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PLK2

Serine/threonine-protein kinase PLK2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PLK2 gene.

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Source
PLK2
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesPLK2, SNK, hPlk2, hSNK, polo like kinase 2
External IDsOMIM: 607023; MGI: 1099790; HomoloGene: 21317; GeneCards: PLK2; OMA:PLK2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_006622
NM_001252226

NM_152804

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001239155
NP_006613

NP_690017

Location (UCSC)Chr 5: 58.45 – 58.46 MbChr 13: 110.53 – 110.54 Mb
PubMed search34
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Serine/threonine-protein kinase PLK2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PLK2 gene.5

Serum-inducible kinase is a member of the 'polo' family of serine/threonine protein kinases that have a role in normal cell division. [supplied by OMIM]5

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000145632Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000021701Ensembl, 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. "Entrez Gene: PLK2 polo-like kinase 2 (Drosophila)".
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