| Literature DB >> 24642126 |
Lin Zhang1, Shuping Yang1, Dirk Oliver Wennmann2, Yuanhong Chen1, Joachim Kremerskothen2, Jixin Dong3.
Abstract
In mammals, the KIBRA locus has been associated with memory performance and cognition by genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism screening. Genetic studies in Drosophila and human cells have identified KIBRA as a novel regulator of the Hippo signaling pathway, which plays a critical role in human tumorigenesis. Recent studies also indicated that KIBRA is involved in other physiological processes including cell polarity, membrane/vesicular trafficking, mitosis and cell migration. At the biochemical level, KIBRA protein is highly phosphorylated by various kinases in epithelial cells. Here, we discuss the updates concerning the function and regulation of KIBRA in the brain and beyond.Entities:
Keywords: Cell migration; Cell polarity; Hippo pathway; KIBRA; Memory performance; Phosphorylation
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24642126 PMCID: PMC4032603 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2014.02.023
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Signal ISSN: 0898-6568 Impact factor: 4.315