Cancer Protein Description
This report provides a detailed description of a selected cancer protein with information collected from various sources, including UniProt, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute’s Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC), and the Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology.
| Protein Name: | MAPK8 |
| Gene Name: | MAPK8 |
| Protein Full Name: | Mitogen-activated protein kinase 8 |
| Alias: | C-Jun N-terminal kinase 1; EC 2.7.11.24; JNK; JNK1-alpha-2; JNK-46; JUN N-terminal kinase; Kinase JNK1; MAPK8; MK08; P54 gamma; PRKM8; SAPK gamma; SAPK1; Stress-activated protein kinase JNK1 |
| Mass (Da): | 48296 |
| Number AA: | 427 |
| UniProt ID: | P45983 |
| Locus ID: | 5599 |
| COSMIC ID: | MAPK8 |
| Gene location on chromosome: | 10q11.21 |
| Cancer protein type: | TSP |
| Effect of cancer mutation on protein: | UNCLEAR |
| Effect of active protein on cancer: | INHIBITS |
| Number of cancer specimens: | 20689 |
| Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: | 0.36 |
| Normal role description: | MAPK8 is a protein-serine/threonine kinase. Part of the stress-induced apoptosis response. Crucical for apoptosis to occur. |