Title: protein kinase C
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - protein kinase C
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.13619
Status: current

Definition
Member of a kinase family with broad substrate specificity, activated by calcium, diacylglycerol, and (or) phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA).

Note
It is activated during B-lymphocyte and T-lymphocyte activation.

Related Terms
- B-lymphocyte: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12937
- T-lymphocyte: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13724
- phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA): https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13566

Source
- PAC, 2012, 84, 1113. 'IUPAC glossary of terms used in immunotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)' on page 1237 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-11-06-03)

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Citation: Citation: 'protein kinase C' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.13619
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