Presentation Slide

G-Helix Mediates Activation of Eukaryotic Protein Kinases

Client

Kavran Lab: Dr. Jennifer Kavran PhD; Sam Botterbusch

Year

2025

Audience

Slide presentation for research, medical and graduate students

This poster illustrates how the G-helix functions as a conserved region of eukaryotic protein kinases across distinct cellular environments. Using three representative kinasesmembrane-associated IGF1R, cytosolic MST2, and nuclear CHK2I highlight how the G-helix mediates dimerization, and subsequentlydownstream signaling. Despite their different locations and signaling contexts, these kinases rely on shared G-helix–mediated mechanisms to dimerize. To emphasize the range of environments, this illustration features an entire cell, modeled in Cinema4D and ZBrush, and three insets to match their locations. 

IGF1R Renders
MST2 Renders