MAPKAPK5

MAPK activated protein kinase 5

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a tumor suppressor and member of the serine/threonine kinase family. In response to cellular stress and proinflammatory cytokines, this kinase is activated through its phosphorylation by MAP kinases including MAPK1/ERK, MAPK14/p38-alpha, and MAPK11/p38-beta. The encoded protein is found in the nucleus but translocates to the cytoplasm upon phosphorylation and activation. This kinase phosphorylates heat shock protein HSP27 at its physiologically relevant sites. Two alternately spliced transcript variants of this gene encoding distinct isoforms have been reported. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2012]

Known Variants31 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs206875279112:112,280,547G/Auncertain significance
rs254239074112:112,280,554A/Guncertain significance
rs37774698712:112,280,568A/Guncertain significance
rs6066142512:112,288,827C/Tintron variant
rs76962392512:112,293,572A/G
rs7919201112:112,296,212C/Tintron variant
rs20167208212:112,303,988C/Tuncertain significance
rs206960610912:112,304,021A/Cuncertain significance
rs101239966012:112,306,592G/Tpathogenic
rs76125179612:112,308,091G/Alikely benign
rs128272324012:112,308,126C/Tuncertain significance
rs37124320812:112,308,906G/Cuncertain significance
rs3566247712:112,313,208A/Tdownstream gene variant
rs94728615912:112,318,261C/Tuncertain significance
rs104958974412:112,318,288C/Auncertain significance
rs75152642012:112,318,309C/Tuncertain significance
rs137232286412:112,318,312C/Tuncertain significance
rs75460916912:112,323,833T/Cuncertain significance
rs1694171712:112,325,766A/T
rs125986056612:112,326,327A/Cuncertain significance
rs37450149912:112,326,339C/Guncertain significance
rs132844443412:112,326,738G/Auncertain significance
rs75197975612:112,326,768C/Tpathogenic
rs254253319512:112,327,930C/Tpathogenic
rs1106606512:112,329,287C/Gintron variant
rs19963643612:112,330,773C/Tuncertain significance
rs77369601512:112,330,854G/Auncertain significance
rs1223187312:112,331,915C/Tdownstream gene variant
rs14673087012:112,332,996G/Adownstream gene variant
rs7806906612:112,337,924G/Acoding sequence variant
rs1106607412:112,340,283G/Tdownstream gene variant

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.