Pak2 p21 (RAC1) activated kinase 2 [Mus musculus (house mouse)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: Pak2provided by MGI
Official Full Name: p21 (RAC1) activated kinase 2provided by MGI
Primary source: MGI:MGI:1339984
See related: Ensembl:ENSMUSG00000022781 AllianceGenome:MGI:1339984
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: VALIDATED
Organism: Mus musculus
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Mus; Mus
Also known as: PAK-2; mKIAA4182; D16Ertd269e; 5330420P17Rik; A130002K10Rik
Summary: Enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Acts upstream of or within cellular response to organic cyclic compound and dendritic spine development. Is active in glutamatergic synapse and postsynaptic density. Is expressed in several structures, including brain and corpus striatum. Used to study autism spectrum disorder. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in ductal carcinoma in situ. Orthologous to human PAK2 (p21 (RAC1) activated kinase 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Nov 2024]
Expression: Ubiquitous expression in placenta adult (RPKM 14.2), bladder adult (RPKM 12.7) and 28 other tissues See more
Orthologs: human all
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Genomic context

Location:: 16 B2; 16 22.4 cM

Exon count:: 16

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_02	current	GRCm39 (GCF_000001635.27)	16	NC_000082.7 (31835108..31898160, complement)
108.20200622	previous assembly	GRCm38.p6 (GCF_000001635.26)	16	NC_000082.6 (32016290..32079342, complement)

Chromosome 16 - NC_000082.7 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Expression

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Project title: Mouse ENCODE transcriptome data
Description: RNA profiling data sets generated by the Mouse ENCODE project.
BioProject: PRJNA66167
Publication: PMID 25409824
Analysis date: n/a

Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

PAK2 is necessary for myelination in the peripheral nervous system.
Title: PAK2 is necessary for myelination in the peripheral nervous system.
PAK2 is essential for chromosome alignment in metaphase I oocytes.
Title: PAK2 is essential for chromosome alignment in metaphase I oocytes.
Loss-of-Function of p21-Activated Kinase 2 Links BMP Signaling to Neural Tube Patterning Defects.
Title: Loss-of-Function of p21-Activated Kinase 2 Links BMP Signaling to Neural Tube Patterning Defects.
Pak2-mediated phosphorylation promotes RORgammat ubiquitination and inhibits colonic inflammation.
Title: Pak2-mediated phosphorylation promotes RORγt ubiquitination and inhibits colonic inflammation.
Inactivation of p21-Activated Kinase 2 (Pak2) Inhibits the Development of Nf2-Deficient Tumors by Restricting Downstream Hedgehog and Wnt Signaling.
Title: Inactivation of p21-Activated Kinase 2 (Pak2) Inhibits the Development of Nf2-Deficient Tumors by Restricting Downstream Hedgehog and Wnt Signaling.
PAK1 inhibition reduces tumor size and extends the lifespan of mice in a genetically engineered mouse model of Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2).
Title: PAK1 inhibition reduces tumor size and extends the lifespan of mice in a genetically engineered mouse model of Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2).
Pak2 reduction induces a failure of early embryonic development in mice.
Title: Pak2 reduction induces a failure of early embryonic development in mice.
The p21-activated kinase 2 (PAK2), but not PAK1, regulates contraction-stimulated skeletal muscle glucose transport.
Title: The p21-activated kinase 2 (PAK2), but not PAK1, regulates contraction-stimulated skeletal muscle glucose transport.
The dynactin subunit DCTN1 controls osteoclastogenesis via the Cdc42/PAK2 pathway.
Title: The dynactin subunit DCTN1 controls osteoclastogenesis via the Cdc42/PAK2 pathway.
our results suggest that miR-455-3p promotes TGF-b/Smad signaling in chondrocytes and inhibits cartilage degeneration by directly suppressing PAK2.
Title: MicroRNA-455-3p promotes TGF-β signaling and inhibits osteoarthritis development by directly targeting PAK2.

