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    PAK2 p21 (RAC1) activated kinase 2 [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

    Gene ID: 5062, updated on 14-Nov-2024

    Summary

    Official Symbol
    PAK2provided by HGNC
    Official Full Name
    p21 (RAC1) activated kinase 2provided by HGNC
    Primary source
    HGNC:HGNC:8591
    See related
    Ensembl:ENSG00000180370 MIM:605022; AllianceGenome:HGNC:8591
    Gene type
    protein coding
    RefSeq status
    REVIEWED
    Organism
    Homo sapiens
    Lineage
    Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
    Also known as
    KNO2; PAK65; PAKgamma
    Summary
    The p21 activated kinases (PAK) are critical effectors that link Rho GTPases to cytoskeleton reorganization and nuclear signaling. The PAK proteins are a family of serine/threonine kinases that serve as targets for the small GTP binding proteins, CDC42 and RAC1, and have been implicated in a wide range of biological activities. The protein encoded by this gene is activated by proteolytic cleavage during caspase-mediated apoptosis, and may play a role in regulating the apoptotic events in the dying cell. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
    Expression
    Ubiquitous expression in spleen (RPKM 22.2), appendix (RPKM 21.0) and 25 other tissues See more
    Orthologs
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    Genomic context

    See PAK2 in Genome Data Viewer
    Location:
    3q29
    Exon count:
    17
    Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
    RS_2024_08 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 3 NC_000003.12 (196739857..196832647)
    RS_2024_08 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 3 NC_060927.1 (199459234..199558334)
    RS_2024_09 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 3 NC_000003.11 (196466728..196559518)

    Chromosome 3 - NC_000003.12Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene ReSE screen-validated silencer GRCh37_chr3:196438871-196439183 Neighboring gene RNA, U6 small nuclear 646, pseudogene Neighboring gene centrosomal protein 19 Neighboring gene phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class X Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 15072 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr3:196472201-196472700 Neighboring gene RNA, U4 small nuclear 89, pseudogene Neighboring gene ReSE screen-validated silencer GRCh37_chr3:196499493-196499749 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr3:196513771-196514477 Neighboring gene RNA, U6 small nuclear 42, pseudogene Neighboring gene ReSE screen-validated silencer GRCh37_chr3:196568870-196569024 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 15073 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr3:196595799-196596300 Neighboring gene SUMO specific peptidase 5 Neighboring gene OCT4-NANOG hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr3:196625459-196625966 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr3:196668731-196669404 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr3:196669405-196670078 Neighboring gene NCBP2 antisense RNA 1 Neighboring gene nuclear cap binding protein subunit 2

    Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

    Expression

    • Project title: HPA RNA-seq normal tissues HPA RNA-seq normal tissues
    • Description: RNA-seq was performed of tissue samples from 95 human individuals representing 27 different tissues in order to determine tissue-specificity of all protein-coding genes
    • BioProject: PRJEB4337
    • Publication: PMID 24309898
    • Analysis date: Wed Apr 4 07:08:55 2018

    Bibliography

    GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

    What's a GeneRIF?

    Phenotypes

    Associated conditions

    Description Tests
    Knobloch syndrome 2
    MedGen: C5676897 OMIM: 618458 GeneReviews: Not available
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    Copy number response

    Description
    Copy number response
    Haploinsufficency

    Little evidence for dosage pathogenicity (Last evaluated 2011-12-27)

    ClinGen Genome Curation PagePubMed
    Triplosensitivity

    Little evidence for dosage pathogenicity (Last evaluated 2011-12-27)

    ClinGen Genome Curation PagePubMed

    EBI GWAS Catalog

    Description
    Genome-wide association with MRI atrophy measures as a quantitative trait locus for Alzheimer's disease.
    EBI GWAS Catalog

