MAP3K4

Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 4 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MAP3K4 gene.

MAP3K4
Identifiers
Aliases	MAP3K4, MAPKKK4, MEKK 4, MEKK4, MTK1, PRO0412, mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 4
External IDs	OMIM: 602425; MGI: 1346875; HomoloGene: 31346; GeneCards: MAP3K4; OMA:MAP3K4 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 6 (human) Band 6q26 Start 160,991,727 bp End 161,117,385 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 17 (mouse) Band 17 8.42 cM|17 A1 Start 12,446,508 bp End 12,537,683 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in middle temporal gyrus secondary oocyte Brodmann area 23 sural nerve Achilles tendon gingival epithelium oral cavity right hemisphere of cerebellum pancreatic ductal cell right uterine tube Top expressed in fossa Rostral migratory stream condyle epithelium of lens substantia nigra medullary collecting duct facial motor nucleus vestibular membrane of cochlear duct Paneth cell primary oocyte More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function protein serine/threonine kinase activity ATP binding protein kinase activity protein binding MAP kinase kinase kinase activity kinase activity metal ion binding nucleotide binding transferase activity Cellular component perinuclear region of cytoplasm cytoplasm Biological process positive regulation of JUN kinase activity intracellular signal transduction protein phosphorylation placenta development positive regulation of telomerase activity positive regulation of p38MAPK cascade positive regulation of telomere maintenance via telomerase regulation of gene expression positive regulation of telomere capping response to UV-C phosphorylation male germ-line sex determination chorionic trophoblast cell differentiation MAPK cascade regulation of mitotic cell cycle regulation of apoptotic process signal transduction stress-activated protein kinase signaling cascade activation of protein kinase activity Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 4216 26407 Ensembl ENSG00000085511 ENSMUSG00000014426 UniProt Q9Y6R4 O08648 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001291958 NM_001301072 NM_005922 NM_006724 NM_001363582 NM_011948 NM_001357722 RefSeq (protein) NP_001278887 NP_001288001 NP_005913 NP_006715 NP_001350511 NP_036078 NP_001344651 Location (UCSC) Chr 6: 160.99 – 161.12 Mb Chr 17: 12.45 – 12.54 Mb PubMed search
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The central core of each mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is a conserved cascade of 3 protein kinases: an activated MAPK kinase kinase (MAPKKK) phosphorylates and activates a specific MAPK kinase (MAPKK), which then activates a specific MAPK. While the ERK MAPKs are activated by mitogenic stimulation, the CSBP2 (p38α) and JNK MAPKs are activated by environmental stresses such as osmotic shock, UV irradiation, wound stress, and inflammatory factors. This gene encodes a MAPKKK, the MEKK4 protein, also called MTK1. This protein contains a protein kinase catalytic domain at the C terminus. The N-terminal nonkinase domain may contain a regulatory domain. Expression of MEKK4 in mammalian cells activated the CSBP2 (p38α) and JNK MAPK pathways, but not the ERK pathway. In vitro kinase studies indicated that recombinant MEKK4 can specifically phosphorylate and activate PRKMK6 (MKK6) and SERK1 (MKK4), MAPKKs that activate CSBP2 (p38α) and JNK, respectively but cannot phosphorylate PRKMK1 (MKK1), an MAPKK that activates ERKs. MEKK4 is a major mediator of environmental stresses that activate the p38 MAPK pathway, and a minor mediator of the JNK pathway. Two alternatively spliced transcripts encoding distinct isoforms have been described.

Interactions

MAP3K4 has been shown to interact with GADD45G, GADD45B and GADD45A.

