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Jay Brenman

Academic Title: Professor

Name: Jay Brenman

 

Department: Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology

Department Website: http://www.med.unc.edu/dept_cmphysiology.htm

Institution: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

 

Address: 51 Medical Sciences Research Building CB# 7545
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7545

 

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Expertise: All cells and organisms must monitor and maintain their energy levels for survival. One particular protein kinase, AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) plays a central role in energy balance and metabolism. AMPK consists of a protein complex encoded by three subunits, a serine-threonine kinase catalytic subunit (α) and two regulatory subunits (ß, γ). When AMPK signaling is disrupted cells undergo cell death under stressors and organisms can not survive limited starvation.

 

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