PAK4

p21 (RAC1) activated kinase 4

Summary

PAK proteins, a family of serine/threonine p21-activating kinases, include PAK1, PAK2, PAK3 and PAK4. PAK proteins are critical effectors that link Rho GTPases to cytoskeleton reorganization and nuclear signaling. They serve as targets for the small GTP binding proteins Cdc42 and Rac and have been implicated in a wide range of biological activities. PAK4 interacts specifically with the GTP-bound form of Cdc42Hs and weakly activates the JNK family of MAP kinases. PAK4 is a mediator of filopodia formation and may play a role in the reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants42 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs8026562319:39,617,966G/Tregulatory region variant—
rs145823774419:39,660,207G/C—uncertain significance
rs75308624219:39,660,230G/T—uncertain significance
rs14649850919:39,660,231C/T—uncertain significance
rs14658335319:39,660,254G/A—uncertain significance
rs75196251719:39,660,291C/T—uncertain significance
rs140314573119:39,663,580G/A—uncertain significance
rs75137852319:39,663,615G/A—uncertain significance
rs76095860619:39,663,673C/T—uncertain significance
rs251366715619:39,663,679C/A—uncertain significance
rs76308457519:39,663,682G/A—uncertain significance
rs37481370319:39,663,715C/T—uncertain significance
rs144415109019:39,663,727C/A—uncertain significance
rs19962258019:39,663,792G/A—likely benign
rs117244721619:39,663,830G/T—uncertain significance
rs37097950419:39,663,960C/T—uncertain significance
rs53817454819:39,664,006G/A—uncertain significance
rs75116053819:39,664,012C/T—uncertain significance
rs13851635919:39,664,221G/C—uncertain significance
rs251367313019:39,664,235C/T—uncertain significance
rs145693780019:39,664,240A/G—uncertain significance
rs251367327919:39,664,247C/T—uncertain significance
rs76851705019:39,664,261C/G—uncertain significance
rs77172803819:39,664,283C/T—uncertain significance
rs76580055119:39,664,292C/T—uncertain significance
rs91296056619:39,664,370C/A—uncertain significance
rs37595728819:39,664,420C/T—uncertain significance
rs74661495919:39,664,421G/A—uncertain significance
rs77491546019:39,664,445G/A—uncertain significance
rs14729185919:39,664,505G/A—uncertain significance
rs14926728819:39,664,580C/T—uncertain significance
rs251368586519:39,665,667G/C—uncertain significance
rs14651784819:39,665,689T/C—not provided
rs37444309819:39,665,997G/C—uncertain significance
rs207458353319:39,666,019C/G—uncertain significance
rs1155903419:39,667,293C/T—likely benign
rs19392087719:39,668,333G/C—uncertain significance
rs14126707219:39,668,360G/A—uncertain significance
rs75196423219:39,668,403A/G—uncertain significance
rs5608471619:39,669,106C/G—likely benign
rs14921044419:39,669,160G/T—benign
rs76297717819:39,669,173C/T—uncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.