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Structural highlights

Function

PDK2_HUMAN Serine/threonine kinase that plays a key role in the regulation of glucose and fatty acid metabolism and homeostasis via phosphorylation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase subunits PDHA1 and PDHA2. This inhibits pyruvate dehydrogenase activity, and thereby regulates metabolite flux through the tricarboxylic acid cycle, down-regulates aerobic respiration and inhibits the formation of acetyl-coenzyme A from pyruvate. Inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase decreases glucose utilization and increases fat metabolism. Mediates cellular responses to insulin. Plays an important role in maintaining normal blood glucose levels and in metabolic adaptation to nutrient availability. Via its regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase activity, plays an important role in maintaining normal blood pH and in preventing the accumulation of ketone bodies under starvation. Plays a role in the regulation of cell proliferation and in resistance to apoptosis under oxidative stress. Plays a role in p53/TP53-mediated apoptosis.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

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2. ↑ Majer M, Popov KM, Harris RA, Bogardus C, Prochazka M. Insulin downregulates pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK) mRNA: potential mechanism contributing to increased lipid oxidation in insulin-resistant subjects. Mol Genet Metab. 1998 Oct;65(2):181-6. PMID:9787110 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/mgme.1998.2748
3. ↑ Bonnet S, Archer SL, Allalunis-Turner J, Haromy A, Beaulieu C, Thompson R, Lee CT, Lopaschuk GD, Puttagunta L, Bonnet S, Harry G, Hashimoto K, Porter CJ, Andrade MA, Thebaud B, Michelakis ED. A mitochondria-K+ channel axis is suppressed in cancer and its normalization promotes apoptosis and inhibits cancer growth. Cancer Cell. 2007 Jan;11(1):37-51. PMID:17222789 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2006.10.020
4. ↑ Li J, Kato M, Chuang DT. Pivotal role of the C-terminal DW-motif in mediating inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2 by dichloroacetate. J Biol Chem. 2009 Dec 4;284(49):34458-67. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M109.065557. Epub 2009, Oct 15. PMID:19833728 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M109.065557
5. ↑ Sun W, Chang SS, Fu Y, Liu Y, Califano JA. Chronic CSE treatment induces the growth of normal oral keratinocytes via PDK2 upregulation, increased glycolysis and HIF1alpha stabilization. PLoS One. 2011 Jan 19;6(1):e16207. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016207. PMID:21283817 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016207
6. ↑ Contractor T, Harris CR. p53 negatively regulates transcription of the pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase Pdk2. Cancer Res. 2012 Jan 15;72(2):560-7. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-11-1215. Epub, 2011 Nov 28. PMID:22123926 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-11-1215