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Facts about MAP kinase-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 2.
Required for mediating PP2A-inhibition-induced EIF4E phosphorylation. Triggers EIF4E shuttling from cytoplasm to nucleus.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | MKNK2 |
Uniprot: | Q9HBH9 |
Entrez: | 2872 |
Belongs to: |
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protein kinase superfamily |
EC 2.7.11; EC 2.7.11.1; G protein-coupled receptor kinase 7; GPRK7Putative map kinase interacting kinase; MAP kinase interacting serine/threonine kinase 2; MAP kinase signal-integrating kinase 2; Mnk2; MNK2MAP kinase-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 2
Mass (kDA):
51.875 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 19p13.3 |
Sequence: | 19; NC_000019.10 (2037471..2051278, complement) |
Ubiquitously expressed in all tissues examined. Isoform 2 is expressed at higher levels in the ovary than is isoform 1.
[Isoform 2]: Nucleus, PML body.; [Isoform 1]: Cytoplasm.
PMID: 11013076 by Slentz-Kesler K., et al. Identification of the human Mnk2 gene (MKNK2) through protein interaction with estrogen receptor beta.
PMID: 11154262 by Scheper G.C., et al. The mitogen-activated protein kinase signal-integrating kinase Mnk2 is a eukaryotic initiation factor 4E kinase with high levels of basal activity in mammalian cells.