Biology:Pleckstrin

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pleckstrin
Identifiers
SymbolPLEK
NCBI gene5341
HGNC9070
OMIM173570
RefSeqNM_002664
UniProtP08567
Other data
LocusChr. 2 p13.3

Pleckstrin is a protein found in platelets.[1] The name derives from platelet and leukocyte C kinase substrate and the KSTR string of amino acids.

It is the source of the name pleckstrin homology domain.

References

  1. Harlan, John E.; Hajduk, Philip J.; Yoon, Ho Sup; Fesik, Stephen W. (September 1994). "Pleckstrin homology domains bind to phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate" (in en). Nature 371 (6493): 168–170. doi:10.1038/371168a0. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 8072546. Bibcode1994Natur.371..168H. https://www.nature.com/articles/371168a0. 

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