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. 2017 Feb;6(2):127-133.
doi: 10.3892/br.2016.829. Epub 2016 Dec 19.

Protein kinase CK2 in development and differentiation

Claudia Götz  1 , Mathias Montenarh  1
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Protein kinase CK2 in development and differentiation

Claudia Götz et al. Biomed Rep. 2017 Feb.

Abstract

Among the human kinomes, protein kinase CK2 (formerly termed casein kinase II) is considered to be essential, as it is implicated in the regulation of various cellular processes. Experiments with pharmacological inhibitors of the kinase activity of CK2 provide evidence that CK2 is essential for development and differentiation. Therefore, the present review addresses the role of CK2 during embryogenesis, neuronal, adipogenic, osteogenic and myogenic differentiation in established model cell lines, and in embryonic, neural and mesenchymal stem cells. CK2 kinase activity appears to be essential in the early stages of differentiation, as CK2 inhibition at early time points generally prevents differentiation. In addition, the present review reports on target proteins of CK2 in embryogenesis and differentiation.

Keywords: CK2 substrates; adult stem cells; embryogenesis; phosphorylation.

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