title: SAP kinase-3, a new member of the family of mammalian stress-activated protein kinases.
abstract: Stress-activated protein kinases are MAP kinase homologues that are activated by cellular stresses, bacterial endotoxin and inflammatory cytokines. They are activated by a dual threonine/tyrosine phosphorylation within a TPY sequence in the case of stress-activated protein kinase-1 and its isoforms (also called JNKs) or a TGY sequence in the case of stress-activated protein kinase-2 and its isoforms (also called p38, p40, RK, CSBPs, XMpk2 and Mxi2). Here we report the cloning and sequencing of a new protein kinase from rat with a TGY sequence in the activation domain. This stress-activated protein kinase-3 is 60% identical to mouse stress-activated protein kinase-2 and 45% identical to HOG1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Transcripts encoding stress-activated protein kinase-3 are widely expressed, with high levels in skeletal muscle.
authors.affiliation: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mertens
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Craxton
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goedert
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D015723:Gene Library; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D051379:Mice; D048291:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 12; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000201:enzymology*; D009928:Organ Specificity; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D051381:Rats; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D007527:Isoenzymes; D011494:Protein Kinases; D048291:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 12; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases