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AKT3 - v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 3 (protein kinase B, gamma)
Entrez Gene Name: v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 3 (protein kinase B, gamma)
Synonyms: AI851531, AKT3, D930002M15Rik, DKFZp434N0250, PKB-GAMMA, PKBG, PRKBG, Protein kinase Akt-3, RAC-gamma, RAC-PK-gamma, STK-2

Gene Summary

  • Human (10000): The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the AKT, also called PKB, serine/threonine protein kinase family. AKT kinases are known to be regulators of cell signaling in response to insulin and growth factors. They are involved in a wide variety of biological processes including cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, tumorigenesis, as well as glycogen synthesis and glucose uptake. This kinase has been shown to be stimulated by platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), insulin, and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1). Alternatively splice transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been described. [provided by RefSeq]
  • Rat (29414): kinase that associates with both protein kinase C subspecies and beta gamma subunits of G proteins [RGD]

Cell Regulation

Regulates:
  • BAD
  • Gsk3
  • MTOR
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Regulated by:
  • LY294002
  • pi3k
  • IGF1
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Binds:
  • Hsp90
  • phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-triphosphate
  • PDPK1
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Role in cell:
  • apoptosis
  • survival
  • cell death
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Disease:
  • hypertrophy
  • cancer
  • neoplasia
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Biological Process

cellular response to insulin stimulus, peptidyl-serine phosphorylation, peptidyl-threonine phosphorylation, positive regulation of sodium ion transport, protein amino acid phosphorylation, signal transduction

Cellular Components

cytoplasm, cytosol, membrane, nucleoplasm, soluble fraction

Literature References

  • 16177823Hu Y, Yao J, Liu Z, Liu X, Fu H, Ye K. Akt phosphorylates acinus and inhibits its proteolytic cleavage, preventing chromatin condensation.EMBO J 2005 Oct 19;24(20):3543-54
  • 15502875John B, Enright AJ, Aravin A, Tuschl T, Sander C, Marks DS. Human MicroRNA targets.PLoS Biol 2004 11 1;2(11):e363
  • 11959846Singh B, Reddy PG, Goberdhan A, Walsh C, Dao S, Ngai I, Chou TC, O-Charoenrat P, Levine AJ, Rao PH, Stoffel A. p53 regulates cell survival by inhibiting PIK3CA in squamous cell carcinomas.Genes Dev 2002 Apr 15;16(8):984-93
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Molecular Functions

ATP binding, kinase activity, nucleotide binding, protein binding, protein kinase activity, protein kinase C binding, protein serine/threonine kinase activity, transferase activity

Pathways

Protein Domains

carboxy terminal domain, kinase, pleckstrin homology (PH) domain, protein binding, protein kinase C binding, protein serine/threonine kinase

Subcellular Locations

cellular membrane, cytoplasm, cytosol, plasma membrane