Casein kinase II subunit beta is a

protein Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residue (biochemistry), residues. Proteins perform a vast array of functions within organisms, including Enzyme catalysis, catalysing metab ...

that in humans is encoded by the ''CSNK2B''

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. It is a ubiquitous protein

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which regulates metabolic pathways, signal transduction, transcription, translation, and replication. The

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localizes to the

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and the

Golgi apparatus The Golgi apparatus (), also known as the Golgi complex, Golgi body, or simply the Golgi, is an organelle found in most eukaryotic Cell (biology), cells. Part of the endomembrane system in the cytoplasm, it protein targeting, packages proteins ...

. Casein kinase, a ubiquitous, well-conserved

protein kinase A protein kinase is a kinase which selectively modifies other proteins by covalently adding phosphates to them ( phosphorylation) as opposed to kinases which modify lipids, carbohydrates, or other molecules. Phosphorylation usually results in a f ...

involved in

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and differentiation, is characterised by its preference for

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Threonine Threonine (symbol Thr or T) is an amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. It contains an α-amino group (which is in the protonated −NH form when dissolved in water), a carboxyl group (which is in the deprotonated −COO− ...

in acidic stretches of

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. The enzyme is a

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of 2 alpha- and 2 beta-subunits. However, some

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(e.g., mammals) possess 2 related forms of the alpha-subunit (alpha and alpha'), while others (e.g., fungi) possess 2 related beta-subunits (beta and beta'). The alpha-subunit is the

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unit and contains regions characteristic of serine/threonine protein kinases. The beta-subunit is believed to be regulatory, possessing an N-terminal auto-phosphorylation site, an internal acidic domain, and a potential metal-binding motif. The beta subunit is a highly conserved protein of about 25kDa that contains, in its central section, a cysteine-rich motif, CX(n)C, that could be involved in binding a metal such as

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. The

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n beta-subunit

promoter shares common features with those of other

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protein kinases and is closely related to the promoter of the regulatory subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase.

Interactions

CSNK2B has been shown to interact with

CD163 CD163 (Cluster of Differentiation 163) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CD163 gene. CD163 is the high affinity scavenger receptor for the hemoglobin- haptoglobin complex and in the absence of haptoglobin - with lower affinity - for ...

CSNK2A2 Casein kinase II subunit alpha' is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''CSNK2A2'' gene. Interactions CSNK2A2 has been shown to interact with over 160 different substrates. CSNK2A2 has been shown to interact with: * Activating transc ...

Casein kinase 2, alpha 1 Casein kinase II subunit alpha is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''CSNK2A1'' gene. Casein kinase II is a serine/threonine protein kinase that phosphorylates acidic proteins such as casein. The kinase exists as a tetramer and is co ...

FGF1 Fibroblast growth factor 1 (FGF-1) also known as acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF), is a growth factor and signaling protein encoded by the ''FGF1'' gene. It is synthesized as a 155 amino acid polypeptide, whose mature form is a non- glyc ...

, TRIB3, CDC34, Ribosomal protein L5,

BTF3 Transcription factor BTF3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''BTF3'' gene In biology, the word gene has two meanings. The Mendelian gene is a basic unit of heredity. The molecular gene is a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that is ...

BRCA1 Breast cancer type 1 susceptibility protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''BRCA1'' () gene. Orthologs are common in other vertebrate species, whereas invertebrate genomes may encode a more distantly related gene. ''BRCA1'' is a ...

, RNF7,

P70-S6 Kinase 1 Ribosomal protein S6 kinase beta-1 (S6K1), also known as p70S6 kinase (p70S6K, p70-S6K), is an enzyme (specifically, a protein kinase) that in humans is encoded by the ''RPS6KB1'' gene. It is a serine/threonine kinase that acts downstream of Phos ...

and APC.

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PDBe-KB
provides an overview of all the structure information available in the PDB for Human Casein kinase II subunit beta (CSNK2B)

Interactions

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