| UniProt functional annotation for P78789 | |||
| UniProt code: P78789. |
| Organism: | Schizosaccharomyces pombe (strain 972 / ATCC 24843) (Fission yeast). | |
| Taxonomy: | Eukaryota; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; Taphrinomycotina; Schizosaccharomycetes; Schizosaccharomycetales; Schizosaccharomycetaceae; Schizosaccharomyces. | |
| Function: | Beta subunit of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), which is required for transcriptional, metabolic, and developmental adaptations in response to glucose limitation. Has a structural role, mediating heterotrimer formation, and a regulatory role, defining carbon source- regulated subcellular location and substrate specificity of the AMPK kinase complex. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P34164}. | |
| Subunit: | AMPK is a heterotrimer of an alpha catalytic subunit (ssp2), a beta (amk2) and a gamma non-catalytic subunits (cbs2). The beta subunit serves as a bridge between the catalytic and the regulatory subunit. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P34164}. | |
| Subcellular location: | Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16823372}. | |
| Similarity: | Belongs to the 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase beta subunit family. {ECO:0000305}. | |
| Sequence caution: | Sequence=BAA13800.1; Type=Erroneous initiation; Note=Extended N-terminus.; Evidence={ECO:0000305}; | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.