PAK5

p21 (RAC1) activated kinase 5

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the PAK family of Ser/Thr protein kinases. PAK family members are known to be effectors of Rac/Cdc42 GTPases, which have been implicated in the regulation of cytoskeletal dynamics, proliferation, and cell survival signaling. This kinase contains a CDC42/Rac1 interactive binding (CRIB) motif, and has been shown to bind CDC42 in the presence of GTP. This kinase is predominantly expressed in brain. It is capable of promoting neurite outgrowth, and thus may play a role in neurite development. This kinase is associated with microtubule networks and induces microtubule stabilization. The subcellular localization of this kinase is tightly regulated during cell cycle progression. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants42 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs20045898520:9,520,172G/C—uncertain significance
rs251644863420:9,520,222T/C—uncertain significance
rs251645658220:9,523,286C/A—uncertain significance
rs37187819720:9,523,341C/T—uncertain significance
rs251645705020:9,523,364C/A—uncertain significance
rs7531682620:9,525,078A/G—benign
rs613372320:9,546,554G/A—benign
rs75446802520:9,546,677A/T—uncertain significance
rs76872428820:9,546,761C/A—uncertain significance
rs77370818720:9,546,850C/T—uncertain significance
rs20161076920:9,546,877A/G—uncertain significance
rs76236545720:9,546,883G/C—uncertain significance
rs204567913220:9,546,950G/A—uncertain significance
rs78169867720:9,546,965C/T—uncertain significance
rs5848634920:9,547,022C/T—uncertain significance
rs6172921820:9,547,023G/A—benign
rs251658205420:9,560,797G/T—uncertain significance
rs14007949220:9,560,814T/C—uncertain significance
rs76745531420:9,560,898G/A—uncertain significance
rs102204003920:9,560,927C/A—uncertain significance
rs36926847520:9,560,934C/A—uncertain significance
rs20133126120:9,560,961T/C—uncertain significance
rs75673228320:9,561,027T/A—uncertain significance
rs139701166420:9,561,066G/C—uncertain significance
rs14124547620:9,561,108C/G—uncertain significance
rs5605406820:9,561,134C/T—benign
rs77005449420:9,561,144C/T—uncertain significance
rs77460128320:9,561,172C/A—uncertain significance
rs76228698520:9,561,190C/T—uncertain significance
rs74609566720:9,561,240T/C—uncertain significance
rs11573161320:9,561,266T/C—benign
rs75274971420:9,561,331G/T—uncertain significance
rs19960733920:9,561,392C/T—likely benign
rs20113131620:9,561,423G/C—uncertain significance
rs14206597420:9,561,435C/T—uncertain significance
rs75851855920:9,561,571C/T—uncertain significance
rs251678225420:9,624,796G/T—uncertain significance
rs76412269020:9,624,953C/A—uncertain significance
rs11271448120:9,652,330A/C——
rs242346420:9,735,106G/A——
rs605689120:9,778,729G/Aintron variant—
rs11295800720:9,786,536T/Cintron variant—

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.