NEK2

NIMA-related kinase 2

PDB rendering based on 2jav.
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsNEK2 ; HsPK21; NEK2A; NLK1; PPP1R111; RP67
External IDsOMIM: 604043 MGI: 109359 HomoloGene: 74441 IUPHAR: 2117 ChEMBL: 3835 GeneCards: NEK2 Gene
EC number2.7.11.1
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez475118005
EnsemblENSG00000117650ENSMUSG00000026622
UniProtP51955O35942
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001204182NM_010892
RefSeq (protein)NP_001191111NP_035022
Location (UCSC)Chr 1:
211.84 – 211.85 Mb
Chr 1:
191.82 – 191.83 Mb
PubMed search

Serine/threonine-protein kinase Nek2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NEK2 gene.[1][2]

Interactions

NEK2 has been shown to interact with MAPK1[3] and NDC80.[4][5]

References

  1. Schultz SJ, Nigg EA (Feb 1994). "Identification of 21 novel human protein kinases, including 3 members of a family related to the cell cycle regulator nimA of Aspergillus nidulans". Cell Growth Differ 4 (10): 821–30. PMID 8274451.
  2. "Entrez Gene: NEK2 NIMA (never in mitosis gene a)-related kinase 2".
  3. Lou Y, Xie W, Zhang DF, Yao JH, Luo ZF, Wang YZ et al. (Aug 2004). "Nek2A specifies the centrosomal localization of Erk2". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 321 (2): 495–501. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.06.171. PMID 15358203.
  4. Chen Y, Riley DJ, Zheng L, Chen PL, Lee WH (Dec 2002). "Phosphorylation of the mitotic regulator protein Hec1 by Nek2 kinase is essential for faithful chromosome segregation". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (51): 49408–16. doi:10.1074/jbc.M207069200. PMID 12386167.
  5. Chen Y, Sharp ZD, Lee WH (Sep 1997). "HEC binds to the seventh regulatory subunit of the 26 S proteasome and modulates the proteolysis of mitotic cyclins". J. Biol. Chem. 272 (38): 24081–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.38.24081. PMID 9295362.

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