Further reading

• Whitmarsh AJ, Davis RJ (2007). "Role of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 4 in cancer". Oncogene. 26 (22): 3172–84. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1210410. PMID 17496914.
• Adams MD, Kerlavage AR, Fleischmann RD, et al. (1995). "Initial assessment of human gene diversity and expression patterns based upon 83 million nucleotides of cDNA sequence" (PDF). Nature. 377 (6547 Suppl): 3–174. PMID 7566098.
• Nagase T, Seki N, Ishikawa K, et al. (1997). "Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. VI. The coding sequences of 80 new genes (KIAA0201-KIAA0280) deduced by analysis of cDNA clones from cell line KG-1 and brain". DNA Res. 3 (5): 321–9, 341–54. doi:10.1093/dnares/3.5.321. PMID 9039502.
• Gerwins P, Blank JL, Johnson GL (1997). "Cloning of a novel mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase, MEKK4, that selectively regulates the c-Jun amino terminal kinase pathway". J. Biol. Chem. 272 (13): 8288–95. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.13.8288. PMID 9079650.
• Fanger GR, Johnson NL, Johnson GL (1997). "MEK kinases are regulated by EGF and selectively interact with Rac/Cdc42". EMBO J. 16 (16): 4961–72. doi:10.1093/emboj/16.16.4961. PMC 1170131. PMID 9305638.
• Posas F, Saito H (1998). "Activation of the yeast SSK2 MAP kinase kinase kinase by the SSK1 two-component response regulator". EMBO J. 17 (5): 1385–94. doi:10.1093/emboj/17.5.1385. PMC 1170486. PMID 9482735.
• Takekawa M, Saito H (1998). "A family of stress-inducible GADD45-like proteins mediate activation of the stress-responsive MTK1/MEKK4 MAPKKK". Cell. 95 (4): 521–30. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81619-0. PMID 9827804.
• Chan-Hui PY, Weaver R (1999). "Human mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase mediates the stress-induced activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase cascades". Biochem. J. 336 (Pt 3): 599–609. doi:10.1042/bj3360599. PMC 1219910. PMID 9841871.
• Kovalsky O, Lung FD, Roller PP, Fornace AJ (2001). "Oligomerization of human Gadd45a protein". J. Biol. Chem. 276 (42): 39330–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.M105115200. PMID 11498536.
• Mita H, Tsutsui J, Takekawa M, et al. (2002). "Regulation of MTK1/MEKK4 Kinase Activity by Its N-Terminal Autoinhibitory Domain and GADD45 Binding". Mol. Cell. Biol. 22 (13): 4544–55. doi:10.1128/MCB.22.13.4544-4555.2002. PMC 133894. PMID 12052864.
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. Bibcode:2002PNAS...9916899M. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
• Luo W, Ng WW, Jin LH, et al. (2003). "Axin utilizes distinct regions for competitive MEKK1 and MEKK4 binding and JNK activation". J. Biol. Chem. 278 (39): 37451–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.M305277200. PMID 12878610.
• 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. PMID 14702039.
• Wong CK, Luo W, Deng Y, et al. (2004). "The DIX domain protein coiled-coil-DIX1 inhibits c-Jun N-terminal kinase activation by Axin and dishevelled through distinct mechanisms". J. Biol. Chem. 279 (38): 39366–73. doi:10.1074/jbc.M404598200. PMID 15262978.
• Halfter UM, Derbyshire ZE, Vaillancourt RR (2005). "Interferon-γ-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation of MEKK4 via Pyk2 is regulated by annexin II and SHP2 in keratinocytes". Biochem. J. 388 (Pt 1): 17–28. doi:10.1042/BJ20041236. PMC 1186689. PMID 15601262.
• Takekawa M, Tatebayashi K, Saito H (2005). "Conserved docking site is essential for activation of mammalian MAP kinase kinases by specific MAP kinase kinase kinases". Mol. Cell. 18 (3): 295–306. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2005.04.001. PMID 15866172.
• Derbyshire ZE, Halfter UM, Heimark RL, et al. (2005). "Angiotensin II stimulated transcription of cyclooxygenase II is regulated by a novel kinase cascade involving Pyk2, MEKK4 and annexin II". Mol. Cell. Biochem. 271 (1–2): 77–90. doi:10.1007/s11010-005-5386-9. PMID 15881658. S2CID 12481185.
• Abell AN, Johnson GL (2006). "MEKK4 is an effector of the embryonic TRAF4 for JNK activation". J. Biol. Chem. 280 (43): 35793–6. doi:10.1074/jbc.C500260200. PMID 16157600.
• Aissouni Y, Zapart G, Iovanna JL, et al. (2006). "CIN85 regulates the ability of MEKK4 to activate the p38 MAP kinase pathway". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 338 (2): 808–14. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.10.032. PMID 16256071.