NLK

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Serine/threonine protein kinase NLK is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NLK gene.[1][2][3] Its name is an abbreviation for Nemo-Like Kinase, Nemo (nmo) being the Drosophila ortholog of the mammalian NLK gene.[4] This enzyme is a member of the Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family, although not explicitly designated as such (it does not even have a numbered MAPK code). It is a highly divergent, atypical member of the MAPK group, lacking most features so characteristic of most mitogen-activated protein kinases (e.g. it does not have the dual phosphorylation motifs of typical MAPKs, and is not phosphorylated by any known MAP2 kinases). Its activation mechanism and downstream targets are still not well characterized.[5]


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  1. Brott BK, Pinsky BA, Erikson RL (Mar 1998). "Nlk is a murine protein kinase related to Erk/MAP kinases and localized in the nucleus". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 95 (3): 963–8. doi:10.1073/pnas.95.3.963. PMC 18639. PMID 9448268.
  2. Kehrer-Sawatzki H, Moschgath E, Maier C, Legius E, Elgar G, Krone W (Jul 2000). "Characterization of the Fugu rubripes NLK and FN5 genes flanking the NF1 (Neurofibromatosis type 1) gene in the 5' direction and mapping of the human counterparts". Gene. 251 (1): 63–71. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00188-8. PMID 10863097.
  3. "Entrez Gene: NLK nemo-like kinase".
  4. Ishitani T, Ishitani S (January 2013). "Nemo-like kinase, a multifaceted cell signaling regulator". Cell. Signal. 25 (1): 190–7. doi:10.1016/j.cellsig.2012.09.017. PMID 23000342.
  5. Coulombe P, Meloche S (August 2007). "Atypical mitogen-activated protein kinases: structure, regulation and functions". Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1773 (8): 1376–87. doi:10.1016/j.bbamcr.2006.11.001. PMID 17161475.

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