The meaning of protein phosphorylation to bioscience?

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Protein phosphorylation plays a critical role in regulating physiological activities across prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Current research is exploring synthetic approaches to control protein phosphorylation in wildtype microorganisms, particularly in light of the limitations of in vitro production. Key examples include the tyrosine kinase receptor, which undergoes phosphorylation upon substrate binding, and the artificial creation of fusion genes related to the Philadelphia chromosome. Phosphorylation is fundamental to numerous biological processes, making it essential for understanding cellular mechanisms.

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Many researchers have mentioned in their researches that protein phosphorylation take a decisive position to regulate various physiological activity, from prokaryote to eukaryote.
So did anyone has taken the research on control the protein phosphorylation in wildtype microorganisms with aritificial induce?
 
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Mr Green T said:
With hundreds of thousands of protein phosphorylation sites and the current limitation of production in vitro the approaches to take are just beginning to emerge.

Synthetic approaches to protein phosphorylation
Is there any research about this?
 
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Is there any research about this?

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littledog said:
So did anyone has taken the research on control the protein phosphorylation in wildtype microorganisms with aritificial induce?

Many signaling pathways that deal with a wide range of biological processes such as cell growth, metabolism, and differentiation involve proteins which are phosphorylated. The tyrosine kinase receptor, for example, is a receptor whose intracellular domain is phosphorylated upon substrate binding. Artificially creating a fusion gene naturally present in the "Philadelphia chromosome" which codes for the breakpoint cluster region acute lymphoblastic leukemia protein produces a TKR with whose intracellular domain is constitutively phosphorylated. - summarized from multiple chapters of The Biology of Cancer
 
The fact is phosphates are ubiquitous in organisms, for example, the backbone of DNA is phosphorylated, the major energetic molecule is phosphorylated (ATP). In short, if it can be, it will be, phosphorylated. It is an essential organic chemistry of life. Essentially all phosphorylation means is the addition of a phosphate functional group (PO4+) to a molecule.
 

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