Protein Name WNK lysine deficient protein kinase 2
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 65268
Gene Symbol

WNK2

UniProt Q9Y3S1 (WNK2_HUMAN), F8W9F9 (F8W9F9_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 18
Total Number of Articles : 15
Description

WNK lysine deficient protein kinase 2

Gene Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a cytoplasmic serine-threonine kinase that belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. The protein plays an important role in the regulation of electrolyte homeostasis, cell signaling survival, and proliferation. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2013]

synonyms
  • serine/threonine-protein kinase WNK2
  • antigen NY-CO-43
  • mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase
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Properties