Phosphatidylinositol-5-phosphate 4-kinase type-2 beta is an

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that in humans is encoded by the ''PIP4K2B''

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. The protein encoded by this gene catalyzes the

phosphorylation In chemistry, phosphorylation is the attachment of a phosphate group to a molecule or an ion. This process and its inverse, dephosphorylation, are common in biology and could be driven by natural selection. Text was copied from this source, wh ...

of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate on the fifth

hydroxyl In chemistry, a hydroxy or hydroxyl group is a functional group with the chemical formula and composed of one oxygen atom covalently bonded to one hydrogen atom. In organic chemistry, alcohols and carboxylic acids contain one or more hydroxy ...

of the

myo-inositol Inositol, or more precisely ''myo''-inositol, is a carbocyclic sugar that is abundant in the brain and other mammalian tissues; it mediates cell signal transduction in response to a variety of hormones, neurotransmitters, and growth factors and ...

ring to form

phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate or PtdIns(4,5)''P''2, also known simply as PIP2 or PI(4,5)P2, is a minor phospholipid component of cell membranes. PtdIns(4,5)''P''2 is enriched at the plasma membrane where it is a substrate for a number of ...

. This gene is a member of the

phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase Phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinases (PIP5Ks, or PI4P5Ks) are a class of enzymes that phosphorylate phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate. They perform this reaction on the fifth hydroxyl of the myo-inositol ring to form phosphatidylinositol 4 ...

family. The encoded protein sequence does not show similarity to other

kinases In biochemistry, a kinase () is an enzyme that catalysis, catalyzes the transfer of phosphate groups from High-energy phosphate, high-energy, phosphate-donating molecules to specific Substrate (biochemistry), substrates. This process is known as ...

, but the protein does exhibit kinase activity. Additionally, the encoded protein interacts with p55 TNF receptor.

Interactions

PIP4K2B has been shown to

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with

TNFRSF1A Tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 (TNFR1), also known as tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 1A (TNFRSF1A) and CD120a, is a ubiquitous membrane receptor that binds tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα). Function The protein encoded b ...

. In addition, PIP4K2B has been shown to interact with

PIP4K2A Phosphatidylinositol-5-phosphate 4-kinase type-2 alpha is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''PIP4K2A'' gene. Function Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate, Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate, the precursor to second messengers of ...

and may modulate the cellular localisation of PIP4K2A.

Structure

The structure of PIP4K2B has been determined through

X-ray crystallography X-ray crystallography is the experimental science determining the atomic and molecular structure of a crystal, in which the crystalline structure causes a beam of incident X-rays to diffract into many specific directions. By measuring the angles ...

Interactions

Structure

References

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