PKN3_(gene)

PKN3 (gene)

PKN3 (gene)

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

PKN3 is a protein kinase C-related molecule and thought to be an effector mediating malignant cell growth downstream of activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K).[5] It is thought that chronic activation of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/PTEN signal transduction pathway contributes to metastatic cell growth and that PKN3 may mediate that growth.1

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PKN3 is required for invasive prostate cell growth as assessed by 3D cell culture assays and in an orthotopic mouse tumor model by inducible expression of short hairpin RNA (shRNA). PKN3 may represent a target for therapeutic intervention in cancers that lack tumor suppressor PTEN function or depend on chronic activation of PI3K.

Interactions

PKN3 (gene) has been shown to interact with ARHGAP26.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000160447 – Ensembl, May 2017
  2. [2]
    GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000026785 – Ensembl, May 2017
  3. [3]
    "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. [4]
    "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. [5]
    "Entrez Gene: PKN3 protein kinase N3".
  6. [6]
    Shibata H, Oishi K, Yamagiwa A, Matsumoto M, Mukai H, Ono Y (July 2001). "PKNbeta interacts with the SH3 domains of Graf and a novel Graf related protein, Graf2, which are GTPase activating proteins for Rho family". Journal of Biochemistry. 130 (1): 23–31. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a002958. PMID 11432776.

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