Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 4192
Gene name Midkine
Gene symbol MDK
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
ARAPMKNEGF2
Chromosome 11
Chromosome location 11p11.2
Summary This gene encodes a member of a small family of secreted growth factors that binds heparin and responds to retinoic acid. The encoded protein promotes cell growth, migration, and angiogenesis, in particular during tumorigenesis. This gene has been targete
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
205
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT022440 hsa-miR-124-3p Microarray 18668037
MIRT050887 hsa-miR-17-5p CLASH 23622248
MIRT040730 hsa-miR-92b-3p CLASH 23622248
MIRT036299 hsa-miR-1229-3p CLASH 23622248
MIRT022440 hsa-miR-124-3p PAR-CLIP 27292025
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
114
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0001662 Process Behavioral fear response IEA
GO:0002232 Process Leukocyte chemotaxis involved in inflammatory response IEA
GO:0002232 Process Leukocyte chemotaxis involved in inflammatory response IMP 10683378
GO:0002232 Process Leukocyte chemotaxis involved in inflammatory response ISS
GO:0002286 Process T cell activation involved in immune response IEA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
162096 6972 ENSG00000110492
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
P21741
Protein name Midkine (MK) (Amphiregulin-associated protein) (ARAP) (Midgestation and kidney protein) (Neurite outgrowth-promoting factor 2) (Neurite outgrowth-promoting protein)
Protein function Secreted protein that functions as a cytokine and growth factor and mediates its signal through cell-surface proteoglycan and non-proteoglycan receptors (PubMed:10212223, PubMed:10772929, PubMed:12084985, PubMed:12122009, PubMed:12573468, PubMed
PDB 1MKC , 1MKN
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF05196 PTN_MK_N 24 80 PTN/MK heparin-binding protein family, N-terminal domain Domain
PF01091 PTN_MK_C 81 142 PTN/MK heparin-binding protein family, C-terminal domain Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in various tumor cell lines. In insulinoma tissue predominantly expressed in precancerous lesions. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17379400}.
Sequence
Sequence length 143
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  Reactome
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