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5'-AMP-activated protein kinase subunit beta-2

UniProt O43741 Organism Homo sapiens Gene PRKAB2

Also known as: PRKAB2

Function

Non-catalytic subunit of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), an energy sensor protein kinase that plays a key role in regulating cellular energy metabolism. In response to reduction of intracellular ATP levels, AMPK activates energy-producing pathways and inhibits energy-consuming processes: inhibits protein, carbohydrate and lipid biosynthesis, as well as cell growth and proliferation. AMPK acts via direct phosphorylation of metabolic enzymes, and by longer-term effects via phosphorylation of transcription regulators. Also acts as a regulator of cellular polarity by remodeling the actin cytoskeleton; probably by indirectly activating myosin. Beta non-catalytic subunit acts as a scaffold on which the AMPK complex assembles, via its C-terminus that bridges alpha (PRKAA1 or PRKAA2) and gamma subunits (PRKAG1, PRKAG2 or PRKAG3).

Classification

Family (Pfam)
PF16561 AMPK1_CBM, PF04739 AMPKBI
InterPro
AMPK1_CBM, ASC_dom, ASC_dom_sf, CRP1_MDG1_kinase, Ig-like_fold, Ig_E-set
Functional cluster
Mixed Regulatory & Membrane Proteins

Experimental structures · PDB · 17

A predicted model is available from AlphaFold.

Gene Ontology · 11

Drugs targeting this protein · 1

Related proteins · sequence + function similarity

Co-cited proteins · studied together in the literature

Literature · 21 cited papers

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