Meta-Biol

• Pathways

PDPK1 (PDK1) phosphorylates PKN1, PKN2 and likely PKN3 on a highly conserved threonine residue (T774 of PKN1, T816 of PKN2, T718 of PKN3) in the kinase activation loop. Although phosphorylation of PKN1, PKN2 and PKN3 at other sites may be needed for them to achieve the full catalytic activity, PDPK1-mediated phosphorylation of the activation loop is a necessary step in PKN1, PKN2 and likely PKN3 activation. This reaction happens while the PKN protein is complexed with a RHO GTPase and PIP3-bound PDPK1 (Flynn et al. 2000, Torbett et al. 2003, Dettori et al. 2009).