Explain molecular mechanism of Pi3K signalling and also role of PI kinases and PI phosphatase.

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Explain molecular mechanism of Pi3K signalling and also role of PI kinases and PI phosphatase.

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PI3K:

  • It is an intracellular signal transduction pathway that promotes cell proliferation, survival, metabolism, angiogenesis, and growth in response to extracellular signals.
  • The important proteins involved in this pathway are phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) and Akt/Protein Kinase B.
  • They are a family of intracellular lipid kinases and it consists of two domains: the catalytic domain P110 and the regulatory domain P85.
  • The activation of PI3K typically occurs as a result of ligand binding to receptors.
  • It can also be activated by a GTP binding RAS protein. 
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