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Facts about Serine/threonine-protein kinase Nek3.
Contributes to prolactin- mediated phosphorylation of PXN and VAV2. Implicated in prolactin- mediated cytoskeletal reorganization and motility of breast cancer cells through mechanisms involving RAC1 activation and phosphorylation of PXN and VAV2.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | NEK3 |
Uniprot: | P51956 |
Entrez: | 4752 |
Belongs to: |
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protein kinase superfamily |
EC 2.7.11; EC 2.7.11.1; glycogen synthase A kinase; HSPK 36; HSPK36; hydroxyalkyl-protein kinase; MGC29949; Never in mitosis A-related kinase 3; NIMA (never in mitosis gene a)-related kinase 3; NimA-related protein kinase 3; phosphorylase B kinase kinase; serine/threonine-protein kinase Nek3
Mass (kDA):
57.705 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 13q14.3 |
Sequence: | 13; NC_000013.11 (52132643..52159597, complement) |
Up-regulated in malignant versus normal breast tissue. Isoform 2 shows a high level of expression in testis, ovary and brain.
Cytoplasm. Cell projection, axon.
PMID: 12063396 by Kimura M., et al. Molecular cloning and characterization of the human NIMA-related protein kinase 3 gene (NEK3).
PMID: 7522034 by Schultz S.J., et al. Cell cycle-dependent expression of Nek2, a novel human protein kinase related to the NIMA mitotic regulator of Aspergillus nidulans.