MAP2K3

MAP2K3
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesMAP2K3, MAPKK3, MEK3, MKK3, PRKMK3, SAPKK-2, SAPKK2, mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 3
External IDsOMIM: 602315; MGI: 1346868; HomoloGene: 56430; GeneCards: MAP2K3; OMA:MAP2K3 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002756
NM_145109
NM_145110
NM_001316332

NM_008928

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001303261
NP_002747
NP_659731

NP_032954

Location (UCSC)Chr 17: 21.28 – 21.32 MbChr 11: 60.82 – 60.84 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MAP2K3 gene.[5]

The protein encoded by this gene is a dual specificity protein kinase that belongs to the MAP kinase kinase family. This kinase is activated by mitogenic and environmental stress, and participates in the MAP kinase-mediated signaling cascade. It phosphorylates and thus activates MAPK14/p38-MAPK. This kinase can be activated by insulin, and is necessary for the expression of glucose transporter. Expression of RAS oncogene is found to result in the accumulation of the active form of this kinase, which thus leads to the constitutive activation of MAPK14, and confers oncogenic transformation of primary cells. The inhibition of this kinase is involved in the pathogenesis of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants that encode distinct isoforms have been reported for this gene.[6]

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000034152Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000018932Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Rampoldi L, Zimbello R, Bortoluzzi S, Tiso N, Valle G, Lanfranchi G, Danieli GA (Mar 1998). "Chromosomal localization of four MAPK signaling cascade genes: MEK1, MEK3, MEK4 and MEKK5". Cytogenet Cell Genet. 78 (3–4): 301–3. doi:10.1159/000134677. hdl:11577/2469645. PMID 9465908.
  6. ^ "Entrez Gene: MAP2K3 mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 3".