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General description of the gene and the encoded protein(s) using information from HGNC and Ensembl, as well as predictions made by the Human Protein Atlas project.
Gene namei
Official gene symbol, which is typically a short form of the gene name, according to HGNC.
Assigned HPA protein class(es) for the encoded protein(s).
Cancer-related genes Enzymes FDA approved drug targets RAS pathway related proteins
Predicted locationi
All transcripts of all genes have been analyzed regarding the location(s) of corresponding protein based on prediction methods for signal peptides and transmembrane regions.
Genes with at least one transcript predicted to encode a secreted protein, according to prediction methods or to UniProt location data, have been further annotated and classified with the aim to determine if the corresponding protein(s) are secreted or actually retained in intracellular locations or membrane-attached.
Remaining genes, with no transcript predicted to encode a secreted protein, will be assigned the prediction-based location(s).
The annotated location overrules the predicted location, so that a gene encoding a predicted secreted protein that has been annotated as intracellular will have intracellular as the final location.
Gene information from Ensembl and Entrez, as well as links to available gene identifiers are displayed here. Information was retrieved from Ensembl if not indicated otherwise.
Chromosome
16
Cytoband
p11.2
Chromosome location (bp)
30114105 - 30123506
Number of transcriptsi
Number of protein-coding transcripts from the gene as defined by Ensembl.
Useful information about the protein provided by UniProt.
Serine/threonine kinase which acts as an essential component of the MAP kinase signal transduction pathway 1. MAPK1/ERK2 and MAPK3/ERK1 are the 2 MAPKs which play an important role in the MAPK/ERK cascade. They participate also in a signaling cascade initiated by activated KIT and KITLG/SCF. Depending on the cellular context, the MAPK/ERK cascade mediates diverse biological functions such as cell growth, adhesion, survival and differentiation through the regulation of transcription, translation, cytoskeletal rearrangements. The MAPK/ERK cascade also plays a role in initiation and regulation of meiosis, mitosis, and postmitotic functions in differentiated cells by phosphorylating a number of transcription factors. About 160 substrates have already been discovered for ERKs. Many of these substrates are localized in the nucleus, and seem to participate in the regulation of transcription upon stimulation. However, other substrates are found in the cytosol as well as in other cellular organelles, and those are responsible for processes such as translation, mitosis and apoptosis. Moreover, the MAPK/ERK cascade is also involved in the regulation of the endosomal dynamics, including lysosome processing and endosome cycling through the perinuclear recycling compartment (PNRC); as well as in the fragmentation of the Golgi apparatus during mitosis. The substrates include transcription factors (such as ATF2, BCL6, ELK1, ERF, FOS, HSF4 or SPZ1), cytoskeletal elements (such as CANX, CTTN, GJA1, MAP2, MAPT, PXN, SORBS3 or STMN1), regulators of apoptosis (such as BAD, BTG2, CASP9, DAPK1, IER3, MCL1 or PPARG), regulators of translation (such as EIF4EBP1) and a variety of other signaling-related molecules (like ARHGEF2, DEPTOR, FRS2 or GRB10) 2. Protein kinases (such as RAF1, RPS6KA1/RSK1, RPS6KA3/RSK2, RPS6KA2/RSK3, RPS6KA6/RSK4, SYK, MKNK1/MNK1, MKNK2/MNK2, RPS6KA5/MSK1, RPS6KA4/MSK2, MAPKAPK3 or MAPKAPK5) and phosphatases (such as DUSP1, DUSP4, DUSP6 or DUSP16) are other substrates which enable the propagation the MAPK/ERK signal to additional cytosolic and nuclear targets, thereby extending the specificity of the cascade....show less
Molecular function (UniProt)i
Keywords assigned by UniProt to proteins due to their particular molecular function.
Keywords assigned by UniProt to proteins because they are involved in a particular biological process.
Apoptosis, Cell cycle, Host-virus interaction
Ligand (UniProt)i
Keywords assigned by UniProt to proteins because they bind, are associated with, or whose activity is dependent of some molecule.
ATP-binding, Nucleotide-binding
Gene summary (Entrez)i
Useful information about the gene from Entrez
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the MAP kinase family. MAP kinases, also known as extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs), act in a signaling cascade that regulates various cellular processes such as proliferation, differentiation, and cell cycle progression in response to a variety of extracellular signals. This kinase is activated by upstream kinases, resulting in its translocation to the nucleus where it phosphorylates nuclear targets. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different protein isoforms have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]...show less
PROTEIN INFORMATIONi
The protein information section displays alternative protein-coding transcripts (splice variants) encoded by this gene according to the Ensembl database.
