WNK3

WNK lysine deficient protein kinase 3
Identifiers
Symbols WNK3; FLJ30437; FLJ42662; KIAA1566; PRKWNK3
External IDs OMIM300358 MGI2652875 HomoloGene32493 GeneCards: WNK3 Gene
EC number 2.7.11.1
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 65267 279561
Ensembl ENSG00000196632 ENSMUSG00000041245
UniProt Q9BYP7 Q80XP9
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001002838.3 XM_001481298
RefSeq (protein) NP_001002838.1 XP_001481348
Location (UCSC) Chr X:
54.22 – 54.39 Mb
Chr X:
147.63 – 147.75 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Serine/threonine-protein kinase WNK3, also known as protein kinase lysine-deficient 3, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WNK3 gene.[1]

Function

WNK3 is a protein belonging to the 'with no lysine' family of serine-threonine protein kinases. These family members lack the catalytic lysine in subdomain II, and instead have a conserved lysine in subdomain I. This family member functions as a positive regulator of the transcellular Ca2+ transport pathway, and it plays a role in the increase of cell survival in a caspase 3 dependent pathway.[1]

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Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.