MAP3K12

Mitogen-activated protein kinase 12 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MAP3K12 gene.

MAP3K12
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 5CEN, 5CEP, 5CEQ, 5CEO
Identifiers
Aliases	MAP3K12, DLK, MEKK12, MUK, ZPK, ZPKP1, mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 12, HP09298
External IDs	OMIM: 600447; MGI: 1346881; HomoloGene: 4592; GeneCards: MAP3K12; OMA:MAP3K12 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 12 (human) Band 12q13.13 Start 53,479,669 bp End 53,500,063 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 15 (mouse) Band 15|15 F3 Start 102,406,081 bp End 102,425,499 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in right hemisphere of cerebellum gastric mucosa right uterine tube right ovary right frontal lobe anterior pituitary canal of the cervix cerebellar vermis body of uterus left ovary Top expressed in ascending aorta aortic valve supraoptic nucleus otic placode submandibular gland internal carotid artery lobe of cerebellum tunica media of zone of aorta external carotid artery intercostal muscle More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function transferase activity protein kinase activity nucleotide binding protein homodimerization activity kinase activity protein binding MAP kinase kinase kinase activity ATP binding protein kinase binding protein serine/threonine kinase activity signal transducer activity JUN kinase kinase kinase activity Cellular component cytoplasm cytosol membrane growth cone plasma membrane axon Biological process intracellular signal transduction phosphorylation protein phosphorylation JNK cascade peptidyl-serine phosphorylation protein autophosphorylation peptidyl-threonine phosphorylation negative regulation of motor neuron apoptotic process MAPK cascade positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated positive regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 7786 26404 Ensembl ENSG00000139625 ENSMUSG00000023050 UniProt Q12852 Q60700 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001193511 NM_006301 NM_001163643 NM_009582 NM_001358844 RefSeq (protein) NP_001180440 NP_006292 NP_001157115 NP_033608 NP_001345773 Location (UCSC) Chr 12: 53.48 – 53.5 Mb Chr 15: 102.41 – 102.43 Mb PubMed search
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Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of serine/threonine protein kinase family. This kinase contains a leucine-zipper domain, and is predominately expressed in neuronal cells. The phosphorylation state of this kinase in synaptic terminals was shown to be regulated by membrane depolarization via calcineurin. This kinase forms heterodimers with leucine zipper containing transcription factors, such as cAMP responsive element binding protein (CREB) and MYC, and thus may play a regulatory role in PKA or retinoic acid induced neuronal differentiation.

Interactions

MAP3K12 has been shown to interact with MAPK8IP1, MAP2K7 and MAPK8IP2.

Role in development

MAP3K12, otherwise known as DLK, can initiate coordinated signalling cascades that culminate in the phosphorylation of C-Jun N-terminal kinases or JNK. Several experiments have implicated this interaction as having a role in the developing mammalian nervous system. For example, neuronal migration and axon growth are critical components of neuronal development. DLK null mice have defects in neuronal migration, hypoplasia of several different axonal tracts and reduced axon number in various areas of the brain such as the cingulum and internal capsule. In addition, inhibition of DLK or JNK delays radial migration and disrupts the formation of the neocortex in mice. Another important function of the developing mammalian nervous system is neuronal apoptosis. The absence of DLK also protects cultured mice sensory neurons from apoptosis that would normally be triggered by a lack of NGF. This, among other experiments, heavily implicates it as having a role in neuronal apoptosis.

DLK has several different interactions that contribute to mammalian nervous system development. For axon growth, DLK phosphorylates MAP2K4/7 which then phosphorylates JNK, activating it. In neuronal migration DLK phosphorylates MAP2K4/7 which phosphorylates JNK, and also interacts with JIP which then interacts with MAP2K4/7 and JNK. There is a similar interaction for neuronal apoptosis, where DLK phosphorylates JIP3 and MAP2K7, which both phosphorylate JNK. It is evident then that DLK interactions are a versatile and critical part of neuronal development in mammals.

