| Background |
An important class of kinases, referred to as Arg-directed kinases or AGC-family kinases, includes cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG), protein kinase C, Akt, and RSK. These kinases share a substrate specificity characterized by Arg at position -3 relative to the phosphorylated Ser or Thr Akt plays a central role in mediating critical cellular responses including cell growth and survival, angiogenesis, and transcriptional regulation While a number of Akt substrates are known (such as GSK-3, Bad, and caspase-9) many important substrates await discovery.
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