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/Cuncertain significance
rs75308624219:39,660,230G/Tuncertain significance
rs14649850919:39,660,231C/Tuncertain significance
rs14658335319:39,660,254G/Auncertain significance
rs75196251719:39,660,291C/Tuncertain significance
rs140314573119:39,663,580G/Auncertain significance
rs75137852319:39,663,615G/Auncertain significance
rs76095860619:39,663,673C/Tuncertain significance
rs251366715619:39,663,679C/Auncertain significance
rs76308457519:39,663,682G/Auncertain significance
rs37481370319:39,663,715C/Tuncertain significance
rs144415109019:39,663,727C/Auncertain significance
rs19962258019:39,663,792G/Alikely benign
rs117244721619:39,663,830G/Tuncertain significance
rs37097950419:39,663,960C/Tuncertain significance
rs53817454819:39,664,006G/Auncertain significance
rs75116053819:39,664,012C/Tuncertain significance
rs13851635919:39,664,221G/Cuncertain significance
rs251367313019:39,664,235C/Tuncertain significance
rs145693780019:39,664,240A/Guncertain significance
rs251367327919:39,664,247C/Tuncertain significance
rs76851705019:39,664,261C/Guncertain significance
rs77172803819:39,664,283C/Tuncertain significance
rs76580055119:39,664,292C/Tuncertain significance
rs91296056619:39,664,370C/Auncertain significance
rs37595728819:39,664,420C/Tuncertain significance
rs74661495919:39,664,421G/Auncertain significance
rs77491546019:39,664,445G/Auncertain significance
rs14729185919:39,664,505G/Auncertain significance
rs14926728819:39,664,580C/Tuncertain significance
rs251368586519:39,665,667G/Cuncertain significance
rs14651784819:39,665,689T/Cnot provided
rs37444309819:39,665,997G/Cuncertain significance
rs207458353319:39,666,019C/Guncertain significance
rs1155903419:39,667,293C/Tlikely benign
rs19392087719:39,668,333G/Cuncertain significance
rs14126707219:39,668,360G/Auncertain significance
rs75196423219:39,668,403A/Guncertain significance
rs5608471619:39,669,106C/Glikely benign
rs14921044419:39,669,160G/Tbenign
rs76297717819:39,669,173C/Tuncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.