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Gene Synthesis> | … The DNAs for these were synthesised by GenScript (in pUC57). The amino acid sequence of the expressed uncleaved hSPAK construct (… A further two constructs were synthesised by GenScript as above but with point mutations leucine to alanine (in bold and underlined) at … | Get A Quote |
STE20/SPS1-related proline/alanine-rich kinase (SPAK) and oxidative stress responsive 1 (OSR1) kinase are two serine/threonine protein kinases that regulate the function of ion co-transporters through phosphorylation. The highly conserved C-terminal (CCT) domains of SPAK and OSR1 bind to RFx[V/I] peptide sequences from their upstream 'With No Lysine Kinases (WNKs), facilitating their activation via phosphorylation. Thus, the inhibition of SPAK and OSR1 binding, via their CCT domains, to WNK kinases is a plausible strategy for inhibiting SPAK and OSR1 kinases. To facilitate structure-guided drug design of such inhibitors, we expressed and purified human SPAK and OSR1 CCT domains and solved their crystal structur... More