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Facts about C-Jun-amino-terminal kinase-interacting protein 3.
Promotes neuronal axon elongation in a kinesin- and JNK-dependent method. Activates cofilin in axon tips via local activation of JNK, thereby regulating filopodial dynamics and enhancing axon elongation.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | MAPK8IP3 |
Uniprot: | Q9UPT6 |
Entrez: | 23162 |
Belongs to: |
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JIP scaffold family |
c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1; EC 2.7.11; EC 2.7.11.24; JNK; JNK1 alpha protein kinase; JNK1 beta protein kinase; JNK1JNK1A2; JNK-46; JUN N-terminal kinase; MAP kinase 8; MAPK 8; mitogen-activated protein kinase 8 isoform JNK1 alpha1; mitogen-activated protein kinase 8 isoform JNK1 beta2; mitogen-activated protein kinase 8; PRKM8JNK; protein kinase JNK1; SAPK1JNK21B1/2; Stress-activated protein kinase 1; Stress-activated protein kinase JNK1
Mass (kDA):
147.457 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 16p13.3 |
Sequence: | 16; NC_000016.10 (1706183..1770351) |
Cytoplasm. Golgi apparatus. Cytoplasmic vesicle. Cell projection, growth cone. Cell projection, axon. Cell projection, dendrite. Cytoplasm, perinuclear region. Localized in the soma and growth cones of differentiated neurites and the Golgi and vesicles of the early secretory compartment of epithelial cells. KIF5A/B/C-mediated transportation to axon tips is essential for its function in enhancing neuronal axon elongation.
PMID: 11214971 by Hattori A., et al. Characterization of long cDNA clones from human adult spleen.
PMID: 12189133 by Matsuura H., et al. Phosphorylation-dependent scaffolding role of JSAP1/JIP3 in the ASK1- JNK signaling pathway. A new mode of regulation of the MAP kinase cascade.