Further reading

• Reddy UR, Nycum L, Slavc I, Biegel JA (1995). "Localization of the human zipper protein kinase gene (ZPK) to chromosome 12q13 by fluorescence in situ hybridization and somatic cell hybrid analysis". Genomics. 25 (2): 597–8. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(95)80069-X. PMID 7790002.
• Holzman LB, Merritt SE, Fan G (1995). "Identification, molecular cloning, and characterization of dual leucine zipper bearing kinase. A novel serine/threonine protein kinase that defines a second subfamily of mixed lineage kinases". J. Biol. Chem. 269 (49): 30808–17. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)47353-X. PMID 7983011.
• Hirai S, Izawa M, Osada S, Spyrou G, Ohno S (1996). "Activation of the JNK pathway by distantly related protein kinases, MEKK and MUK". Oncogene. 12 (3): 641–50. PMID 8637721.
• Mata M, Merritt SE, Fan G, Yu GG, Holzman LB (1996). "Characterization of dual leucine zipper-bearing kinase, a mixed lineage kinase present in synaptic terminals whose phosphorylation state is regulated by membrane depolarization via calcineurin". J. Biol. Chem. 271 (28): 16888–96. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.28.16888. PMID 8663324.
• Sakuma H, Ikeda A, Oka S, Kozutsumi Y, Zanetta JP, Kawasaki T (1997). "Molecular cloning and functional expression of a cDNA encoding a new member of mixed lineage protein kinase from human brain". J. Biol. Chem. 272 (45): 28622–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.45.28622. PMID 9353328.
• Merritt SE, Mata M, Nihalani D, Zhu C, Hu X, Holzman LB (1999). "The mixed lineage kinase DLK utilizes MKK7 and not MKK4 as substrate". J. Biol. Chem. 274 (15): 10195–202. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.15.10195. PMID 10187804.
• Reddy UR, Basu A, Bannerman P, Ikegaki N, Reddy CD, Pleasure D (1999). "ZPK inhibits PKA induced transcriptional activation by CREB and blocks retinoic acid induced neuronal differentiation". Oncogene. 18 (31): 4474–84. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1202813. PMID 10442638.
• Douziech M, Laberge G, Grondin G, Daigle N, Blouin R (1999). "Localization of the mixed-lineage kinase DLK/MUK/ZPK to the Golgi apparatus in NIH 3T3 cells". J. Histochem. Cytochem. 47 (10): 1287–96. doi:10.1177/002215549904701008. PMID 10490457.
• Fukuyama K, Yoshida M, Yamashita A, Deyama T, Baba M, Suzuki A, Mohri H, Ikezawa Z, Nakajima H, Hirai S, Ohno S (2000). "MAPK upstream kinase (MUK)-binding inhibitory protein, a negative regulator of MUK/dual leucine zipper-bearing kinase/leucine zipper protein kinase". J. Biol. Chem. 275 (28): 21247–54. doi:10.1074/jbc.M001488200. PMID 10801814.
• Hébert SS, Daviau A, Grondin G, Latreille M, Aubin RA, Blouin R (2000). "The mixed lineage kinase DLK is oligomerized by tissue transglutaminase during apoptosis". J. Biol. Chem. 275 (42): 32482–90. doi:10.1074/jbc.M006528200. PMID 10922377.
• Figueroa C, Tarras S, Taylor J, Vojtek AB (2004). "Akt2 negatively regulates assembly of the POSH-MLK-JNK signaling complex". J. Biol. Chem. 278 (48): 47922–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.M307357200. PMID 14504284.
• Itoh A, Wang Z, Ito Y, Reddy UR, Itoh T (2004). "SP3 acts as a positive regulator on the core promoter of human ZPK gene". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 313 (3): 612–8. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.11.152. PMID 14697235.
• Graves PR, Winkfield KM, Haystead TA (2005). "Regulation of zipper-interacting protein kinase activity in vitro and in vivo by multisite phosphorylation". J. Biol. Chem. 280 (10): 9363–74. doi:10.1074/jbc.M412538200. PMID 15611134.
• Robitaille H, Proulx R, Robitaille K, Blouin R, Germain L (2005). "The mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase dual leucine zipper-bearing kinase (DLK) acts as a key regulator of keratinocyte terminal differentiation". J. Biol. Chem. 280 (13): 12732–41. doi:10.1074/jbc.M411619200. hdl:20.500.11794/16685. PMID 15695824.
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