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Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase
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EC number
2.7.12.2
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Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (also known as MAP2K, MEK, MAPKK) is a kinase enzyme which phosphorylates mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK).
MAP2K is classified as EC 2.7.12.2.
There are seven genes:
MAP2K1 (a.k.a. MEK1)
MAP2K2 (a.k.a. MEK2)
MAP2K3 (a.k.a. MKK3)
MAP2K4 (a.k.a. MKK4)
MAP2K5 (a.k.a. MKK5)
MAP2K6 (a.k.a. MKK6)
MAP2K7 (a.k.a. MKK7)
The activators of p38 (MKK3 and MKK6), JNK (MKK4 and MKK7), and ERK (MEK1 and MEK2) define independent MAP kinase signal transduction pathways.[1] The acronym MEK derives from MAPK/ERK Kinase.[2]
Contents
1Role in melanoma
2See also
3References
4External links
Role in melanoma
MEK is a member of the MAPK signaling cascade that is activated in melanoma.[3] When MEK is inhibited, cell proliferation is blocked and apoptosis(controlled cell death) is induced.
See also
Signal transduction
MAP kinase
MAP kinase kinase kinase
MAP kinase kinase kinase kinase
References
^Dérijard B, et al. (1995). "Independent human MAP-kinase signal transduction pathways defined by MEK and MKK isoforms". Science. 267 (5198): 682–5. doi:10.1126/science.7839144. PMID 7839144.
^Dwivedi, Gaurav; Kemp, Melissa L. (February 15, 2012). "Systemic Redox Regulation of Cellular Information Processing". Antioxidants & Redox Signaling. 16: 374–80. doi:10.1089/ars.2011.4034. PMC 3279717. PMID 21939387.
^Falchook, Gerald S.; Lewis, Karl D.; Infante, Jeffrey R.; Gordon, Michael S.; Vogelzang, Nicholas J.; DeMarini, Douglas J.; Fecher, Leslie A.; et al. (2012). "Activity of the oral MEK inhibitor trametinib in patients with advanced melanoma: a phase 1 dose-escalation trial". The Lancet Oncology. 13 (8): 782–789. doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70269-3. PMC 4109286. PMID 22805292.
External links
Mitogen-Activated+Protein+Kinase+Kinases at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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MAP kinase activation
Initiation
Mitogen
MAP kinase kinase kinase (MAP3K or MKKK)
MAP kinase kinase kinases
MAP3K1
MAP3K2
MAP3K3
MAP3K4
MAP3K5
MAP3K6
MAP3K7
MAP3K8
RAFs
RAF1
ARAF
BRAF
KSR1
KSR2)
MLKs
MAP3K12
MAP3K13
MAP3K9
MAP3K10
MAP3K11
MAP3K7
ZAK
CDC7
MAP kinase kinase (MAP2K or MKK)
MAP2K1
MAP2K2
MAP2K3
MAP2K4
MAP2K5
MAP2K6
MAP2K7
MAP kinase
Extracellular signal-regulated kinases
MAPK1
MAPK3
C-Jun N-terminal kinases
MAPK8
MAPK9
MAPK10
P38 mitogen-activated protein kinases
MAPK11
MAPK12
MAPK13
MAPK14
ERK5 kinase
MAPK7
Atypical MAPKs
MAPK4
MAPK6
MAPK15
NLK
Phosphatase
MAPK phosphatase
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Transferases: phosphorus-containing groups (EC 2.7)
Advances in experimental medicine and biology.Adv Exp Med Biol.2016;854:677-83. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-17121-0_90.
Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are key regulators that have been linked to cell survival and death. Among the main classes of MAPKs, c-jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) has been shown to mediate cell stress responses associated with apoptosis. In Vitro, hypoxia induced a significant increase in
Sepsis protects the myocardium and other organs from subsequent ischaemic/reperfusion injury via a MAPK-dependent mechanism.
Walshe CM1, Laffey JG, Kevin L, O'Toole D.
Intensive care medicine experimental.Intensive Care Med Exp.2015 Dec;3(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s40635-014-0035-9. Epub 2015 Jan 31.
BACKGROUND: Sepsis has been shown to precondition the intact heart against ischaemia/reperfusion (IR) injury, and prior endotoxin exposure of cells in in vitro models has shown evidence of protection against subsequent simulated ischaemia. Our aim in this study is to validate these findings and furt
HINKEL kinesin, ANP MAPKKKs and MKK6/ANQ MAPKK, which phosphorylates and activates MPK4 MAPK, constitute a pathway that is required for cytokinesis in Arabidopsis thaliana
Takahashi Yuji,Soyano Takashi,Kosetsu Ken [他],SASABE Michiko,MACHIDA Yasunori
Plant and cell physiology 51(10), 1766-1776, 2010-10-01