MAP2K6

Main article: Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase

Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6 also known as MAP kinase kinase 6 (MAPKK 6) or MAPK/ERK kinase 6 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MAP2K6 gene, on chromosome 17.

MAP2K6
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 2Y8O, 3ENM, 3FME, 3VN9
Identifiers
Aliases	MAP2K6, MAPKK6, MEK6, MKK6, PRKMK6, SAPKK-3, SAPKK3, mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6
External IDs	OMIM: 601254; MGI: 1346870; HomoloGene: 55686; GeneCards: MAP2K6; OMA:MAP2K6 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 17 (human) Band 17q24.3 Start 69,414,697 bp End 69,553,865 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 11 (mouse) Band 11|11 E1-E2 Start 110,399,122 bp End 110,525,522 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in rectum mucosa of transverse colon biceps brachii vastus lateralis muscle Skeletal muscle tissue of biceps brachii gastrocnemius muscle triceps brachii muscle deltoid muscle Skeletal muscle tissue of rectus abdominis muscle of thigh Top expressed in triceps brachii muscle temporal muscle muscle of thigh sternocleidomastoid muscle maxillary prominence somite mandibular prominence vastus lateralis muscle tail of embryo gastrocnemius muscle More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function transferase activity nucleotide binding protein kinase activity kinase activity protein binding protein tyrosine kinase activity ATP binding protein kinase binding protein serine/threonine kinase activity identical protein binding MAP kinase kinase activity Cellular component cytoplasm nucleoplasm cytoskeleton nucleus cytosol Biological process positive regulation of protein phosphorylation regulation of transcription, DNA-templated cardiac muscle contraction phosphorylation cellular response to sorbitol positive regulation of nitric-oxide synthase biosynthetic process ovulation cycle process transcription, DNA-templated MAPK cascade protein phosphorylation positive regulation of prostaglandin secretion response to ischemia DNA damage induced protein phosphorylation positive regulation of apoptotic process peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain containing signaling pathway signal transduction apoptotic process regulation of mitotic cell cycle stress-activated protein kinase signaling cascade activation of protein kinase activity regulation of apoptotic process negative regulation of cold-induced thermogenesis Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 5608 26399 Ensembl ENSG00000108984 ENSMUSG00000020623 UniProt P52564 P70236 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_002758 NM_031988 NM_001330450 NM_011943 RefSeq (protein) NP_001317379 NP_002749 NP_036073 NP_001343274 NP_001343275 NP_001343276 NP_001343281 NP_001343282 Location (UCSC) Chr 17: 69.41 – 69.55 Mb Chr 11: 110.4 – 110.53 Mb PubMed search
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Function

MAPKK 6 is 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 multiple biochemical signals. This protein phosphorylates and activates p38 MAP kinase in response to inflammatory cytokines or environmental stress. As an essential component of p38 MAP kinase mediated signal transduction pathway, this gene is involved in many cellular processes such as stress-induced cell cycle arrest, transcription activation and apoptosis.

Interactions

MAP2K6 has been shown to interact with TAOK2, ASK1, MAPK14 and MAP3K7.

