Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
6416
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 4
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
MAP2K4
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
JNKK, JNKK1, MAPKK4, MEK4, MKK4, PRKMK4, SAPKK-1, SAPKK1, SEK1, SERK1, SKK1
Chromosome Chromosome number
17
Chromosome location Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
17p12
Summary Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
This gene encodes a member of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family. Members of this family act as an integration point for multiple biochemical signals and are involved in a wide variety of cellular processes such as proliferation, different
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT019756 hsa-miR-375 Microarray 20215506
MIRT028937 hsa-miR-26b-5p Microarray 19088304
MIRT023483 hsa-miR-15b-5p CLASH 23622248
MIRT053655 hsa-miR-145-5p Microarray 22942087
MIRT053698 hsa-miR-188-5p Microarray 22942087
Transcription factors
Transcription factor Regulation Reference
HSF2 Repression 11557063
Gene ontology (GO) Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0000187 Process Activation of MAPK activity IBA 21873635
GO:0004672 Function Protein kinase activity TAS 7716521
GO:0004674 Function Protein serine/threonine kinase activity IEA
GO:0004708 Function MAP kinase kinase activity IBA 21873635
GO:0004713 Function Protein tyrosine kinase activity IEA
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
601335 6844 ENSG00000065559
Protein
UniProt ID P45985
Protein name Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 4 (MAP kinase kinase 4) (MAPKK 4) (EC 2.7.12.2) (JNK-activating kinase 1) (MAPK/ERK kinase 4) (MEK 4) (SAPK/ERK kinase 1) (SEK1) (Stress-activated protein kinase kinase 1) (SAPK kinase 1) (SAPKK-1)
Protein function 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 MAP2K7/MKK7,
PDB 3ALN , 3ALO , 3VUT , 8YP5
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF00069 Pkinase 102 367 Protein kinase domain Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Abundant expression is seen in the skeletal muscle. It is also widely expressed in other tissues.
Sequence
Sequence length 399
Interactions View interactions
Associated diseases Disease information provided by ClinVar, GenCC, and GWAS databases.
Unknown
Disease term Disease name Evidence References Source
Asthma Asthma GWAS
Urolithiasis Urolithiasis GWAS
Pelvic Organ Prolapse Pelvic Organ Prolapse GWAS
Hypertension Hypertension GWAS
Associations from Text Mining
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Adenoma Associate 28423721
Alzheimer Disease Associate 26080319
Arthritis Rheumatoid Associate 13130464, 16802349, 25732927
Atrial Fibrillation Associate 32510852
Brain Neoplasms Inhibit 15592684
Breast Neoplasms Associate 15592684, 22522925, 22722193, 28027327, 35589867, 36656864, 39264897
Breast Neoplasms Male Associate 24194916
Calcinosis Cutis Associate 15592684, 24466137
Carcinogenesis Associate 21518142, 22335172
Carcinoma Endometrioid Associate 21575258