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The c-Abl protein 1 (ABL1), also known as Abelson kinase, is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase that plays a role in many key processes linked to cell growth and survival. Activity of c-Abl protein is negatively regulated by its SH3 domain, and deletion of the SH3 domain turns ABL1 into an oncogene. In more than 90% cases, chronic myelogeneous leukemia (CML) is caused by chromosomal abnormality resulting in the formation of a so-called Philadelphia chromosome. It is caused by fusion between Abelson (Abl) tyrosine kinase gene at chromosome 9 and break point cluster (Bcr) gene at chromosome 22, resulting in the chimeric oncogene Bcr-Abl and a constitutively active Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase.
Structure
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Morado dominio SH3
Rojo dominio SH2
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Catalytic domain
It is responsible of both, ATP binding as well as protein binding.
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Catalitic subunit of c-Abl protein is composed by two different regions:
• ATP-binding pocket: is mainly mediated by alfa-helix
• Protein-binding pocket: lamina-B domain
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