Flow cytometric analysis of 293T cells with MAPK8 (phospho Thr183/Tyr185) monoclonal antibody, clone A11 (PE)(Cat # MAB23372). Unstained as negative control (blue) or untreated (red) or with UV+TPA (green)
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the MAP kinase family. MAP kinases act as an integration point for multiple biochemical signals, and are involved in a wide variety of cellular processes such as proliferation, differentiation, transcription regulation and development. This kinase is activated by various cell stimuli, and targets specific transcription factors, and thus mediates immediate-early gene expression in response to cell stimuli. The activation of this kinase by tumor-necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) is found to be required for TNF-alpha induced apoptosis. This kinase is also involved in UV radiation induced apoptosis, which is thought to be related to cytochrom c-mediated cell death pathway. Studies of the mouse counterpart of this gene suggested that this kinase play a key role in T cell proliferation, apoptosis and differentiation. Four alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been reported. [provided by RefSeq
Other Designations:
JNK1 alpha protein kinase,JNK1 beta protein kinase,JUN N-terminal kinase,OTTHUMP00000019552,OTTHUMP00000019555,OTTHUMP00000019556,OTTHUMP00000019558,c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1,mitogen-activated protein kinase 8 isoform JNK1 alpha1,mitogen-activated protein