Theobroma cacao      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 15 genes.  Reviewed (0 or Unreviewed (15

No.StatusiEKPD IDEnsemble Gene IDUniProt AccessionGene Name
1
iEKPD-Thc-0232
TCM_011508
A0A061EAQ5
TCM_011508
2
iEKPD-Thc-0240
TCM_011866
A0A061ECL0
TCM_011866
3
iEKPD-Thc-0319
TCM_015658
A0A061G230
TCM_015658
4
iEKPD-Thc-0348
TCM_016893
A0A061EJD6
TCM_016893
5
iEKPD-Thc-0445
TCM_020816
A0A061EUK0
TCM_020816
6
iEKPD-Thc-0612
TCM_029285
A0A061GDE9
TCM_029285
7
iEKPD-Thc-0749
TCM_031601
A0A061F861
TCM_031601
8
iEKPD-Thc-0768
TCM_031883
A0A061F9G0
TCM_031883
9
iEKPD-Thc-0769
TCM_031888
A0A061FFT7
TCM_031888
10
iEKPD-Thc-0770
TCM_031902
A0A061FFV1
TCM_031902
11
iEKPD-Thc-0771
TCM_031907
A0A061F8I2
TCM_031907
12
iEKPD-Thc-0772
TCM_031912
A0A061FFV6
TCM_031912
13
iEKPD-Thc-0773
TCM_031938
A0A061F907
TCM_031938
14
iEKPD-Thc-0774
TCM_031943
A0A061F8J9
TCM_031943
15
iEKPD-Thc-1108
TCM_046769
A0A061EN71
TCM_046769