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ReviewProgress in biophysics and molecular biology2015

The DNA-dependent protein kinase: A multifunctional protein kinase with roles in DNA double strand break repair and mitosis.

Nicholas Jette, Susan P Lees-Miller

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Review in Progress in biophysics and molecular biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 166 papers.

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166citing papers in PubMed
8.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

166 citing papers in PubMed, 264 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nicholas JetteDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Robson DNA Science Centre, Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada.
Susan P Lees-MillerDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Robson DNA Science Centre, Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada. Electronic address: leesmill@ucalgary.ca.
University of Calgary · CA

Funding

Transcription-Coupled & Replication-Associated Excision RepairP01CA092584 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI John A. Tainer · 2001 to 2026
$89.6M
Canadian Institutes of Health Research MOP13639NCI NIH HHS P01 CA092584NCI NIH HHS P01 CA92584
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) is a serine/threonine protein kinase composed of a large catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs) and the Ku70/80 heterodimer. Over the past two decades, significant progress has been made in elucidating the role of DNA-PK in non-homologous end joining (NHEJ), the major pathway for repair of ionizing radiation-induced DNA double strand breaks in human cells and recently, additional roles for DNA-PK have been reported. In this review, we will describe the biochemistry, structure and function of DNA-PK, its roles in DNA double strand break repair and its newly described roles in mitosis and other cellular processes.

Indexed as

DNA Breaks, Double-StrandedAnimalsBinding SitesDNADNA-Activated Protein KinaseDNA RepairEnzyme ActivationHumansMitosisModels, BiologicalModels, ChemicalModels, MolecularNucleic Acid ConformationProtein BindingProtein ConformationDNADNA-Activated Protein KinaseDNA-dependent protein kinaseMitosisNon-homologous end joining

Identifiers

PMID25550082
PMCPMC4502593
OpenAlexW1986830781

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