    HIV-1 interactions

    Protein interactions

    Protein Gene Interaction Pubs
    Envelope surface glycoprotein gp120 env HIV-1 gp120 activates LIMK1/2 by increased levels of LIMK1/2 phosphorylation. Gp120-mediated LIMK activation is dependent on the Rack-PAK-LIMK pathway through phosphorylation of PAK2 and Rac1 PubMed
    Nef nef HIV-1 Nef requires the GTPase interaction site of PAK2 to facilitate interactions of Nef with EXOC PubMed
    nef HIV-1 Nef requires PAK2 for the Nef-EXOC interaction PubMed
    nef HIV-1 Nef-mediated PAK2 activation is found in multiple human cell lines of myeloid, lymphoid, and non-hematopoietic origin PubMed
    nef The activation of PAK2 by HIV-1 Nef is critical for human intrathymic T-cell development PubMed
    nef The association of HIV-1 Nef with PAK2 is important for enhancing activation of primary CD4/CD8+ T cells PubMed
    nef Mutation of HIV-1 Nef amino acid residues at positions 85, 89, 187, 188, and 191 dramatically alters association with Pak2 without affecting Nef expression levels or CD4 and MHC-I downregulation PubMed
    nef The Nef/hnRNPK/PKC-delta/Hck protein complex activates Pak2 activity but inhibits Pak1 activity, which induces paxillin phosphorylation on Ser272/274 and regulates paxillin/TACE association and secretion PubMed
    nef HIV-1 Nef induces increased levels of Pak2 phosphorylation at positions serine 192/197 PubMed
    nef HIV-1 Nef induces phosphorylation of MEK1 at position serine 298, which depends on Pak and Rac activity. The SH3 region mutation 72PXXP/AXXA75 in Nef results in loss of Pak association which decreases Nef-induced MEK1 phosphorylation PubMed
    nef The association of HIV-1 Nef with Vav1, Pak2, and Nck1 is greatly reduced in SLP76-deficient T cells PubMed
    nef The binding of HIV-1 Nef to the SH3 domain of Hck is required for Nef/activated PAK2 complex formation. A new locus GFP/F (G67, F68, P69 and F90) of Nef is involved in the Nef/activated PAK2 complex formation PubMed
    nef The HIV-1 Nef highly conserved valine-glycine-phenylalanine amino acid triplet (VGF) motif is important for Nef-PAK2 association and cofilin hyper-phosphorylation PubMed
    nef Nef-mediated microdomain recruitment of Vav1 is associated with the Nef-p21-activated kinase 2 (PAK2) signalosome. Nef residue F195 is identified as critical for Nef-mediated raft recruitment of Vav1 PubMed
    nef HIV-1 Nef inactivates cofilin by inducing its hyperphosphorylation via association with PAK2 activity PubMed
    nef HIV-1 Nef requires a PAK2 recruitment motif (F195/191I) for inhibition of actin remodeling and induction of cofilin hyperphosphorylation PubMed
    nef Fusing GFP to the C-terminal end of Nef results in a reduction in the level of activated PAK-2 associated with Nef. The impaired PAK-2 activation with Nef-GFP is due to the large size of the GFP fusion protein PubMed
    nef The mutation of all four glutamates (amino acids 62-65) to alanine in HIV-1 Nef impairs the ability of Nef to regulate p21-activated protein kinase 2 (PAK-2) and enhance viral particle infectivity PubMed
    nef HIV-1 group N and group O nef alleles interact with PAK-2, albeit with different efficiencies PubMed
    nef Hck-derived SH3 domains efficiently associate with HIV-1 Nef in cells and thereby potently inhibit SH3-dependent Nef functions, such as binding p21-activated kinase-2 (PAK2) PubMed
    nef HIV-1 Nef binds to p21-activated kinase 2 (PAK2); this interaction is mediated through the N-terminal domain of Nef and the C-terminal part of the regulatory domain of PAK2 PubMed
    nef HIV-1 Nef co-localizes with PAK-2 in lipid rafts; a palmitoylated Nef is highly enriched in lipid rafts and associates with higher levels of PAK-2 activity than wild type Nef PubMed
    matrix gag hPAK65 has been demonstrated to phosphorylate HIV-1 Matrix on serine residues in vitro PubMed

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    Pathways from PubChem

    Interactions

    Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

    General gene information

    Markers

    Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

    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 cadherin binding HDA PubMed 
    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 IPI
    Inferred from Physical Interaction
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables protein binding IPI
    Inferred from Physical Interaction
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables protein kinase activity TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables protein kinase binding IPI
    Inferred from Physical Interaction
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables protein serine kinase activity IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity EXP
    Inferred from Experiment
    more info
    PubMed 
    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 IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
     
    enables protein tyrosine kinase activator activity IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    enables ribosomal protein S6 kinase activity IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    enables small GTPase binding IPI
    Inferred from Physical Interaction
    more info
    PubMed 
    Process Evidence Code Pubs
    involved_in adherens junction assembly IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in apoptotic process IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in bicellular tight junction assembly IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    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
     
