Protein kinases are structurally related enzymes responsible for controlling a wide variety of the intracellular signal transduction processes by which cells within a tissue or organ process information and respond to environmental changes. There are several hundred members of the protein kinase family, each having a specific function. Although certain protein kinases are found in all cells, many have restricted functions and are found only in a specific cell or tissue type.
The significance of all this for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries is that defective protein kinase regulation has been linked...
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