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phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal transduction |
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Synonyms: |
- AKT signal transduction
- AKT signaling
- AKT signaling cascade
- AKT signalling cascade
- phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling/protein kinase B signal transduction
- PI3K-PKB/Akt pathway
- PI3K/Akt signal transduction
- PI3K/PKB signal transduction
- PKB signal transduction
- PKB signaling
- PKB signaling cascade
- PKB signalling cascade
- protein kinase B signal transduction
- protein kinase B signaling
- protein kinase B signaling cascade
- protein kinase B signalling cascade
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Definition: |
An intracellular signaling cassette that starts with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) activation, production of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PI3P), activation of PDK1, which recruits and ending with the activation of protein kinase B (PKB, also known as Akt). PI3K is activated by cell surface receptors. Note that PTEN is an inhibitor of the pathway.
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GO: Biological Process
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