PRKCB

Protein kinase C (PKC) is a family of serine- and threonine-specific protein kinases that can be activated by calcium and second messenger diacylglycerol. PKC family members phosphorylate a wide variety of protein targets and are known to be involved in diverse cellular signaling pathways. PKC family members also serve as major receptors for phorbol esters, a class of tumor promoters. Each member of the PKC family has a specific expression profile and is believed to play a distinct role in cells. The protein encoded by this gene is one of the PKC family members. This protein kinase has been reported to be involved in many different cellular functions, such as B cell activation, apoptosis induction, endothelial cell proliferation, and intestinal sugar absorption. Studies in mice also suggest that this kinase may also regulate neuronal functions and correlate fear-induced conflict behavior after stress. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been reported. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Description

Protein kinase C beta

Tissue specificity

Tissue enhanced (brain, lymphoid tissue)

Subcell location

Nucleoplasm, Cytosol

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Cancer-related genes
Enzymes
FDA approved drug targets
Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Metabolic proteins
Plasma proteins
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)
RAS pathway related proteins
Transporters

Chromosome

16 (23835983 - 24220611)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000166501  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Prkcb: ENSMUSG00000052889

UniProt

P05771

neXtProt

NX_P05771

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure