JAK2 V617F constitutive activation requires JH2 residue F595: a pseudokinase domain target for specific inhibitors.

The JAK2 V617F mutation present in over 95% of Polycythemia Vera patients and in 50% of Essential Thrombocythemia and Primary Myelofibrosis patients renders the kinase constitutively active. In the absence of a three-dimensional structure for the full-length protein, the mechanism of activation of J...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Dusa, Céline Mouton, Christian Pecquet, Murielle Herman, Stefan N Constantinescu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2886835?pdf=render