WNK3 Kinase Enhances the Sodium Chloride Cotransporter Expression via an ERK 1/2 Signaling Pathway
Author(s) -
Dexuan Wang,
Yiqian Zhang,
Jin-Hua Han,
Shufang Pan,
Ning Xu,
Xiuyan Feng,
Zhizhi Zhuang,
Courtney M. Caroti,
Jieqiu Zhuang,
Robert S. Hoover,
Dingying Gu,
Qiyi Zeng,
Hui Cai
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the nephron journals/nephron journals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2235-3186
pISSN - 1660-8151
DOI - 10.1159/000447717
Subject(s) - cycloheximide , kinase , cotransporter , mapk/erk pathway , phosphorylation , protein kinase a , microbiology and biotechnology , endocrinology , medicine , chemistry , biology , sodium , protein biosynthesis , organic chemistry
WNK kinase is a serine/threonine kinase that plays an important role in normal blood pressure homeostasis. WNK3 was previously found to enhance the activity of sodium chloride cotransporter (NCC) in Xenopus oocyte. However, the mechanism through which it works remains unclear.
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