PAK7

P21 protein (Cdc42/Rac)-activated kinase 7

PDB rendering based on 2f57.
Identifiers
Symbols PAK7; KIAA1264; MGC26232; PAK5
External IDs OMIM608038 MGI1920334 HomoloGene22211 GeneCards: PAK7 Gene
EC number 2.7.11.1
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 57144 241656
Ensembl ENSG00000101349 ENSMUSG00000039913
UniProt Q9P286 Q4KL59
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_020341.3 NM_172858.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_065074.1 NP_766446.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 20:
9.52 – 9.82 Mb
Chr 2:
135.91 – 136.21 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Serine/threonine-protein kinase PAK 7 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PAK7 gene.[1][2][3]

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the PAK family of Ser/Thr protein kinases. PAK family members are known to be effectors of Rac/Cdc42 GTPases, which have been implicated in the regulation of cytoskeletal dynamics, proliferation, and cell survival signaling. This kinase contains a CDC42/Rac1 interactive binding (CRIB) motif, and has been shown to bind CDC42 in the presence of GTP. This kinase is predominantly expressed in brain. It is capable of promoting neurite outgrowth, and thus may play a role in neurite development. This kinase is associated with microtubule networks and induces microtubule stabilization. The subcellular localization of this kinase is tightly regulated during cell cycle progression. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been described.[3]

Interactions

PAK7 has been shown to interact with CDC42.[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Dan C, Nath N, Liberto M, Minden A (Dec 2001). "PAK5, a new brain-specific kinase, promotes neurite outgrowth in N1E-115 cells". Mol Cell Biol 22 (2): 567–77. doi:10.1128/MCB.22.2.567-577.2002. PMC 139731. PMID 11756552. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=139731. 
  2. ^ Nagase T, Ishikawa K, Kikuno R, Hirosawa M, Nomura N, Ohara O (Jan 2000). "Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. XV. The complete sequences of 100 new cDNA clones from brain which code for large proteins in vitro". DNA Res 6 (5): 337–45. doi:10.1093/dnares/6.5.337. PMID 10574462. 
  3. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: PAK7 p21(CDKN1A)-activated kinase 7". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=57144. 
  4. ^ Pandey, Akhilesh; Dan Ippeita, Kristiansen Troels Z, Watanabe Norinobu M, Voldby Jesper, Kajikawa Eriko, Khosravi-Far Roya, Blagoev Blagoy, Mann Matthias (May. 2002). "Cloning and characterization of PAK5, a novel member of mammalian p21-activated kinase-II subfamily that is predominantly expressed in brain". Oncogene (England) 21 (24): 3939–48. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1205478. ISSN 0950-9232. PMID 12032833. 

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