Description
Cloning of human 5"-AMP-activated protein kinase subunits alpha, beta and gamma (AMPKαβγ) was first described by Stapleton et al. (1996; 1997). AMPK is a highly conserved heterotrimeric enzyme consisting of three subunits, α, β, and γ, with multiple genes encoding distinct subunit isoforms (ie, α1, α2, β1, β2, γ1, γ2, and γ3) (Zungu et al., 2011)