The Splice variant identifier links to the Ensembl website protein summary for the selected splice variant. The data in the Swissprot and TrEMBL columns links to corresponding pages in the UniProt database.
The protein classes assigned to this protein are shown if expanding the data in the protein class column. Parent protein classes are in bold font and subclasses are listed under the parent class.
The length of the protein (amino acid residues according to Ensembl), molecular mass (kDalton), predicted signal peptide and number of predicted transmembrane region(s) according to in-house majority decision methods based on sets of predictors are also reported.
P27361 [Direct mapping] Mitogen-activated protein kinase 3
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L7RXH5 [Target identity:100%; Query identity:100%] Mitogen-activated protein kinase
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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 Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC RAS pathway related proteins Cancer-related genes Candidate cancer biomarkers FDA approved drug targets Small molecule drugs Mapped to neXtProt neXtProt - Evidence at protein level Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0000165[MAPK cascade] GO:0000166[nucleotide binding] GO:0001784[phosphotyrosine residue binding] GO:0001934[positive regulation of protein phosphorylation] GO:0004672[protein kinase activity] GO:0004674[protein serine/threonine kinase activity] GO:0004707[MAP kinase activity] GO:0004708[MAP kinase kinase activity] GO:0005515[protein binding] GO:0005524[ATP binding] GO:0005634[nucleus] GO:0005635[nuclear envelope] GO:0005654[nucleoplasm] GO:0005737[cytoplasm] GO:0005739[mitochondrion] GO:0005769[early endosome] GO:0005770[late endosome] GO:0005788[endoplasmic reticulum lumen] GO:0005794[Golgi apparatus] GO:0005829[cytosol] GO:0005856[cytoskeleton] GO:0005886[plasma membrane] GO:0005901[caveola] GO:0005925[focal adhesion] GO:0006351[DNA-templated transcription] GO:0006468[protein phosphorylation] GO:0006915[apoptotic process] GO:0006974[cellular response to DNA damage stimulus] GO:0007049[cell cycle] GO:0007166[cell surface receptor signaling pathway] GO:0008286[insulin receptor signaling pathway] GO:0009887[animal organ morphogenesis] GO:0010628[positive regulation of gene expression] GO:0010759[positive regulation of macrophage chemotaxis] GO:0014032[neural crest cell development] GO:0016020[membrane] GO:0016301[kinase activity] GO:0016310[phosphorylation] GO:0016740[transferase activity] GO:0019233[sensory perception of pain] GO:0019902[phosphatase binding] GO:0030278[regulation of ossification] GO:0030509[BMP signaling pathway] GO:0030641[regulation of cellular pH] GO:0030878[thyroid gland development] GO:0031143[pseudopodium] GO:0031281[positive regulation of cyclase activity] GO:0031663[lipopolysaccharide-mediated signaling pathway] GO:0032212[positive regulation of telomere maintenance via telomerase] GO:0032496[response to lipopolysaccharide] GO:0032872[regulation of stress-activated MAPK cascade] GO:0034198[cellular response to amino acid starvation] GO:0034614[cellular response to reactive oxygen species] GO:0035556[intracellular signal transduction] GO:0038083[peptidyl-tyrosine autophosphorylation] GO:0042221[response to chemical] GO:0042473[outer ear morphogenesis] GO:0042770[signal transduction in response to DNA damage] GO:0042802[identical protein binding] GO:0043330[response to exogenous dsRNA] GO:0045944[positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II] GO:0048009[insulin-like growth factor receptor signaling pathway] GO:0048538[thymus development] GO:0050804[modulation of chemical synaptic transmission] GO:0051090[regulation of DNA-binding transcription factor activity] GO:0051216[cartilage development] GO:0051403[stress-activated MAPK cascade] GO:0051493[regulation of cytoskeleton organization] GO:0051973[positive regulation of telomerase activity] GO:0060020[Bergmann glial cell differentiation] GO:0060324[face development] GO:0060425[lung morphogenesis] GO:0060440[trachea formation] GO:0061308[cardiac neural crest cell development involved in heart development] GO:0070161[anchoring junction] GO:0070371[ERK1 and ERK2 cascade] GO:0070374[positive regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade] GO:0070498[interleukin-1-mediated signaling pathway] GO:0070849[response to epidermal growth factor] GO:0071260[cellular response to mechanical stimulus] GO:0071276[cellular response to cadmium ion] GO:0071356[cellular response to tumor necrosis factor] GO:0072584[caveolin-mediated endocytosis] GO:0090170[regulation of Golgi inheritance] GO:0098792[xenophagy] GO:0098978[glutamatergic synapse] GO:0106310[protein serine kinase activity] GO:0120041[positive regulation of macrophage proliferation] GO:0140297[DNA-binding transcription factor binding] GO:1903351[cellular response to dopamine] GO:1904355[positive regulation of telomere capping] GO:1904417[positive regulation of xenophagy] GO:2000641[regulation of early endosome to late endosome transport] GO:2000657[negative regulation of apolipoprotein binding]
