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MINK1

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

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MINK1
Identifiers
AliasesMINK1, B55, MAP4K6, MINK, YSK2, ZC3, hMINK, hMINKbeta, misshapen like kinase 1
External IDsOMIM: 609426; MGI: 1355329; HomoloGene: 56762; GeneCards: MINK1; OMA:MINK1 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001024937
NM_015716
NM_153827
NM_170663
NM_001321236

NM_001045959
NM_001045964
NM_016713
NM_176893

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001020108
NP_001308165
NP_056531
NP_722549
NP_733763

Location (UCSC)Chr 17: 4.83 – 4.9 MbChr 11: 70.45 – 70.51 Mb
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Misshapen-like kinase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MINK1 gene.567

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.7

Interactions

MINK1 has been shown to interact with NCK1.8

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000141503Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000020827Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Dan I, Watanabe NM, Kobayashi T, Yamashita-Suzuki K, Fukagaya Y, Kajikawa E, Kimura WK, Nakashima TM, Matsumoto K, Ninomiya-Tsuji J, Kusumi A (Mar 2000). "Molecular cloning of MINK, a novel member of mammalian GCK family kinases, which is up-regulated during postnatal mouse cerebral development". FEBS Letters. 469 (1): 19–23. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01247-3. PMID 10708748. S2CID 39793431.
  6. Dan I, Watanabe NM, Kajikawa E, Ishida T, Pandey A, Kusumi A (Jul 2002). "Overlapping of MINK and CHRNE gene loci in the course of mammalian evolution". Nucleic Acids Research. 30 (13): 2906–10. doi:10.1093/nar/gkf407. PMC 117062. PMID 12087176.
  7. "Entrez Gene: MINK1 misshapen-like kinase 1 (zebrafish)".
  8. Hu Y, Leo C, Yu S, Huang BC, Wang H, Shen M, Luo Y, Daniel-Issakani S, Payan DG, Xu X (Dec 2004). "Identification and functional characterization of a novel human misshapen/Nck interacting kinase-related kinase, hMINK beta". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279 (52): 54387–97. doi:10.1074/jbc.M404497200. PMID 15469942.
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