Protein Phosphorylation

• Other Authors: Prigent, Claude (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2017
• Subjects: Biochemistry; cancer, biomarker, biosensor, aggregation, spinal cord injury, neurotoxicity
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Protein phosphorylation reactions are carried out in a cell by protein kinases, which predominantly use ATP as a phosphate donor that is transferred and covalently bound to an amino acid on a substrate protein. Protein phosphorylation was discovered in 1954 by Edmond Fischer who shared the Nobel Pri...