| Primary Identifier | IPR039170 | Type | Family |
| Short Name | AMPKG-2 |
| description | AMPK, a serine/threonine protein kinase (STK), catalyzes the transfer of the gamma-phosphoryl group from ATP to S/T residues on protein substrates. It acts as a sensor for the energy status of the cell and is activated by cellular stresses that lead to ATP depletion such as hypoxia, heat shock, and glucose deprivation, among others. AMPK is a heterotrimer of three subunits: alpha, beta, and gamma []. The alpha subunit is the catalytic subunit and it contains an N-terminal kinase domain, a putative autoinhibitory domain (AID) and a C-terminal region required for beta subunit binding. The beta scaffolding subunit mediates AMPK assembly by bridging alpha and gamma subunits. The C-terminal domain of the AMPK alpha 1 subunit interacts with the C-terminal region of the beta subunit to form a tight alpha-beta complex that is associated with the gamma subunit. The AMPK alpha subunit auto-inhibitory region interacts with the kinase domain; this inhibition is negated by the interaction with the AMPK gamma subunit [].AMPK has been implicated in a number of diseases related to energy metabolism including type 2 diabetes, obesity and cancer [, ]. AMPK is activated by rising AMP concentrations coupled with falling ATP concentrations. Activation of AMPK is also dependent on the phosphorylation of alpha subunit by upstream kinases such as LKB1 [].The regulatory gamma subunit binds adenine nucleotides in the highly conserved nucleotide-binding domain consisting of four CBS motifs []. The gamma-1 subunit is the most abundant and shows wide tissue expression, as does gamma-2 whereas the gamma-3 isoform is almost exclusively expressed in skeletal muscle []. |
