Phospho-MEK3 (S189)+MEK6 (S207) Recombinant Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody [PSH11-17] - BSA and Azide free

Function

Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MAP2K3 gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a dual specificity protein kinase that belongs to the MAP kinase kinase family. This kinase is activated by mitogenic and environmental stress, and participates in the MAP kinase-mediated signaling cascade. It phosphorylates and thus activates MAPK14/p38-MAPK. This kinase can be activated by insulin, and is necessary for the expression of glucose transporter. Expression of RAS oncogene is found to result in the accumulation of the active form of this kinase, which thus leads to the constitutive activation of MAPK14, and confers oncogenic transformation of primary cells. Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6 also known as MAP kinase kinase 6 (MAPKK 6) or MAPK/ERK kinase 6 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MAP2K6 gene, on chromosome 17. MAPKK 6 is a member of the dual specificity protein kinase family, which functions as a mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase kinase. MAP kinases, also known as extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs), act as an integration point for multiple biochemical signals. This protein phosphorylates and activates p38 MAP kinase in response to inflammatory cytokines or environmental stress. As an essential component of p38 MAP kinase mediated signal transduction pathway, this gene is involved in many cellular processes such as stress-induced cell cycle arrest, transcription activation and apoptosis.

Background References

1. Peng Y et al. Fenbendazole and its synthetic analog interfere with HeLa cells\' proliferation and energy metabolism via inducing oxidative stress and modulating MEK3/6-p38-MAPK pathway. Chem Biol Interact. 2022 Jul

2. Lee S et al. MEK6 Overexpression Exacerbates Fat Accumulation and Inflammatory Cytokines in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Dec

Subcellular Location

Cytoplasm, cytosol, membrane, nucleoplasm; Nucleus, Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton.

UNIPROT

SwissProt: P46734 Human

SwissProt: P52564 Human

SwissProt: O09110 Mouse

SwissProt: P70236 Mouse

Entrez Gene: 114495 Rat

Entrez Gene: 303200 Rat

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