MINK1

Misshapen-like kinase 1
Identifiers
Symbols MINK1; B55; MAP4K6; MGC21111; MINK; YSK2; ZC3; hMINK; hMINKbeta
External IDs OMIM609426 MGI1355329 HomoloGene56762 GeneCards: MINK1 Gene
EC number 2.7.11.1
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 50488 50932
Ensembl ENSG00000141503 ENSMUSG00000020827
UniProt Q8N4C8 Q61155
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001024937.3 NM_001045959
RefSeq (protein) NP_001020108.1 NP_001039424
Location (UCSC) Chr 17:
4.74 – 4.8 Mb
Chr 11:
70.38 – 70.43 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Misshapen-like kinase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MINK1 gene.[1][2][3]

Contents

Function

Misshapen-like kinase 1 is a serine/threonine kinase belonging to the germinal center kinase (GCK) family. The protein is structurally similar to the kinases that are related to NIK and may belong to a distinct subfamily of NIK-related kinases within the GCK family. Studies of the mouse homolog indicate an up-regulation of expression in the course of postnatal mouse cerebral development and activation of the cJun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and the p38 pathways. Alternative splicing occurs at this locus and four transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been identified.[3]

Interactions

MINK1 has been shown to interact with NCK1.[4]

References

  1. ^ Dan I, Watanabe NM, Kobayashi T, Yamashita-Suzuki K, Fukagaya Y, Kajikawa E, Kimura WK, Nakashima TM, Matsumoto K, Ninomiya-Tsuji J, Kusumi A (Apr 2000). "Molecular cloning of MINK, a novel member of mammalian GCK family kinases, which is up-regulated during postnatal mouse cerebral development". FEBS Lett 469 (1): 19–23. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01247-3. PMID 10708748. 
  2. ^ Dan I, Watanabe NM, Kajikawa E, Ishida T, Pandey A, Kusumi A (Jun 2002). "Overlapping of MINK and CHRNE gene loci in the course of mammalian evolution". Nucleic Acids Res 30 (13): 2906–10. doi:10.1093/nar/gkf407. PMC 117062. PMID 12087176. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=117062. 
  3. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: MINK1 misshapen-like kinase 1 (zebrafish)". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=50488. 
  4. ^ Hu, Yuanming; Leo Cindy, Yu Simon, Huang Betty C B, Wang Hank, Shen Mary, Luo Ying, Daniel-Issakani Sarkiz, Payan Donald G, Xu Xiang (Dec. 2004). "Identification and functional characterization of a novel human misshapen/Nck interacting kinase-related kinase, hMINK beta". J. Biol. Chem. (United States) 279 (52): 54387–97. doi:10.1074/jbc.M404497200. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 15469942. 

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