NEK3

NIMA-related kinase 3
Identifiers
Symbols NEK3 ; HSPK36
External IDs OMIM: 604044 MGI: 1344371 HomoloGene: 1869 IUPHAR: 2118 ChEMBL: 5679 GeneCards: NEK3 Gene
EC number 2.7.11.1
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 4752 23954
Ensembl ENSG00000136098 ENSMUSG00000031478
UniProt P51956 Q9R0A5
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001146099 NM_001162947
RefSeq (protein) NP_001139571 NP_001156419
Location (UCSC) Chr 13:
52.13 – 52.16 Mb
Chr 8:
22.13 – 22.17 Mb
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Serine/threonine-protein kinase Nek3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NEK3 gene.[1][2][3]

In Aspergillus nidulans, lack of the serine/threonine kinase NimA (never in mitosis A) results in cell cycle arrest in G2, while overexpression causes the premature onset of mitotic events. The protein encoded by this gene is similar in sequence to the Aspergillus nidulans protein and may therefore play a role in mitotic regulation. However, the encoded protein differs from other NimA family members in that it is not cell cycle regulated and is found primarily in the cytoplasm. Three transcript variants have been found for this gene, but the full-length nature of only two of them has been characterized.[3]

References

  1. Schultz SJ, Nigg EA (Feb 1994). "Identification of 21 novel human protein kinases, including 3 members of a family related to the cell cycle regulator nimA of Aspergillus nidulans". Cell Growth Differ 4 (10): 821–30. PMID 8274451.
  2. Schultz SJ, Fry AM, Sutterlin C, Ried T, Nigg EA (Oct 1994). "Cell cycle-dependent expression of Nek2, a novel human protein kinase related to the NIMA mitotic regulator of Aspergillus nidulans". Cell Growth Differ 5 (6): 625–35. PMID 7522034.
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: NEK3 NIMA (never in mitosis gene a)-related kinase 3".

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