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Sterile alpha motif and leucine zipper containing kinase AZK, also known as ZAK, is a human gene.[1]
This gene is a member of the MAPKKK family of signal transduction molecules and encodes a protein with an N-terminal kinase catalytic domain, followed by a leucine zipper motif and a sterile-alpha motif (SAM). This magnesium-binding protein forms homodimers and is located in the cytoplasm. The protein mediates gamma radiation signaling leading to cell cycle arrest and activity of this protein plays a role in cell cycle checkpoint regulation in cells. The protein also has pro-apoptotic activity. Alternate transcriptional splice variants, encoding different isoforms, have been characterized.[1]
↑Yang, Jaw-Ji (Jan 2003). "A novel zinc finger protein, ZZaPK, interacts with ZAK and stimulates the ZAK-expressing cells re-entering the cell cycle". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. United States. 301 (1): 71–7. doi:10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02980-7. ISSN0006-291X. PMID12535642.
Further reading
Liu TC, Huang CJ, Chu YC, et al. (2000). "Cloning and expression of ZAK, a mixed lineage kinase-like protein containing a leucine-zipper and a sterile-alpha motif". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 274 (3): 811–6. doi:10.1006/bbrc.2000.3236. PMID10924358.
Gotoh I, Adachi M, Nishida E (2001). "Identification and characterization of a novel MAP kinase kinase kinase, MLTK". J. Biol. Chem. 276 (6): 4276–86. doi:10.1074/jbc.M008595200. PMID11042189.
Bloem LJ, Pickard TR, Acton S, et al. (2002). "Tissue distribution and functional expression of a cDNA encoding a novel mixed lineage kinase". J. Mol. Cell. Cardiol. 33 (9): 1739–50. doi:10.1006/jmcc.2001.1437. PMID11549352.
Gross EA, Callow MG, Waldbaum L, et al. (2002). "MRK, a mixed lineage kinase-related molecule that plays a role in gamma-radiation-induced cell cycle arrest". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (16): 13873–82. doi:10.1074/jbc.M111994200. PMID11836244.
Yang JJ (2002). "Mixed lineage kinase ZAK utilizing MKK7 and not MKK4 to activate the c-Jun N-terminal kinase and playing a role in the cell arrest". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 297 (1): 105–10. doi:10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02123-X. PMID12220515.
Yang JJ (2003). "A novel zinc finger protein, ZZaPK, interacts with ZAK and stimulates the ZAK-expressing cells re-entering the cell cycle". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 301 (1): 71–7. doi:10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02980-7. PMID12535642.
Takahashi M, Gotoh Y, Isagawa T, et al. (2004). "Regulation of a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase, MLTK by PKN". J. Biochem. 133 (2): 181–7. doi:10.1093/jb/mvg022. PMID12761180.
Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs". Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40–5. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID14702039.
Cho YY, Bode AM, Mizuno H, et al. (2004). "A novel role for mixed-lineage kinase-like mitogen-activated protein triple kinase alpha in neoplastic cell transformation and tumor development". Cancer Res. 64 (11): 3855–64. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-04-0201. PMID15172994.
Jin J, Smith FD, Stark C, et al. (2004). "Proteomic, functional, and domain-based analysis of in vivo 14-3-3 binding proteins involved in cytoskeletal regulation and cellular organization". Curr. Biol. 14 (16): 1436–50. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2004.07.051. PMID15324660.
Tosti E, Waldbaum L, Warshaw G, et al. (2005). "The stress kinase MRK contributes to regulation of DNA damage checkpoints through a p38gamma-independent pathway". J. Biol. Chem. 279 (46): 47652–60. doi:10.1074/jbc.M409961200. PMID15342622.
Huang CY, Kuo WW, Chueh PJ, et al. (2004). "Transforming growth factor-beta induces the expression of ANF and hypertrophic growth in cultured cardiomyoblast cells through ZAK". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 324 (1): 424–31. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.09.067. PMID15465036.
Choi HS, Choi BY, Cho YY, et al. (2005). "Phosphorylation of Ser28 in histone H3 mediated by mixed lineage kinase-like mitogen-activated protein triple kinase alpha". J. Biol. Chem. 280 (14): 13545–53. doi:10.1074/jbc.M410521200. PMID15684425.
Wang X, Mader MM, Toth JE, et al. (2005). "Complete inhibition of anisomycin and UV radiation but not cytokine induced JNK and p38 activation by an aryl-substituted dihydropyrrolopyrazole quinoline and mixed lineage kinase 7 small interfering RNA". J. Biol. Chem. 280 (19): 19298–305. doi:10.1074/jbc.M413059200. PMID15737997.
Benzinger A, Muster N, Koch HB, et al. (2005). "Targeted proteomic analysis of 14-3-3 sigma, a p53 effector commonly silenced in cancer". Mol. Cell. Proteomics. 4 (6): 785–95. doi:10.1074/mcp.M500021-MCP200. PMID15778465.