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Published in final edited form as: Pharmacol Res. 2018 Jul 23;135:181–187. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2018.07.009

TABLE 1. KINASES WITH KNOWN G-LOOP POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS.

PROTEIN
KINASE
PTM at or
adjacent to the G-
loop
Frequency
with which
the PTM has
been
identified
References Comments
AGC Kinases
PKA TL GTGSFG 6 22, 4851
 TL GTGSFG 2 52
 TL GTGSFG 5 22, 48, 49, 53, 54
PKCs
PKCα    GKGSFG K 2 55
   GKGSFG K 1 O-GlcNAcylation
   GKGSFG K 1 56 Ubiquitination
PKCβ    GKGSFG K 1 23 O-GlcNAcylation
PKCγ    GKGSFG K 1 Acetylation
   GKGSFG K 1 57 ubiquitination
PKCδ    GKGSFG K 3 21, 58,55
   GKGSFG K 1 57 ubiquitination
PKCε    GKGSFG K 1 23 O-GlcNAcylation
   GKGSFG K 1 Acetylation
PKCθ    GKGSFG K 1 56 ubiquitination
PKCη    GKGSFG K 2 55
RSK Subfamily
MSK1   GTGAYG 1
MSK2 KVL GTGAYG 3 56, 59, 60 ubiquitination
KVL GTGAYG 1 61
KVL GTGAYG 2 61
p70S6K   GKGGYG K 2 56, 62 ubiquitination
  GKGGYG K 2 56, 57 ubiquitination
RSK1   GQGSFG K 3 56, 59 ubiquitination All RSK PTMs are located in the N-terminal kinase domain.
PTMs have not been identified in RSK3.
  GQGSFG K 1 Acetylation
RSK2   GQGSFG K 3 48, 63, 64
KVL GQGSFG 2 59 ubiquitination
RSK4   GQGSFG K 1 Acetylation
  GQGSFG K 3 56, 59 ubiquitination
CAMK Group
CaMK2
CaMK2α GKGAFS 11 57 ubiquitination
GKGAFS 3 6567
CaMK2β GKGAFS 8 57 ubiquitination
GKGAFS 2 66, 67
CAMK2δ GKGAFS 1 68 Acetylation
GKGAFS 2 66, 67
CAMK2γ GKGAFS 1 68 Acetylation
GKGAFS 6 ubiquitination
GKGAFS 2 66, 67
AMPKα1 TL GVGTFG 3 54, 64, 69
PIM1   GSGGFG 1
PIM2   GKGGFG 25 56, 60, 70 ubiquitination
CMGC Group
CDK1   GEGTYG 1846 13, 7173
  GEGTYG 4125 13, 7177
ERK2 SYI GEGAYG 1 47 Not in ERK1 where S is replaced by Q
SYI GEGAYG 3 Sequence conserved in ERK1, but phosphorylation not detected
GSK3β   GNGSFG 2 48, 55 not in GSK3α
STE Group
MEK1 SEL GAGNGG 4 78
MEK2 SEL GAGNGG 1 79
Tyrosine Kinases
EGFRs
EGFR   GSGAFG TVY 8 48, 50, 51, 78, 8082
  GSGAFG TVY 150 78, 80, 8395
ErbB2   GSGAFG TVY 9 48, 50, 51, 78, 80, 81
  GSGAFG TVY 148 78, 80, 8388, 90, 92, 93, 95, 96
ErbB3   GSGVFG 2 48, 53
ErbB4   GSGAFG TVY 7 48, 50, 51, 78, 80, 81
  GSGAFG TVY 147 78, 80, 8388, 90, 92, 93, 95, 96
InsR   GQGSFG 5 43, 44, 46, 97, 98
IGF1R   GQGSFG MVY 1 48
  GQGSFG MVY 3 83
c-Abl   GGGQYG EVY 288 33, 39, 40, 86, 99
  GGGQYG EVY 339 32, 33, 39, 40, 54, 83, 86, 88, 92
Alk   GHGAFG EVY 22 100, 101

The data summarizes records curated by PhosphoSitePlus, a comprehensive online resource provided by Cell Signaling Technology. PhosphoSitePlus provides comprehensive information on post-translational modifications identified in studies that use both traditional low-throughput methods (i.e., studies that focus on few modification sites that are experimentally validated using robust techniques such as amino acid sequencing, phospho-specific antibodies, site-directed mutagenesis, dominant-negative constructs, etc.) as well as studies that use high throughput discovery mass spectrometry methods 102. Since the significance of a protein kinase G-loop PTM identified in only a single study using high-throughput MS methods is uncertain, these have generally not been included in the table, unless PTMs (phosphorylation, ubiquitination, acetylation, O-GlcNAcylation) are identified at multiple sites in or adjacent to the G-loop (or on the G-loops of multiple members of a single protein kinase subfamily).