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2009
- Dec
- An unusual family of PKL kinases that are embedded in bacterial spores is the focus of an evolutionary/structural analysis by Eric Scheeff. See our section on bacterial spore kinases.
- Jan
- We explore the first crystal structure of a pseudokinase, a kinase domain that has lost catalytic activity (these account for almost 10% of all human kinase domains). In collaboration with the Knapp group, we looked at the structures and seqeunce evolution of the VRK3 pseudokinase and its active relative VRK2, to understand what happens when a kinase loses function, and what aspects are still conserved for non-catalytic functions.
2008
- June
- Our analysis of the Monosiga brevicollis genome shows a huge expansion of tyrosine kinase signaling genes (TKs, PTPs, SH2s and PTBs), with little orthology to metazoan networks. The big surprise? Monosiga is a unicellular protist, and is not really supposed to have intercellular communication...
- April
- KinBase updates include improved display of protein domains, links to external databases, and sorting of tabular output. Several moderate edits to the kinase classification scheme have also been made.
2007
- December
- The Tetrahymena kinome has been updated, based on an unpubished analysis of both Tetrahymena and the related Paramecium kinomes.
- March
- By combining a huge marine metagenomic dataset with public databases, we have classified and analyzed tens of thousands of microbial relatives of the protein kinase domain, and shed some light on the core of the eukarytoic protein kinases. See the Microbial Kinome page for details or this Press Release.
2006
- October
- The kinase evolution section has been enhanced with an analysis of kinase evolution throughout eukaryotes, detailing the birth, expansion, and death of kinases in major eukaryotic lineages.
- September
- The kinome analysis of the sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) illustrates a key point in the evolution of vertebrates. We found that the urchin contains kinases belonging to almost every human class, with minimal redundancy, and may offer a key model for understanding vertebrate signaling.
- August
- Tetrahymena kinome released. This is the most anciently-diverged kinome yet, and has a huge array (over 1000) of kinases, with agreat deal of novelty and sheds light on ancient kinase conservation.
- April
- Our new analysis of the kinome of the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum has been published in PLoS Genetics. Paper and supporting data are available through our Dictyostelium page, and through the KinBase database.
- February
- The KinBase search page now includes the ability to search for particular domains within kinases.
- January
- View domain diagrams for every kinase through KinBase. Each kinase report now includes diagram of the Pfam domain layout, and the search page also has a button to display domains for any number of kinases.
2005
- December
- Our updated analysis of the C. elegans kinome, including a preliminary analysis of the C. briggsae kinome has now been published in the WormBook encyclopedia. See the C. elegans page for details.