TESK2
Dual specificity testis-specific protein kinase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the TESK2 gene.[3][4]
Function
This gene product is a serine/threonine protein kinase that contains an N-terminal protein kinase domain that is structurally similar to the kinase domains of testis-specific protein kinase-1 and the LIM motif-containing protein kinases (LIMKs). Its overall structure is most related to the former, indicating that it belongs to the TESK subgroup of the LIMK/TESK family of protein kinases. This gene is predominantly expressed in testis and prostate. The developmental expression pattern of the rat gene in testis suggests an important role for this gene in meiotic stages and/or early stages of spermiogenesis.[4]
References
Further reading
- Kimura K, Wakamatsu A, Suzuki Y, Ota T, Nishikawa T, Yamashita R, Yamamoto J, Sekine M, Tsuritani K, Wakaguri H, Ishii S, Sugiyama T, Saito K, Isono Y, Irie R, Kushida N, Yoneyama T, Otsuka R, Kanda K, Yokoi T, Kondo H, Wagatsuma M, Murakawa K, Ishida S, Ishibashi T, Takahashi-Fujii A, Tanase T, Nagai K, Kikuchi H, Nakai K, Isogai T, Sugano S (January 2006). "Diversification of transcriptional modulation: large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes". Genome Research. 16 (1): 55–65. doi:10.1101/gr.4039406. PMC 1356129. PMID 16344560.
- Toshima JY, Toshima J, Watanabe T, Mizuno K (November 2001). "Binding of 14-3-3beta regulates the kinase activity and subcellular localization of testicular protein kinase 1". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276 (46): 43471–81. doi:10.1074/jbc.M104620200. PMID 11555644.
- Toshima J, Toshima JY, Takeuchi K, Mori R, Mizuno K (August 2001). "Cofilin phosphorylation and actin reorganization activities of testicular protein kinase 2 and its predominant expression in testicular Sertoli cells". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276 (33): 31449–58. doi:10.1074/jbc.M102988200. PMID 11418599.