AKT1
AKT1 belongs to a family of serine-threonine protein kinases which also includes AKT2 and AKT3. AKT1 plays a key role in multiple cell processes, including growth, proliferation, survival, and angiogenesis. AKT1 acts as a downstream mediator of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K; Figure 1).
Figure 1. Schematic of the MAPK and PI3K pathways. Growth factor binding to receptor tyrosine kinase results in activation of the MAPK signaling pathway (RAS-RAF-MEK-ERK) and the PI3K pathway (PI3K-AKT-mTOR). The letter "K" within the schema denotes the tyrosine kinase domain.