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Structure and Regulation of AMPK

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AMP-activated Protein Kinase

Part of the book series: Experientia Supplementum ((EXS,volume 107))

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AMP-activated protein kinase is a family of heterotrimeric serine/threonine protein kinases that come in twelve different flavors. They serve an essential function in all eukaryotes of conserving cellular energy levels. AMPK complexes are regulated by changes in cellular AMP:ATP or ADP:ATP ratios and by a number of neutraceuticals and some of the widely-used diabetes medications such as metformin and thiazolinonediones. Moreover, biochemical activities of AMPK are tightly regulated by phosphorylation or dephosphorylation by upstream kinases and phosphatases respectively. Efforts are underway in many pharmaceutical companies to discover direct AMPK activators for the treatment of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases such as diabetes, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and diabetic nephropathy. Many advances have been made in the AMPK structural biology arena over the last few years that are beginning to provide detailed molecular insights into the overall topology of these fascinating enzymes and how binding of small molecules elicit subtle conformational changes leading to their activation and protection from dephosphorylation. In the brief review below on AMPK structure and function, we have focused on the recent crystallographic results especially on specific molecular interactions of direct synthetic AMPK activators which lead to biased activation of a sub-family of AMPK isoforms.

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Kurumbail, R.G., Calabrese, M.F. (2016). Structure and Regulation of AMPK. In: Cordero, M., Viollet, B. (eds) AMP-activated Protein Kinase. Experientia Supplementum, vol 107. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43589-3_1

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