MAPK14

mitogen-activated protein kinase 14

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the MAP kinase family. MAP kinases act as an integration point for multiple biochemical signals, and are involved in a wide variety of cellular processes such as proliferation, differentiation, transcription regulation and development. This kinase is activated by various environmental stresses and proinflammatory cytokines. The activation requires its phosphorylation by MAP kinase kinases (MKKs), or its autophosphorylation triggered by the interaction of MAP3K7IP1/TAB1 protein with this kinase. The substrates of this kinase include transcription regulator ATF2, MEF2C, and MAX, cell cycle regulator CDC25B, and tumor suppressor p53, which suggest the roles of this kinase in stress related transcription and cell cycle regulation, as well as in genotoxic stress response. Four alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene encoding distinct isoforms have been reported. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants19 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs800285056:35,998,388C/Tintron variant—
rs1503354996:36,000,998G/Aintron variant—
rs8510236:36,006,220G/Aintron variant—
rs2008102746:36,027,118A/G—uncertain significance
rs5363025726:36,034,279A/C——
rs1404458256:36,036,954C/Gintron variant—
rs612127066:36,039,431G/Tintron variant—
rs7605362196:36,041,484A/G—uncertain significance
rs1479503746:36,044,726A/Gintron variant—
rs5616828696:36,045,066G/A——
rs1468021576:36,064,713C/Tupstream gene variant—
rs1474799846:36,067,992G/A—uncertain significance
rs2002805176:36,068,007C/G—uncertain significance
rs1161448056:36,072,637A/Cintron variant—
rs7597157806:36,075,284A/G—likely benign
rs287639736:36,075,326C/T—benign
rs5425186086:36,076,168G/A—uncertain significance
rs2020861426:36,076,178T/G—uncertain significance
rs1501113426:36,088,457C/Tregulatory region variant—

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.