Highly conserved protein-serine threonine kinases that phosphorylate and activate a group of AGC protein kinases, especially in response to the production of the SECOND MESSENGERS, phosphatidylinositol 3,4,-biphosphate (PtdIns(3,4)P2) and phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-triphosphate (PtdIns(3,4,5)P3).
Also Known As:
3-Phosphoinositide Dependent Protein Kinase-1; 3-Phosphoinositide Dependent Protein Kinase-2; 3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Kinase 1 (PDK1); 3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein Kinase; 3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein Kinase-1; 3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein Kinase-2; PtdIns(3,4,5)P3-Dependent Protein Kinase-1; 3 Phosphoinositide Dependent Protein Kinase; 3 Phosphoinositide Dependent Protein Kinase 1; 3 Phosphoinositide Dependent Protein Kinase 2; 3 Phosphoinositide Dependent Protein Kinases; Kinase, 3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein; Kinase-1, 3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein; Kinase-2, 3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein; Kinases, 3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein; Protein Kinase, 3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent; Protein Kinase-1, 3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent; Protein Kinase-2, 3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent; Protein Kinases, 3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent