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/Cuncertain significance
rs251644863420:9,520,222T/Cuncertain significance
rs251645658220:9,523,286C/Auncertain significance
rs37187819720:9,523,341C/Tuncertain significance
rs251645705020:9,523,364C/Auncertain significance
rs7531682620:9,525,078A/Gbenign
rs613372320:9,546,554G/Abenign
rs75446802520:9,546,677A/Tuncertain significance
rs76872428820:9,546,761C/Auncertain significance
rs77370818720:9,546,850C/Tuncertain significance
rs20161076920:9,546,877A/Guncertain significance
rs76236545720:9,546,883G/Cuncertain significance
rs204567913220:9,546,950G/Auncertain significance
rs78169867720:9,546,965C/Tuncertain significance
rs5848634920:9,547,022C/Tuncertain significance
rs6172921820:9,547,023G/Abenign
rs251658205420:9,560,797G/Tuncertain significance
rs14007949220:9,560,814T/Cuncertain significance
rs76745531420:9,560,898G/Auncertain significance
rs102204003920:9,560,927C/Auncertain significance
rs36926847520:9,560,934C/Auncertain significance
rs20133126120:9,560,961T/Cuncertain significance
rs75673228320:9,561,027T/Auncertain significance
rs139701166420:9,561,066G/Cuncertain significance
rs14124547620:9,561,108C/Guncertain significance
rs5605406820:9,561,134C/Tbenign
rs77005449420:9,561,144C/Tuncertain significance
rs77460128320:9,561,172C/Auncertain significance
rs76228698520:9,561,190C/Tuncertain significance
rs74609566720:9,561,240T/Cuncertain significance
rs11573161320:9,561,266T/Cbenign
rs75274971420:9,561,331G/Tuncertain significance
rs19960733920:9,561,392C/Tlikely benign
rs20113131620:9,561,423G/Cuncertain significance
rs14206597420:9,561,435C/Tuncertain significance
rs75851855920:9,561,571C/Tuncertain significance
rs251678225420:9,624,796G/Tuncertain significance
rs76412269020:9,624,953C/Auncertain 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.