Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 6416
Gene name Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 4
Gene symbol MAP2K4
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
JNKKJNKK1MAPKK4MEK4MKK4PRKMK4SAPKK-1SAPKK1SEK1SERK1SKK1
Chromosome 17
Chromosome location 17p12
Summary 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.
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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 factors information provided by TRRUST V2 database.
1
Transcription factor Regulation Reference
HSF2 Repression 11557063
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 IEA
GO:0000165 Process MAPK cascade IEA
GO:0000166 Function Nucleotide binding IEA
GO:0004672 Function Protein kinase activity IEA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
601335 6844 ENSG00000065559
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
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 associations from ClinVar (causal & non-causal) and other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.).
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Evidence Score: ★☆☆☆☆  Gene-disease association found in Text Mining only ★★☆☆☆  Found in Text Mining and Unknown/Other Associations ★★★☆☆  Reported in Unknown/Other Associations across ≥2 Sources ★★★★☆  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants) ★★★★★  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Unknown / Other Associations ClinVar entries with uncertain/conflicting evidence, and associations from other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.) where the gene is not established as causal.
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance Source Evidence Score
ANDROGENETIC ALOPECIA GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
ANTI-GAD65 AUTOIMMUNE NEUROLOGICAL SYNDROMES GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
ASTHMA GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through text mining
Disease Name Disease (Merged) Source PMID Relationship Type Evidence Score
Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma BEFREE 15623633
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Adenocarcinoma of colon Adenocarcinoma Of Colon BEFREE 28454307
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Adenocarcinoma of large intestine Colorectal Cancer CGI_DG
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Adenocarcinoma of large intestine Colorectal Cancer UNIPROT_DG
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder) Lung adenocarcinoma BEFREE 21896780
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Adenocarcinoma, Endometrioid Endometrial Cancer BEFREE 21372598
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Adenoma of large intestine Colorectal adenoma BEFREE 28423721
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Alzheimer Disease Alzheimer disease Pubtator 26080319 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
ANOPHTHALMIA AND PULMONARY HYPOPLASIA Syndromic microphthalmia BEFREE 30537492
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Arthritis Rheumatoid Rheumatoid arthritis Pubtator 13130464, 16802349, 25732927 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only