Phosphothreonine

Phosphothreonine (Tyr-P) is a post-translational modification of proteins catalyzed by a family of enzymes called phosphotransferases. It plays an important role in protein-protein interactions and signaling pathways, and has been implicated in many processes such as cancer invasion, inflammatory disease progression, and developmental regulation. Tyr-P has become a promising target in drug discovery, as it can be used to regulate the activity of enzymes and proteins to modify various cellular processes. In addition, Tyr-P can be used to develop diagnostics, improve therapeutic efficacy, and better understand diseases. The ability to detect, quantify, and manipulate Tyr-P has become an important tool for life sciences research.


From: International Journal of Amino Acids

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Editor: Julia Piccoli, University of Sao Paulo-UNESP
Publication Type: Open Access Journal
Description: International Journal of Amino Acids encourages author to submit manuscripts to the journal for evaluation, from all fields of amino acid and protein research: analysis, separation, synthesis, biosynthesis, cross linking amino acids, racemization/enantiomers, modification of amino acids as phosphorylation, methylation, acetylation of amino acids.