MAPKAPK2

MAPK activated protein kinase 2

Summary

This gene encodes a member of the Ser/Thr protein kinase family. This kinase is regulated through direct phosphorylation by p38 MAP kinase. In conjunction with p38 MAP kinase, this kinase is known to be involved in many cellular processes including stress and inflammatory responses, nuclear export, gene expression regulation and cell proliferation. Heat shock protein HSP27 was shown to be one of the substrates of this kinase in vivo. Two transcript variants encoding two different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants27 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs14026817001:206,858,625G/Clikely benign
rs15534253411:206,858,637G/Clikely benign
rs16722474731:206,858,665C/Auncertain significance
rs5732186431:206,858,672C/Guncertain significance
rs1400224711:206,858,772C/Tbenign
rs41290241:206,868,245G/Aregulatory region variant
rs45484441:206,890,138A/T
rs111193901:206,901,382C/Gintron variant
rs3758003321:206,902,103C/Tuncertain significance
rs7821851541:206,902,107C/Tuncertain significance
rs16738111241:206,902,405C/Tuncertain significance
rs13761324551:206,902,415A/Guncertain significance
rs455147981:206,902,471G/Aintron variant
rs5318942201:206,903,335A/Guncertain significance
rs1409015061:206,903,357T/Cuncertain significance
rs3680502171:206,903,368A/Guncertain significance
rs3751372651:206,904,095A/Guncertain significance
rs7820088861:206,904,512A/Guncertain significance
rs1414220741:206,904,516C/Tlikely benign
rs7820721381:206,904,554G/Auncertain significance
rs1420634011:206,904,578A/Guncertain significance
rs7825974891:206,905,024C/Auncertain significance
rs7822794401:206,905,050A/Tuncertain significance
rs1420252241:206,905,223C/Tuncertain significance
rs558940111:206,905,941G/Tlikely benign
rs25296826271:206,905,993C/Guncertain significance
rs7826783681:206,906,028G/Auncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.