Rescue of the aggregation prone Itk Pleckstrin Homology domain by two mutations derived from the related kinases, Btk and Tec.

@article{Boyken2012RescueOT,
  title={Rescue of the aggregation prone Itk Pleckstrin Homology domain by two mutations derived from the related kinases, Btk and Tec.},
  author={Scott E. Boyken and D. Bruce Fulton and Amy H. Andreotti},
  journal={Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society},
  year={2012},
  volume={21 9},
  pages={
          1288-97
        }
}
IL-2 inducible T-cell kinase (Itk) is a Tec family non-receptor tyrosine kinase involved in signaling downstream of the T-cell receptor. Itk contains an amino-terminal Pleckstrin Homology (PH) domain that binds phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate, recruiting Itk to the plasma membrane upon T-cell receptor activation. In addition to phosphoinositide binding, accumulating data suggest that the Itk PH domain likely mediates additional interactions outside of the phosphoinositide ligand… CONTINUE READING
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