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The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the MAP kinase family. MAP kinases act as an integration point for multiple biochemical signals, and are involved in a wide variety of cellular processes such as proliferation, differentiation, transcription regulation and development. This kinase is activated by various cell stimuli, and targets specific transcription factors, and thus mediates immediate-early gene expression in response to cell stimuli. The activation of this kinase by tumor-necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) is found to be required for TNF-alpha induced apoptosis. This kinase is also involved in UV radiation induced apoptosis, which is thought to be related to cytochrom c-mediated cell death pathway. Studies of the mouse counterpart of this gene suggested that this kinase play a key role in T cell proliferation, apoptosis and differentiation. Five alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been reported. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2013]
P45983 [Direct mapping] Mitogen-activated protein kinase 8
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Enzymes ENZYME proteins Transferases Kinases CMGC Ser/Thr protein kinases MEMSAT3 predicted membrane proteins MEMSAT-SVM predicted membrane proteins SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins RAS pathway related proteins Cancer-related genes Candidate cancer biomarkers Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
P45983 [Direct mapping] Mitogen-activated protein kinase 8
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Enzymes ENZYME proteins Transferases Kinases CMGC Ser/Thr protein kinases MEMSAT3 predicted membrane proteins MEMSAT-SVM predicted membrane proteins SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins RAS pathway related proteins Cancer-related genes Candidate cancer biomarkers Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
P45983 [Direct mapping] Mitogen-activated protein kinase 8
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Enzymes ENZYME proteins Transferases Kinases CMGC Ser/Thr protein kinases MEMSAT-SVM predicted membrane proteins SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins RAS pathway related proteins Cancer-related genes Candidate cancer biomarkers Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
P45983 [Direct mapping] Mitogen-activated protein kinase 8
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Enzymes ENZYME proteins Transferases Kinases CMGC Ser/Thr protein kinases Predicted intracellular proteins RAS pathway related proteins Cancer-related genes Candidate cancer biomarkers Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)