AKT1 Proteins

Protein Information

AKT1 (PKB alpha) is a serine/threonine kinase that regulates cell survival. The activated enzyme inhibits apoptosis and stimulates cell cycle progression by phosphorylating numerous targets in various cell types, including cancer cells. This protein kinase is activated by insulin, PI3K, IGF1 and various other growth and survival factors. Akt promotes cell survival by inhibiting apoptosis through phosphorylation and inactivation of several targets, including forkhead transcription factors, and caspase-9. The AKT pathway is a major target for cancer drug discovery.

Synonyms

Akt; Akt kinase; AKT serine/threonine kinase 1; AKT/PKB; AKT1; AKT1 kinase; AKT1m; Akt1m protein; Akt1-PA; Akt1-PB; Akt1-PC; Akt1-PD; Akt1-PE; CAKT; C-AKT; CG4006; CG4006 gene product from transcript CG4006-RE; CG4006-PA; CG4006-PB; CG4006-PC; CG4006-PD; CG4006-PE; CWS6; dakt; D-Akt; dAkt kinase; dAKT/dPKB; dAkt/PKB; DAKT1; DAKT1/PKB; Dmel\CG4006; Dmel_CG4006; DPKB; DRAC-PK; DRAC-PK66; DRAC-PK85; l(3)04226; l(3)89Bq; murine thymoma viral (v-akt) oncogene homolog 1; pAkt; p-Akt; PKB; PKB alpha; PKB beta; PKB gamma; PKB/AKT; PKB/dAKT; PKBalpha; PKB-ALPHA; PKBG; PRKBA; Protein kinase B; protein kinase B alpha; protein kinase B-alpha; proto-oncogene c-Akt; Rac; rac protein kinase alpha; RAC protein kinase alpha RAC-PK alpha; RAC serine/threonine-protein kinase; RAC-ALPHA; RAC-alpha serine/threonine-protein kinase; RacPK; RAC-PK-alpha; RAC-PK-beta; RAC-PK-gamma; related to A and C kinases; related to PKA to PKC protein kinases; related to the A and C kinases; serine/threonine protein kinase; serine-threonine protein kinase; Thymoma viral proto-oncogene; thymoma viral proto-oncogene 1; v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 1; v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene-like protein 1