PLK2

Polo-like kinase 2
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB List of PDB id codes 4I5M​, 4I5P​, 4I6B​, 4I6F​, 4I6H​, 4RS6​, 4XB0​
Identifiers
Symbols	PLK2 ; SNK; hPlk2; hSNK
External IDs	OMIM: 607023 MGI: 1099790 HomoloGene: 21317 ChEMBL: 5938 GeneCards: PLK2 Gene
EC number	2.7.11.21
Gene ontology Molecular function • protein serine/threonine kinase activity • signal transducer activity • protein binding • ATP binding • protein complex binding Cellular component • chromatin • intracellular • centrosome • centriole • dendrite Biological process • G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle • protein phosphorylation • mitotic spindle organization • mitotic cell cycle checkpoint • Ras protein signal transduction • memory • positive regulation of protein binding • positive regulation of proteasomal ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process • Rap protein signal transduction • negative regulation of apoptotic process • positive regulation of I-kappaB kinase/NF-kappaB signaling • regulation of centriole replication • regulation of synaptic plasticity • long-term synaptic potentiation • long term synaptic depression • negative regulation of dendritic spine development Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	10769	20620
Ensembl	ENSG00000145632	ENSMUSG00000021701
UniProt	Q9NYY3	P53351
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001252226	NM_152804
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001239155	NP_690017
Location (UCSC)	Chr 5: 58.45 – 58.46 Mb	Chr 13: 110.4 – 110.4 Mb
PubMed search

Serine/threonine-protein kinase PLK2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PLK2 gene.^[1]

Serum-inducible kinase is a member of the 'polo' family of serine/threonine protein kinases that have a role in normal cell division.[supplied by OMIM]^[1]

References

1. "Entrez Gene: PLK2 polo-like kinase 2 (Drosophila)".

Further reading

• Kauselmann G, Weiler M, Wulff P, et al. (1999). "The polo-like protein kinases Fnk and Snk associate with a Ca(2+)- and integrin-binding protein and are regulated dynamically with synaptic plasticity.". EMBO J. 18 (20): 5528–39. doi:10.1093/emboj/18.20.5528. PMC 1171621. PMID 10523297.
• Ouyang B, Li W, Pan H, et al. (1999). "The physical association and phosphorylation of Cdc25C protein phosphatase by Prk.". Oncogene 18 (44): 6029–36. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1202983. PMID 10557092.
• Holtrich U, Wolf G, Yuan J, et al. (2000). "Adhesion induced expression of the serine/threonine kinase Fnk in human macrophages.". Oncogene 19 (42): 4832–9. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1203845. PMID 11039900.
• Liby K, Wu H, Ouyang B, et al. (2002). "Identification of the human homologue of the early-growth response gene Snk, encoding a serum-inducible kinase.". DNA Seq. 11 (6): 527–33. doi:10.3109/10425170109041337. PMID 11696980.
• Shimizu-Yoshida Y, Sugiyama K, Rogounovitch T, et al. (2002). "Radiation-inducible hSNK gene is transcriptionally regulated by p53 binding homology element in human thyroid cells.". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 289 (2): 491–8. doi:10.1006/bbrc.2001.5993. PMID 11716500.
• 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. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
• Ma S, Liu MA, Yuan YL, Erikson RL (2003). "The serum-inducible protein kinase Snk is a G1 phase polo-like kinase that is inhibited by the calcium- and integrin-binding protein CIB.". Mol. Cancer Res. 1 (5): 376–84. PMID 12651910.
• Matsuda A, Suzuki Y, Honda G, et al. (2003). "Large-scale identification and characterization of human genes that activate NF-kappaB and MAPK signaling pathways.". Oncogene 22 (21): 3307–18. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206406. PMID 12761501.
• Burns TF, Fei P, Scata KA, et al. (2003). "Silencing of the novel p53 target gene Snk/Plk2 leads to mitotic catastrophe in paclitaxel (taxol)-exposed cells.". Mol. Cell. Biol. 23 (16): 5556–71. doi:10.1128/MCB.23.16.5556-5571.2003. PMC 166320. PMID 12897130.
• Ma S, Charron J, Erikson RL (2003). "Role of Plk2 (Snk) in mouse development and cell proliferation.". Mol. Cell. Biol. 23 (19): 6936–43. doi:10.1128/MCB.23.19.6936-6943.2003. PMC 193943. PMID 12972611.
• 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.
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC).". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334.
• Yogosawa S, Hatakeyama S, Nakayama KI, et al. (2006). "Ubiquitylation and degradation of serum-inducible kinase by hVPS18, a RING-H2 type ubiquitin ligase.". J. Biol. Chem. 280 (50): 41619–27. doi:10.1074/jbc.M508397200. PMID 16203730.
• Kimura K, Wakamatsu A, Suzuki Y, et al. (2006). "Diversification of transcriptional modulation: large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes.". Genome Res. 16 (1): 55–65. doi:10.1101/gr.4039406. PMC 1356129. PMID 16344560.
• Park YY, Kim SH, Kim YJ, et al. (2007). "Polo-like kinase 2 gene expression is regulated by the orphan nuclear receptor estrogen receptor-related receptor gamma (ERRgamma).". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 362 (1): 107–13. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.07.170. PMID 17706602.
• Matthew EM, Yen TJ, Dicker DT, et al. (2007). "Replication stress, defective S-phase checkpoint and increased death in Plk2-deficient human cancer cells.". Cell Cycle 6 (20): 2571–8. doi:10.4161/cc.6.20.5079. PMID 17912033.