RGD Reference Report - Calcium-dependent activation of Pyk2 by hypoxia. - Rat Genome Database

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Calcium-dependent activation of Pyk2 by hypoxia.

Authors: Beitner-Johnson, D  Ferguson, T  Rust, RT  Kobayashi, S  Millhorn, DE 
Citation: Beitner-Johnson D, etal., Cell Signal. 2002 Feb;14(2):133-7.
RGD ID: 1642636
Pubmed: PMID:11781137   (View Abstract at PubMed)

The Pyk2 tyrosine kinase can be activated by both calcium-dependent and calcium-independent mechanisms. Exposure to moderate hypoxia (5% O(2)) induced a rapid and persistent tyrosine phosphorylation of Pyk2 in pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells. Hypoxia and KCl-depolarization increased the phosphotyrosine content of Pyk2 by twofold and fourfold, respectively. Both of these effects were abolished in the absence of extracellular calcium. There was a modest activation of MAPK in parallel with the onset of Pyk2 phosphorylation. However, there was no detectable activation of either JNK or c-src, two other known downstream targets of Pyk2. Thus, exposure to hypoxia may selectively target specific subsets of Pyk2 signalling pathways.



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Biological Process
Object SymbolSpeciesTermQualifierEvidenceWithNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Ptk2bRatresponse to hypoxia  IEP  RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Ptk2b  (protein tyrosine kinase 2 beta)


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