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 (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
COLONIC NEOPLASMS CTD
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
EDEMA CTD
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
HYPERSENSITIVITY CTD
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
OSTEOARTHRITIS 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 of colon Adenocarcinoma Of Colon BEFREE 29402903
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Adenocarcinoma Of Esophagus Esophageal Cancer BEFREE 30102978
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Adrenocortical carcinoma Adrenocortical carcinoma BEFREE 31634687
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Amyloidosis Amyloidosis BEFREE 24085465
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Arthritis Arthritis BEFREE 22488549
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Arthritis Rheumatoid Rheumatoid arthritis Pubtator 14695331, 33483588 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Breast Neoplasms Breast neoplasm Pubtator 16000313, 19245689, 32977823, 35441810, 35919504 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Carcinoma of lung Lung carcinoma BEFREE 23228696
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial Ovarian Epithelial carcinoma BEFREE 11531284, 28604448
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Cardiomyopathies Cardiomyopathy LHGDN 15722372
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only