P27361 [Direct mapping] Mitogen-activated protein kinase 3
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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 Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC RAS pathway related proteins Cancer-related genes Candidate cancer biomarkers FDA approved drug targets Small molecule drugs Mapped to neXtProt neXtProt - Evidence at protein level Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0000165[MAPK cascade] GO:0000166[nucleotide binding] GO:0001934[positive regulation of protein phosphorylation] GO:0004672[protein kinase activity] GO:0004674[protein serine/threonine kinase activity] GO:0004707[MAP kinase activity] GO:0005515[protein binding] GO:0005524[ATP binding] GO:0005634[nucleus] GO:0005635[nuclear envelope] GO:0005654[nucleoplasm] GO:0005737[cytoplasm] GO:0005739[mitochondrion] GO:0005769[early endosome] GO:0005770[late endosome] GO:0005788[endoplasmic reticulum lumen] GO:0005794[Golgi apparatus] GO:0005829[cytosol] GO:0005856[cytoskeleton] GO:0005886[plasma membrane] GO:0005901[caveola] GO:0005925[focal adhesion] GO:0006468[protein phosphorylation] GO:0006915[apoptotic process] GO:0007049[cell cycle] GO:0007166[cell surface receptor signaling pathway] GO:0010628[positive regulation of gene expression] GO:0010759[positive regulation of macrophage chemotaxis] GO:0016020[membrane] GO:0016301[kinase activity] GO:0016310[phosphorylation] GO:0016740[transferase activity] GO:0019902[phosphatase binding] GO:0030509[BMP signaling pathway] GO:0031281[positive regulation of cyclase activity] GO:0032212[positive regulation of telomere maintenance via telomerase] GO:0032872[regulation of stress-activated MAPK cascade] GO:0034198[cellular response to amino acid starvation] GO:0034614[cellular response to reactive oxygen species] GO:0035556[intracellular signal transduction] GO:0038083[peptidyl-tyrosine autophosphorylation] GO:0042221[response to chemical] GO:0042770[signal transduction in response to DNA damage] GO:0042802[identical protein binding] GO:0045944[positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II] GO:0051403[stress-activated MAPK cascade] GO:0051493[regulation of cytoskeleton organization] GO:0051973[positive regulation of telomerase activity] GO:0070161[anchoring junction] GO:0070374[positive regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade] GO:0070498[interleukin-1-mediated signaling pathway] GO:0070849[response to epidermal growth factor] GO:0071260[cellular response to mechanical stimulus] GO:0071276[cellular response to cadmium ion] GO:0072584[caveolin-mediated endocytosis] GO:0090170[regulation of Golgi inheritance] GO:0106310[protein serine kinase activity] GO:0120041[positive regulation of macrophage proliferation] GO:0140297[DNA-binding transcription factor binding] GO:1903351[cellular response to dopamine] GO:1904355[positive regulation of telomere capping] GO:2000641[regulation of early endosome to late endosome transport]
P27361 [Direct mapping] Mitogen-activated protein kinase 3
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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 Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC RAS pathway related proteins Cancer-related genes Candidate cancer biomarkers FDA approved drug targets Small molecule drugs Mapped to neXtProt neXtProt - Evidence at protein level Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0000165[MAPK cascade] GO:0000166[nucleotide binding] GO:0001934[positive regulation of protein phosphorylation] GO:0004672[protein kinase activity] GO:0004674[protein serine/threonine kinase activity] GO:0004707[MAP kinase activity] GO:0005515[protein binding] GO:0005524[ATP binding] GO:0005634[nucleus] GO:0005635[nuclear envelope] GO:0005654[nucleoplasm] GO:0005737[cytoplasm] GO:0005739[mitochondrion] GO:0005769[early endosome] GO:0005770[late endosome] GO:0005788[endoplasmic reticulum lumen] GO:0005794[Golgi apparatus] GO:0005829[cytosol] GO:0005856[cytoskeleton] GO:0005886[plasma membrane] GO:0005901[caveola] GO:0005925[focal adhesion] GO:0006468[protein phosphorylation] GO:0006915[apoptotic process] GO:0007049[cell cycle] GO:0007166[cell surface receptor signaling pathway] GO:0010628[positive regulation of gene expression] GO:0010759[positive regulation of macrophage chemotaxis] GO:0016020[membrane] GO:0016301[kinase activity] GO:0016310[phosphorylation] GO:0016740[transferase activity] GO:0019902[phosphatase binding] GO:0030509[BMP signaling pathway] GO:0031281[positive