373149.
Yang M, Ito T, May WS (2003). "A novel role for RAX, the cellular activator of PKR, in synergistically stimulating SV40 large T antigen-dependent gene expression". J. Biol. Chem. 278 (40): 38325–32. doi:10.1074/jbc.M303420200. PMID12874289.
Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs". Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40–5. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID14702039.
Bennett RL, Blalock WL, May WS (2004). "Serine 18 phosphorylation of RAX, the PKR activator, is required for PKR activation and consequent translation inhibition". J. Biol. Chem. 279 (41): 42687–93. doi:10.1074/jbc.M403321200. PMID15299031.
Hillier LW, Graves TA, Fulton RS, et al. (2005). "Generation and annotation of the DNA sequences of human chromosomes 2 and 4". Nature. 434 (7034): 724–31. doi:10.1038/nature03466. PMID15815621.
Stelzl U, Worm U, Lalowski M, et al. (2005). "A human protein-protein interaction network: a resource for annotating the proteome". Cell. 122 (6): 957–68. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2005.08.029. PMID16169070.
Rual JF, Venkatesan K, Hao T, et al. (2005). "Towards a proteome-scale map of the human protein-protein interaction network". Nature. 437 (7062): 1173–8. doi:10.1038/nature04209. PMID16189514.
Peters GA, Li S, Sen GC (2006). "Phosphorylation of specific serine residues in the PKR-activation domain of PACT is essential for its ability to mediate apoptosis". J Biol Chem. 281 (46): 35129–36. doi:10.1074/jbc.M607714200. PMID16982605.