DAPK2

Death-associated protein kinase 2

PDB rendering based on 1wmk.
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsDAPK2 ; DRP-1; DRP1
External IDsMGI: 1341297 HomoloGene: 74940 IUPHAR: 2003 ChEMBL: 3123 GeneCards: DAPK2 Gene
EC number2.7.11.1
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez2360413143
EnsemblENSG00000035664ENSMUSG00000032380
UniProtQ9UIK4Q8VDF3
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_014326NM_010019
RefSeq (protein)NP_055141NP_034149
Location (UCSC)Chr 15:
64.2 – 64.36 Mb
Chr 9:
66.16 – 66.27 Mb
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Death-associated protein kinase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DAPK2 gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a protein that belongs to the serine/threonine protein kinase family. This protein contains a N-terminal protein kinase domain followed by a conserved calmodulin-binding domain with significant similarity to that of death-associated protein kinase 1 (DAPK1), a positive regulator of programmed cell death. Overexpression of this gene was shown to induce cell apoptosis. It uses multiple polyadenylation sites.[2] The DAPK2 mRNA may undergo alternative splicing to produce a DAPK3-like encoding transcript. [3]

References

  1. Kawai T, Nomura F, Hoshino K, Copeland NG, Gilbert DJ, Jenkins NA, Akira S (Jun 1999). "Death-associated protein kinase 2 is a new calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase that signals apoptosis through its catalytic activity". Oncogene 18 (23): 3471–80. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1202701. PMID 10376525.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: DAPK2 death-associated protein kinase 2".
  3. "New Modularity of DAP-Kinases: Alternative Splicing of the DRP-1 Gene Produces a ZIPk-Like Isoform".

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