regulation of cyclase activity] GO:0032212[positive regulation of telomere maintenance via telomerase] GO:0032872[regulation of stress-activated MAPK cascade] GO:0034198[cellular response to amino acid starvation] GO:0034614[cellular response to reactive oxygen species] GO:0035556[intracellular signal transduction] GO:0038083[peptidyl-tyrosine autophosphorylation] GO:0042221[response to chemical] GO:0042770[signal transduction in response to DNA damage] GO:0042802[identical protein binding] GO:0045944[positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II] GO:0051403[stress-activated MAPK cascade] GO:0051493[regulation of cytoskeleton organization] GO:0051973[positive regulation of telomerase activity] GO:0070161[anchoring junction] GO:0070374[positive regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade] GO:0070498[interleukin-1-mediated signaling pathway] GO:0070849[response to epidermal growth factor] GO:0071260[cellular response to mechanical stimulus] GO:0071276[cellular response to cadmium ion] GO:0072584[caveolin-mediated endocytosis] GO:0090170[regulation of Golgi inheritance] GO:0106310[protein serine kinase activity] GO:0120041[positive regulation of macrophage proliferation] GO:0140297[DNA-binding transcription factor binding] GO:1903351[cellular response to dopamine] GO:1904355[positive regulation of telomere capping] GO:2000641[regulation of early endosome to late endosome transport]
P27361 [Direct mapping] Mitogen-activated protein kinase 3
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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 Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC RAS pathway related proteins Cancer-related genes Candidate cancer biomarkers FDA approved drug targets Small molecule drugs Mapped to neXtProt neXtProt - Evidence at protein level Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0000165[MAPK cascade] GO:0000166[nucleotide binding] GO:0001934[positive regulation of protein phosphorylation] GO:0004672[protein kinase activity] GO:0004674[protein serine/threonine kinase activity] GO:0004707[MAP kinase activity] GO:0005515[protein binding] GO:0005524[ATP binding] GO:0005634[nucleus] GO:0005635[nuclear envelope] GO:0005654[nucleoplasm] GO:0005737[cytoplasm] GO:0005739[mitochondrion] GO:0005769[early endosome] GO:0005770[late endosome] GO:0005788[endoplasmic reticulum lumen] GO:0005794[Golgi apparatus] GO:0005829[cytosol] GO:0005856[cytoskeleton] GO:0005886[plasma membrane] GO:0005901[caveola] GO:0005925[focal adhesion] GO:0006468[protein phosphorylation] GO:0006915[apoptotic process] GO:0007049[cell cycle] GO:0007166[cell surface receptor signaling pathway] GO:0010628[positive regulation of gene expression] GO:0010759[positive regulation of macrophage chemotaxis] GO:0016020[membrane] GO:0016301[kinase activity] GO:0016310[phosphorylation] GO:0016740[transferase activity] GO:0019902[phosphatase binding] GO:0030509[BMP signaling pathway] GO:0031281[positive regulation of cyclase activity] GO:0032212[positive regulation of telomere maintenance via telomerase] GO:0032872[regulation of stress-activated MAPK cascade] GO:0034198[cellular response to amino acid starvation] GO:0034614[cellular response to reactive oxygen species] GO:0035556[intracellular signal transduction] GO:0038083[peptidyl-tyrosine autophosphorylation] GO:0042221[response to chemical] GO:0042770[signal transduction in response to DNA damage] GO:0042802[identical protein binding] GO:0045944[positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II] GO:0051403[stress-activated MAPK cascade] GO:0051493[regulation of cytoskeleton organization] GO:0051973[positive regulation of telomerase activity] GO:0070161[anchoring junction] GO:0070374[positive regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade] GO:0070498[interleukin-1-mediated signaling pathway] GO:0070849[response to epidermal growth factor] GO:0071260[cellular response to mechanical stimulus] GO:0071276[cellular response to cadmium ion] GO:0072584[caveolin-mediated endocytosis] GO:0090170[regulation of Golgi inheritance] GO:0106310[protein serine kinase activity] GO:0120041[positive regulation of macrophage proliferation] GO:0140297[DNA-binding transcription factor binding] GO:1903351[cellular response to dopamine] GO:1904355[positive regulation of telomere capping] GO:2000641[regulation of early endosome to late endosome transport]
B3KR49 [Direct mapping] Mitogen-activated protein kinase 3; Mitogen-activated protein kinase 3, isoform CRA_b; cDNA FLJ33690 fis, clone BRAWH2002967, highly similar to Mitogen-activated protein kinase 3
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MEMSAT-SVM predicted membrane proteins SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC RAS pathway related proteins Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)