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/A—uncertain significance
rs254239074112:112,280,554A/G—uncertain significance
rs37774698712:112,280,568A/G—uncertain significance
rs6066142512:112,288,827C/Tintron variant—
rs76962392512:112,293,572A/G——
rs7919201112:112,296,212C/Tintron variant—
rs20167208212:112,303,988C/T—uncertain significance
rs206960610912:112,304,021A/C—uncertain significance
rs101239966012:112,306,592G/T—pathogenic
rs76125179612:112,308,091G/A—likely benign
rs128272324012:112,308,126C/T—uncertain significance
rs37124320812:112,308,906G/C—uncertain significance
rs3566247712:112,313,208A/Tdownstream gene variant—
rs94728615912:112,318,261C/T—uncertain significance
rs104958974412:112,318,288C/A—uncertain significance
rs75152642012:112,318,309C/T—uncertain significance
rs137232286412:112,318,312C/T—uncertain significance
rs75460916912:112,323,833T/C—uncertain significance
rs1694171712:112,325,766A/T——
rs125986056612:112,326,327A/C—uncertain significance
rs37450149912:112,326,339C/G—uncertain significance
rs132844443412:112,326,738G/A—uncertain significance
rs75197975612:112,326,768C/T—pathogenic
rs254253319512:112,327,930C/T—pathogenic
rs1106606512:112,329,287C/Gintron variant—
rs19963643612:112,330,773C/T—uncertain significance
rs77369601512:112,330,854G/A—uncertain 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.