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Facts about Serine/threonine-protein kinase VRK1.
Phosphorylates'Thr- 18' of p53/TP53 and may thereby prevent the interaction between p53/TP53 and MDM2. Phosphorylates casein and histone H3.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | VRK1 |
Uniprot: | Q99986 |
Entrez: | 7443 |
Belongs to: |
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protein kinase superfamily |
EC 2.7.11.1; MGC117401; MGC138280; MGC142070; PCH1; serine/threonine-protein kinase VRK1; vaccinia related kinase 1; vaccinia virus B1R-related kinase 1; Vaccinia-related kinase 1; VRK1
Mass (kDA):
45.476 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 14q32.2 |
Sequence: | 14; NC_000014.9 (96797382..96881614) |
Widely expressed. Highly expressed in fetal liver, testis and thymus.
Cytoplasm. Nucleus. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, spindle. Dispersed throughout the cell but not located on mitotic spindle or chromatids during mitosis.
PMID: 9344656 by Nezu J., et al. Identification of two novel human putative serine/threonine kinases, VRK1 and VRK2, with structural similarity to Vaccinia virus B1R kinase.
PMID: 10951572 by Lopez-Borges S., et al. The human vaccinia-related kinase 1 (VRK1) phosphorylates threonine- 18 within the mdm-2 binding site of the p53 tumour suppressor protein.