Further reading

• Ben-Levy R, Hooper S, Wilson R, Paterson HF, Marshall CJ (Sep 1998). "Nuclear export of the stress-activated protein kinase p38 mediated by its substrate MAPKAP kinase-2". Current Biology. 8 (19): 1049–57. Bibcode:1998CBio....8.1049B. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(98)70442-7. PMID 9768359. S2CID 15627349.
• Tanaka S, Nakamura K, Takahasi N, Suda T (Dec 2005). "Role of RANKL in physiological and pathological bone resorption and therapeutics targeting the RANKL-RANK signaling system". Immunological Reviews. 208: 30–49. doi:10.1111/j.0105-2896.2005.00327.x. PMID 16313339. S2CID 13811917.
• Doza YN, Cuenda A, Thomas GM, Cohen P, Nebreda AR (May 1995). "Activation of the MAP kinase homologue RK requires the phosphorylation of Thr-180 and Tyr-182 and both residues are phosphorylated in chemically stressed KB cells". FEBS Letters. 364 (2): 223–8. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(95)00346-B. PMID 7750576. S2CID 25025858.
• Maruyama K, Sugano S (Jan 1994). "Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides". Gene. 138 (1–2): 171–4. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90802-8. PMID 8125298.
• Raingeaud J, Whitmarsh AJ, Barrett T, Dérijard B, Davis RJ (Mar 1996). "MKK3- and MKK6-regulated gene expression is mediated by the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase signal transduction pathway". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 16 (3): 1247–55. doi:10.1128/mcb.16.3.1247. PMC 231107. PMID 8622669.
• Stein B, Brady H, Yang MX, Young DB, Barbosa MS (May 1996). "Cloning and characterization of MEK6, a novel member of the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase cascade". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271 (19): 11427–33. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.19.11427. PMID 8626699.
• Moriguchi T, Kuroyanagi N, Yamaguchi K, Gotoh Y, Irie K, Kano T, Shirakabe K, Muro Y, Shibuya H, Matsumoto K, Nishida E, Hagiwara M (Jun 1996). "A novel kinase cascade mediated by mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6 and MKK3". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271 (23): 13675–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.23.13675. PMID 8663074.
• Cuenda A, Alonso G, Morrice N, Jones M, Meier R, Cohen P, Nebreda AR (Aug 1996). "Purification and cDNA cloning of SAPKK3, the major activator of RK/p38 in stress- and cytokine-stimulated monocytes and epithelial cells". The EMBO Journal. 15 (16): 4156–64. doi:10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00790.x. PMC 452138. PMID 8861944.
• Goedert M, Cuenda A, Craxton M, Jakes R, Cohen P (Jun 1997). "Activation of the novel stress-activated protein kinase SAPK4 by cytokines and cellular stresses is mediated by SKK3 (MKK6); comparison of its substrate specificity with that of other SAP kinases". The EMBO Journal. 16 (12): 3563–71. doi:10.1093/emboj/16.12.3563. PMC 1169981. PMID 9218798.
• Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, Suyama A, Sugano S (Oct 1997). "Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library". Gene. 200 (1–2): 149–56. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3. PMID 9373149.
• Enslen H, Raingeaud J, Davis RJ (Jan 1998). "Selective activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase isoforms by the MAP kinase kinases MKK3 and MKK6". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273 (3): 1741–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.3.1741. PMID 9430721.
• Chan-Hui PY, Weaver R (Dec 1998). "Human mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase mediates the stress-induced activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase cascades". The Biochemical Journal. 336 (Pt 3): 599–609. doi:10.1042/bj3360599. PMC 1219910. PMID 9841871.
• Chen Z, Hutchison M, Cobb MH (Oct 1999). "Isolation of the protein kinase TAO2 and identification of its mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase binding domain". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274 (40): 28803–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.40.28803. PMID 10497253.
• Cong F, Goff SP (Nov 1999). "c-Abl-induced apoptosis, but not cell cycle arrest, requires mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6 activation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 96 (24): 13819–24. Bibcode:1999PNAS...9613819C. doi:10.1073/pnas.96.24.13819. PMC 24148. PMID 10570156.
• Wang X, McGowan CH, Zhao M, He L, Downey JS, Fearns C, Wang Y, Huang S, Han J (Jul 2000). "Involvement of the MKK6-p38gamma cascade in gamma-radiation-induced cell cycle arrest". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20 (13): 4543–52. doi:10.1128/MCB.20.13.4543-4552.2000. PMC 85840. PMID 10848581.
• Visconti R, Gadina M, Chiariello M, Chen EH, Stancato LF, Gutkind JS, O'Shea JJ (Sep 2000). "Importance of the MKK6/p38 pathway for interleukin-12-induced STAT4 serine phosphorylation and transcriptional activity". Blood. 96 (5): 1844–52. doi:10.1182/blood.V96.5.1844. PMID 10961885.
• Fleming Y, Armstrong CG, Morrice N, Paterson A, Goedert M, Cohen P (Nov 2000). "Synergistic activation of stress-activated protein kinase 1/c-Jun N-terminal kinase (SAPK1/JNK) isoforms by mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 4 (MKK4) and MKK7". The Biochemical Journal. 352 Pt 1 (Pt 1): 145–54. doi:10.1042/0264-6021:3520145. PMC 1221441. PMID 11062067.
• Vitale G, Bernardi L, Napolitani G, Mock M, Montecucco C (Dec 2000). "Susceptibility of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase family members to proteolysis by anthrax lethal factor". The Biochemical Journal. 352 Pt 3 (Pt 3): 739–45. doi:10.1042/0264-6021:3520739. PMC 1221512. PMID 11104681.