Bos taurus Protein: MAP2K6
Summary
InnateDB Protein IDBP-696133.2
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol MAP2K6
Protein Name Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6
Synonyms
Species Bos taurus
Ensembl Protein ENSBTAP00000002115
InnateDB Gene IDBG-643571 (MAP2K6)
Protein Structure
UniProt Annotation
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, MAPK12, MAPK13 and MAPK14 and plays an important role in the regulation of cellular responses to cytokines and all kinds of stresses. Especially, MAP2K3/MKK3 and MAP2K6/MKK6 are both essential for the activation of MAPK11 and MAPK13 induced by environmental stress, whereas MAP2K6/MKK6 is the major MAPK11 activator in response to TNF. MAP2K6/MKK6 also phosphorylates and activates PAK6. The p38 MAP kinase signal transduction pathway leads to direct activation of transcription factors. Nuclear targets of p38 MAP kinase include the transcription factors ATF2 and ELK1. Within the p38 MAPK signal transduction pathway, MAP3K6/MKK6 mediates phosphorylation of STAT4 through MAPK14 activation, and is therefore required for STAT4 activation and STAT4-regulated gene expression in response to IL-12 stimulation. The pathway is also crucial for IL-6-induced SOCS3 expression and down-regulation of IL-6-mediated gene induction; and for IFNG- dependent gene transcription. Has a role in osteoclast differentiation through NF-kappa-B transactivation by TNFSF11, and in endochondral ossification and since SOX9 is another likely downstream target of the p38 MAPK pathway. MAP2K6/MKK6 mediates apoptotic cell death in thymocytes. Acts also as a regulator for melanocytes dendricity, through the modulation of Rho family GTPases (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
Subcellular Localization Nucleus {ECO:0000250}. Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250}. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton {ECO:0000250}. Note=Binds to microtubules. {ECO:0000250}.
Disease Associations
Tissue Specificity
Comments
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 0 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 23 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.
Predicted by orthology
Total 23 [view]
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0000166 nucleotide binding
GO:0004672 protein kinase activity
GO:0004674 protein serine/threonine kinase activity
GO:0004713 protein tyrosine kinase activity
GO:0005515 protein binding
GO:0005524 ATP binding
GO:0016301 kinase activity
GO:0016740 transferase activity
GO:0016772 transferase activity, transferring phosphorus-containing groups
GO:0019901 protein kinase binding
Biological Process
GO:0000165 MAPK cascade
GO:0000187 activation of MAPK activity
GO:0006351 transcription, DNA-templated
GO:0006355 regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
GO:0006468 protein phosphorylation
GO:0006915 apoptotic process
GO:0006950 response to stress
GO:0016310 phosphorylation
GO:0018108 peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation
GO:0060048 cardiac muscle contraction
Cellular Component
GO:0005634 nucleus
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
GO:0005856 cytoskeleton
Protein Structure and Domains
PDB ID
InterPro IPR000719 Protein kinase domain
IPR001245 Serine-threonine/tyrosine-protein kinase catalytic domain
IPR002290 Serine/threonine/dual specificity protein kinase, catalytic domain
IPR011009 Protein kinase-like domain
IPR020635 Tyrosine-protein kinase, catalytic domain
PFAM PF00069
PF07714
PRINTS PR00109
PIRSF
SMART SM00220
SM00219
TIGRFAMs
Post-translational Modifications
Modification
Cross-References
SwissProt Q5E9X2
PhosphoSite PhosphoSite-
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 286883
UniGene Bt.561
RefSeq NP_001029217
HUGO
OMIM
CCDS
HPRD
IMGT
EMBL BT020798
GenPept AAX08815