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General description of the gene and the encoded protein(s) using information from HGNC and Ensembl, as well as predictions made by the Human Protein Atlas project.
Gene namei
Official gene symbol, which is typically a short form of the gene name, according to HGNC.
Assigned HPA protein class(es) for the encoded protein(s).
Enzymes Plasma proteins
Predicted locationi
All transcripts of all genes have been analyzed regarding the location(s) of corresponding protein based on prediction methods for signal peptides and transmembrane regions.
Genes with at least one transcript predicted to encode a secreted protein, according to prediction methods or to UniProt location data, have been further annotated and classified with the aim to determine if the corresponding protein(s) are secreted or actually retained in intracellular locations or membrane-attached.
Remaining genes, with no transcript predicted to encode a secreted protein, will be assigned the prediction-based location(s).
The annotated location overrules the predicted location, so that a gene encoding a predicted secreted protein that has been annotated as intracellular will have intracellular as the final location.
Gene information from Ensembl and Entrez, as well as links to available gene identifiers are displayed here. Information was retrieved from Ensembl if not indicated otherwise.
Chromosome
19
Cytoband
p13.2
Chromosome location (bp)
7903843 - 7914478
Number of transcriptsi
Number of protein-coding transcripts from the gene as defined by Ensembl.
Useful information about the protein provided by UniProt.
Dual specificity protein kinase which acts as an essential component of the MAP kinase signal transduction pathway. Essential component of the stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun N-terminal kinase (SAP/JNK) signaling pathway. With MAP2K4/MKK4, is the one of the only known kinase to directly activate the stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun N-terminal kinases MAPK8/JNK1, MAPK9/JNK2 and MAPK10/JNK3. MAP2K4/MKK4 and MAP2K7/MKK7 both activate the JNKs by phosphorylation, but they differ in their preference for the phosphorylation site in the Thr-Pro-Tyr motif. MAP2K4/MKK4 shows preference for phosphorylation of the Tyr residue and MAP2K7/MKK7 for the Thr residue. The monophosphorylation of JNKs on the Thr residue is sufficient to increase JNK activity indicating that MAP2K7/MKK7 is important to trigger JNK activity, while the additional phosphorylation of the Tyr residue by MAP2K4/MKK4 ensures optimal JNK activation. Has a specific role in JNK signal transduction pathway activated by pro-inflammatory cytokines. The MKK/JNK signaling pathway is also involved in mitochondrial death signaling pathway, including the release cytochrome c, leading to apoptosis. Part of a non-canonical MAPK signaling pathway, composed of the upstream MAP3K12 kinase and downstream MAP kinases MAPK1/ERK2 and MAPK3/ERK1, that enhances the AP-1-mediated transcription of APP in response to APOE 1....show less
Molecular function (UniProt)i
Keywords assigned by UniProt to proteins due to their particular molecular function.
The protein encoded by this gene is a dual specificity protein kinase that belongs to the MAP kinase kinase family. This kinase specifically activates MAPK8/JNK1 and MAPK9/JNK2, and this kinase itself is phosphorylated and activated by MAP kinase kinase kinases including MAP3K1/MEKK1, MAP3K2/MEKK2,MAP3K3/MEKK5, and MAP4K2/GCK. This kinase is involved in the signal transduction mediating the cell responses to proinflammatory cytokines, and environmental stresses. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2014]...show less
PROTEIN INFORMATIONi
The protein information section displays alternative protein-coding transcripts (splice variants) encoded by this gene according to the Ensembl database.
The Splice variant identifier links to the Ensembl website protein summary for the selected splice variant. The data in the Swissprot and TrEMBL columns links to corresponding pages in the UniProt database.
The protein classes assigned to this protein are shown if expanding the data in the protein class column. Parent protein classes are in bold font and subclasses are listed under the parent class.
The length of the protein (amino acid residues according to Ensembl), molecular mass (kDalton), predicted signal peptide and number of predicted transmembrane region(s) according to in-house majority decision methods based on sets of predictors are also reported.
O14733 [Direct mapping] Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 7
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Enzymes ENZYME proteins Transferases Kinases STE Ser/Thr protein kinases MEMSAT-SVM predicted membrane proteins SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Plasma proteins Mapped to neXtProt neXtProt - Evidence at protein level Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0000165[MAPK cascade] GO:0000166[nucleotide binding] GO:0000287[magnesium ion binding] GO:0001934[positive regulation of protein phosphorylation] GO:0004672[protein kinase activity] GO:0004674[protein serine/threonine kinase activity] GO:0004707[MAP kinase activity] GO:0004708[MAP kinase kinase activity] GO:0004713[protein tyrosine kinase activity] GO:0005515[protein binding] GO:0005524[ATP binding] GO:0005634[nucleus] GO:0005737[cytoplasm] GO:0005829[cytosol] GO:0006468[protein phosphorylation] GO:0006915[apoptotic process] GO:0006970[response to osmotic stress] GO:0007165[signal transduction] GO:0007254[JNK cascade] GO:0008022[protein C-terminus binding] GO:0008545[JUN kinase kinase activity] GO:0009408[response to heat] GO:0009411[response to UV] GO:0009611[response to wounding] GO:0016301[kinase activity] GO:0016310[phosphorylation] GO:0016740[transferase activity] GO:0018108[peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation] GO:0019899[enzyme binding] GO:0019901[protein kinase binding] GO:0019903[protein phosphatase binding] GO:0031435[mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase binding] GO:0032212[positive regulation of telomere maintenance via telomerase] GO:0034612[response to tumor necrosis factor] GO:0038095[Fc-epsilon receptor signaling pathway] GO:0043507[positive regulation of JUN kinase activity] GO:0043525[positive regulation of neuron apoptotic process] GO:0045893[positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription] GO:0046330[positive regulation of JNK cascade] GO:0046872[metal ion binding] GO:0051403[stress-activated MAPK cascade] GO:0051973[positive regulation of telomerase activity] GO:0070374[positive regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade] GO:0071222[cellular response to lipopolysaccharide] GO:0071347[cellular response to interleukin-1] GO:0071470[cellular response to osmotic stress] GO:0072709[cellular response to sorbitol] GO:0090398[cellular senescence] GO:0106310[protein serine kinase activity] GO:0140677[molecular function activator activity] GO:1904355[positive regulation of telomere capping] GO:2000671[regulation of motor neuron apoptotic process]
O14733 [Direct mapping] Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 7
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Enzymes ENZYME proteins Transferases Kinases STE Ser/Thr protein kinases SCAMPI predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Plasma proteins Mapped to neXtProt neXtProt - Evidence at protein level Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
O14733 [Direct mapping] Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 7
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Enzymes ENZYME proteins Transferases Kinases STE Ser/Thr protein kinases MEMSAT-SVM predicted membrane proteins SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Plasma proteins Mapped to neXtProt neXtProt - Evidence at protein level Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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