Anti-MAP4K4 Antibody Picoband® APC Conjugated

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the serine/threonine protein kinase family. This kinase has been shown to specifically activate MAPK8/JNK. The activation of MAPK8 by this kinase is found to be inhibited by the dominant-negative mutants of MAP3K7/TAK1, MAP2K4/MKK4, and MAP2K7/MKK7, which suggests that this kinase may function through the MAP3K7-MAP2K4-MAP2K7 kinase cascade, and mediate the TNF-alpha signaling pathway. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified.

MAP4K4; HGK; KIAA0687; NIK; Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 4; EC 2.7.11.1; HPK/GCK-like kinase HGK; MAPK/ERK kinase kinase kinase 4; MEK kinase kinase 4; MEKKK 4; Nck-interacting kinase

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