Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 5608
Gene name Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6
Gene symbol MAP2K6
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
CRCMSLMAPKK6MEK6MKK6PRKMK6SAPKK-3SAPKK3
Chromosome 17
Chromosome location 17q24.3
Summary This gene encodes a member of the dual specificity protein kinase family, which functions as a mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase kinase. MAP kinases, also known as extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs), act as an integration point for multipl
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT016670 hsa-miR-425-5p Sequencing 20371350
MIRT021513 hsa-miR-145-5p Reporter assay;Microarray 21351259
MIRT053745 hsa-miR-29b-3p Microarray 22942087
MIRT720403 hsa-miR-6769a-3p HITS-CLIP 19536157
MIRT720402 hsa-miR-5587-5p HITS-CLIP 19536157
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0000165 Process MAPK cascade IBA
GO:0000165 Process MAPK cascade IDA 8663074
GO:0000165 Process MAPK cascade IEA
GO:0000166 Function Nucleotide binding IEA
GO:0001649 Process Osteoblast differentiation IEA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
601254 6846 ENSG00000108984
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
P52564
Protein name Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6 (MAP kinase kinase 6) (MAPKK 6) (EC 2.7.12.2) (MAPK/ERK kinase 6) (MEK 6) (Stress-activated protein kinase kinase 3) (SAPK kinase 3) (SAPKK-3) (SAPKK3)
Protein function Dual specificity protein kinase which acts as an essential component of the MAP kinase signal transduction pathway. With MAP3K3/MKK3, catalyzes the concomitant phosphorylation of a threonine and a tyrosine residue in the MAP kinases p38 MAPK11,
PDB 2Y8O , 3ENM , 3FME , 3VN9 , 5ETF , 8A8M , 8P7J , 8PM3
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF00069 Pkinase 53 314 Protein kinase domain Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Isoform 2 is only expressed in skeletal muscle. Isoform 1 is expressed in skeletal muscle, heart, and in lesser extent in liver or pancreas. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8621675}.
Sequence
Sequence length 334
Interactions View interactions
Associated diseases Disease associations from ClinVar categorized as Causal (Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic) or Unknown.
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Unknown Diseases with uncertain, conflicting, or no pathogenic evidence in ClinVar
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance dbSNP ID RCV Accession
Ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma Uncertain significance rs529602401 RCV005930927
Associations from Text MiningDisease associations identified through Pubtator
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Arthritis Rheumatoid Associate 14695331, 33483588
Breast Neoplasms Associate 16000313, 19245689, 32977823, 35441810, 35919504
Carcinoma Non Small Cell Lung Associate 37705754
Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury Associate 32418112
Colonic Neoplasms Associate 27526785, 29402903
Colorectal Neoplasms Associate 15037631
Dissection Thoracic Aorta Associate 29669321
Glioma Associate 17012236
Inflammation Associate 14695331, 16230348, 31156213, 40629361
Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Associate 23661466