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mekA

Gene
mekA
Protein
Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1
Organism
Dictyostelium discoideum
Length
660 amino acids
Function
Required for cAMP-mediated activation of guanylyl cyclase activity and plays an essential role in aggregation, morphogenesis, and chemotaxis. Appears to act upstream of erk1 but not erk2.
Similarity
Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. STE Ser/Thr protein kinase family. MAP kinase kinase subfamily.
Mass
74.138 kDa
Sequence
MNTNTNTNTNISSSGNNIINTPTTNNNNKNNNNNNNNNNNSNNSNNNSSNNNNNNNNAVGVKTGKKVNLKVETPVQNNENSYSLTTSGTFKEGDLLINKKGLLIKGESPKNSSVNDRNKNKSLHSNLNPQLLASPTSSESMDFNQGFYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNLNNFNNLMNNGIDSPQLSGISISTPTSSHSFNNTFTNYYNNNNNYNNYNNNNNSNNNNNNYNNSNNNFNNFNNYNNYGNNNNFNNFNALQSSSNSSFDISSSGSSNNYLNNSANNHPHYDTNLSYDLKDLKIIRVLGRGAGGVVKLAYHETSGTYIALKVITLDIQENIRKQIILELKTLHKTSYPYIVSFYDAFYTEGSIFIALEFMELGSLSDIMKKTSTIPEPVLGKIAFQVLQGLVYLHRKLHLIHRDIKPSNILVNNKGEAKIADFGVSGQLQHTLSKAVTWVGTVTYMSPERISGRSYSFDSEIWSLGLTILECAIGKFPYGSNLPHQQQQPLQQQQQQQQQQQQPLQQQQQQQQQQQQPLQLQLQNLDINNSNNNIRNSNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNVLDISNGGLVDSGSSVPEGMGFWVLLDCIVKEEVPILPSTFSKEFRSFISECLQKEPTERPTASNLLNHEFVKKYQNFNVEKWTANLKQQQ