Schizosaccharomyces japonicus      STE/STE20


※ STE20 family introduction

    STE20 was first identified as a putative MAP4K in mating pathway in yeast and its homologs in human constitute a large family in STE group. STE20 can further be classified into two subclasses, PAK and GCK. Structure analysis shows that the kinase domains in PAKs are located at C-terminal while GCKs kinase domains are located in N-terminal. Three mammalian STE20-like kinases have been reported to be able to phosphorylate MAP3Ks, including HPK1, GLK and PAK2. HPK1 predominantly mediate the activation of the stress-activated SAPK/JNK pathway. PAK2 is activated via binding of the Rac1 or Cdc42 and subsequently involved in direct phosphorylation of MAP3K Raf-1. Besides as a upstream activator of MAPK pathway, STE20 are often used in signaling events, including cell apoptosis, morphogenesis and cytoskeletal rearrangement such as cell motility and cell shape changes (1).

Reference
1. Dan, I., Watanabe, N.M. and Kusumi, A. (2001) The Ste20 group kinases as regulators of MAP kinase cascades. Trends Cell Biol, 11, 220-230. PMID: 11316611


There are 6 genes.  Reviewed (0 or Unreviewed (6

No.StatusiEKPD IDEnsemble Gene IDUniProt AccessionGene Name
1
iEKPD-Scj-0020
SJAG_00845
B6JWR8
SJAG_00845
2
iEKPD-Scj-0045
SJAG_01885
B6JZ61
SJAG_01885
3
iEKPD-Scj-0048
SJAG_02022
B6JZI2
SJAG_02022
4
iEKPD-Scj-0067
SJAG_02878
B6K1F3
SJAG_02878
5
iEKPD-Scj-0074
SJAG_03376
B6K427
SJAG_03376
6
iEKPD-Scj-0102
SJAG_04461
B6K6W1
SJAG_04461