    involved_in cellular response to organic cyclic compound IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    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
     
    involved_in dendritic spine development IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    involved_in intracellular signal transduction IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    involved_in negative regulation of apoptotic process IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in negative regulation of apoptotic process IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in negative regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in negative regulation of protein kinase activity TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in negative regulation of stress fiber assembly IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in peptidyl-serine phosphorylation IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in phosphorylation IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in positive regulation of extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in positive regulation of peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    acts_upstream_of_or_within protein autophosphorylation IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in protein localization to cell-cell junction IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    acts_upstream_of_or_within protein phosphorylation IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    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 IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in signal transduction TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
    PubMed 
    involved_in stimulatory C-type lectin receptor signaling pathway TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
     
    involved_in vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling pathway TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
     
    Component Evidence Code Pubs
    located_in cell-cell junction IMP
    Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
    more info
    PubMed 
    is_active_in cytoplasm IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
     
    is_active_in cytoplasm IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in cytoplasm IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in cytosol IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in cytosol TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
     
    located_in glutamatergic synapse IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    is_active_in nucleus IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    PubMed 
    located_in perinuclear region of cytoplasm IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    located_in plasma membrane TAS
    Traceable Author Statement
    more info
     
    located_in postsynaptic density IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     
    located_in secretory granule IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
     

    General protein information

    Preferred Names
    serine/threonine-protein kinase PAK 2
    Names
    PAK-2
    S6/H4 kinase
    gamma-PAK
    p21 (CDKN1A)-activated kinase 2
    p21 protein (Cdc42/Rac)-activated kinase 2
    p21-activated kinase 2
    p58
    NP_002568.2
    XP_011511172.1
    XP_047304174.1
    XP_047304175.1
    XP_054202644.1
    XP_054202645.1
    XP_054202646.1

    NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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    RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

    These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

    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.

    Genomic

    1. NG_009227.1 RefSeqGene

      Range
      5001..97791
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    mRNA and Protein(s)

    1. NM_002577.4NP_002568.2  serine/threonine-protein kinase PAK 2

      See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_002568.2

      Status: REVIEWED

      Source sequence(s)
      AC127904, AK291339, BC069613, DB164364
      Consensus CDS
      CCDS3321.1
      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      Q13154, Q13177, Q6ISC3
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      A8K5M4
      Related
      ENSP00000314067.3, ENST00000327134.7
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      cd06655
      Location:229524
      STKc_PAK2; Catalytic domain of the Serine/Threonine Kinase, p21-activated kinase 2
      pfam00786
      Location:73130
      PBD; P21-Rho-binding domain

    RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2024_08

    The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

    Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Genomic

    1. NC_000003.12 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

      Range
      196739857..196832647
      Download
      GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

    mRNA and Protein(s)

    1. XM_011512870.3XP_011511172.1  serine/threonine-protein kinase PAK 2 isoform X1

      See identical proteins and their annotated locations for XP_011511172.1

      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      Q13154, Q13177, Q6ISC3
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      A8K5M4
      Conserved Domains (2) summary
      cd06655
      Location:229524
      STKc_PAK2; Catalytic domain of the Serine/Threonine Kinase, p21-activated kinase 2
      pfam00786
      Location:73130
      PBD; P21-Rho-binding domain
    2. XM_047448218.1XP_047304174.1  serine/threonine-protein kinase PAK 2 isoform X1

      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      Q13154, Q13177, Q6ISC3
    3. XM_047448219.1XP_047304175.1  serine/threonine-protein kinase PAK 2 isoform X1

      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      Q13154, Q13177, Q6ISC3

    Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Genomic

    1. NC_060927.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

      Range
      199459234..199558334
      Download
      GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

    mRNA and Protein(s)

    1. XM_054346669.1XP_054202644.1  serine/threonine-protein kinase PAK 2 isoform X1

      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      Q13154, Q13177, Q6ISC3
    2. XM_054346670.1XP_054202645.1  serine/threonine-protein kinase PAK 2 isoform X1

      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      Q13154, Q13177, Q6ISC3
    3. XM_054346671.1XP_054202646.1  serine/threonine-protein kinase PAK 2 isoform X1

      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      Q13154, Q13177, Q6ISC3