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Variation

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Alleles

Alleles of this type are documented at Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI)

Endonuclease-mediated (6)
Gene trapped (1) 1 citation
Targeted (4) 1 citation

Interactions

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

General gene information

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Markers

D16Ertd269e (e-PCR), detects polymorphism
- UniSTS:167184

AI836325 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:164601

Gene Ontology Provided by MGI

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables AMP-activated protein kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables ATP binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables DNA-dependent protein kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables Rho-dependent protein serine/threonine kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2alpha kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables histone H2AS1 kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables histone H2AS121 kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables histone H2AT120 kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables histone H2AXS139 kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables histone H2BS14 kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables histone H2BS36 kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables histone H3S10 kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables histone H3S28 kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables histone H3S57 kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables histone H3T11 kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables histone H3T3 kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables histone H3T45 kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables histone H3T6 kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables histone H4S1 kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables identical protein binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables identical protein binding	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
enables protein binding	IPI Inferred from Physical Interaction more info	PubMed
enables protein kinase activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables protein kinase binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables protein kinase binding	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
enables protein serine kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info	PubMed
enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info	PubMed
enables protein tyrosine kinase activator activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables protein tyrosine kinase activator activity	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
enables ribosomal protein S6 kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables small GTPase binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables small GTPase binding	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in adherens junction assembly	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in adherens junction assembly	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in apoptotic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in bicellular tight junction assembly	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in bicellular tight junction assembly	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in cardiac muscle hypertrophy	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in cell migration	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within cellular response to organic cyclic compound	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in cellular response to starvation	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in cellular response to transforming growth factor beta stimulus	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in chromatin remodeling	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within dendritic spine development	IGI Inferred from Genetic Interaction more info	PubMed
involved_in intracellular signal transduction	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in negative regulation of apoptotic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in negative regulation of apoptotic process	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in negative regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in negative regulation of stress fiber assembly	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in negative regulation of stress fiber assembly	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in peptidyl-serine phosphorylation	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in phosphorylation	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in positive regulation of extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in positive regulation of extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in positive regulation of peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in positive regulation of peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within protein autophosphorylation	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info	PubMed
involved_in protein localization to cell-cell junction	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in protein localization to cell-cell junction	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within protein phosphorylation	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info	PubMed
involved_in regulation of MAPK cascade	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in regulation of axonogenesis	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in regulation of cytoskeleton organization	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in cell-cell junction	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in cell-cell junction	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
is_active_in cytoplasm	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
is_active_in cytoplasm	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
located_in cytoplasm	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
located_in cytosol	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in cytosol	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
is_active_in glutamatergic synapse	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
is_active_in glutamatergic synapse	IEP Inferred from Expression Pattern more info	PubMed
located_in membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in nucleus	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
is_active_in nucleus	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
located_in perinuclear region of cytoplasm	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
is_active_in postsynaptic density	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
is_active_in postsynaptic density	IEP Inferred from Expression Pattern more info	PubMed
located_in secretory granule	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in secretory granule	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: serine/threonine-protein kinase PAK 2

Names: gamma-PAK; p21 protein (Cdc42/Rac)-activated kinase 2; p21-activated kinase 2

NP_796300.1

EC 2.7.11.1

XP_006522135.1

EC 2.7.11.1

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

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These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

mRNA and Protein(s)

NM_177326.3 → NP_796300.1 serine/threonine-protein kinase PAK 2

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Status: VALIDATED

Source sequence(s)

AK037275, AK220528

Consensus CDS

CCDS28112.1

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

Q8CIN4

Related

ENSMUSP00000023467.8, ENSMUST00000023467.9

Conserved Domains (2) summary

cd06655
Location:229 → 524

STKc_PAK2; Catalytic domain of the Serine/Threonine Kinase, p21-activated kinase 2

pfam00786
Location:73 → 127

PBD; P21-Rho-binding domain

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001635.27-RS_2024_02

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Reference GRCm39 C57BL/6J

Genomic

NC_000082.7 Reference GRCm39 C57BL/6J

Range

31835108..31898160 complement

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mRNA and Protein(s)

XM_006522072.5 → XP_006522135.1 serine/threonine-protein kinase PAK 2 isoform X1

See identical proteins and their annotated locations for XP_006522135.1

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

Q8CIN4

Conserved Domains (2) summary

cd06655
Location:229 → 524

STKc_PAK2; Catalytic domain of the Serine/Threonine Kinase, p21-activated kinase 2

pfam00786
Location:73 → 127

PBD; P21-Rho-binding domain