Figure 2. Upstream regulators of AMPK.
LKB1 and CaMKKs phosphorylate the same residue (Thr-172) on the α subunit of AMPK. Phosphorylation by LKB1, but not by CaMKKs, is stimulated by binding of AMP to AMPK.
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