| EntrezGeneSummary | Theproteinencodedbythisgeneisamemberofthedualspecificityproteinkinasefamily,whichactsasamitogen-activatedprotein(MAP)kinasekinase.MAPkinases,alsoknownasextracellularsignal-regulatedkinases(ERKs),actasanintegrationpointformultiplebiochemicalsignals.ThisproteinkinaseliesupstreamofMAPkinasesandstimulatestheenzymaticactivityofMAPkinasesuponwidevarietyofextra-andintracellularsignals.AsanessentialcomponentofMAPkinasesignaltransductionpathway,thiskinaseisinvolvedinmanycellularprocessessuchasproliferation,differentiation,transcriptionregulationanddevelopment. | 
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:Q02750#CatalyzestheconcomitantphosphorylationofathreonineandatyrosineresidueinaThr-Glu-TyrsequencelocatedinMAPkinases.ActivatesERK1andERK2MAPkinases. SIZE:393aminoacids;43439Da
 SUBUNIT:InteractswithMORG1(Bysimilarity).InteractswithYersiniayopJ.
 PTM:PhosphorylationonSer/ThrbyMAPkinasekinasekinases(RAForMEKK1)regulatespositivelythekinaseactivity.&AcetylationbyYersiniayopJpreventsphosphorylationandactivation,thusblockingtheMAPKsignalingpathway.
 DISEASE:SwissProt:Q02750#DefectsinMAP2K1areacauseofcardiofaciocutaneoussyndrome(CFCsyndrome)[MIM:115150];alsoknownascardio-facio-cutaneoussyndrome.CFCsyndromeischaracterizedbyadistinctivefacialappearance,heartdefectsandmentalretardation.Heartdefectsincludepulmonicstenosis,atrialseptaldefectsandhypertrophiccardiomyopathy.Someaffectedindividualspresentwithectodermalabnormalitiessuchassparse,friablehair,hyperkeratoticskinlesionsandageneralizedichthyosis-likecondition.TypicalfacialfeaturesaresimilartoNoonansyndrome.Theyincludehighforeheadwithbitemporalconstriction,hypoplasticsupraorbitalridges,downslantingpalpebralfissures,adepressednasalbridge,andposteriorlyangulatedearswithprominenthelices.TheinheritanceofCFCsyndromeisautosomaldominant.
 SIMILARITY:SwissProt:Q02750##Belongstotheproteinkinasesuperfamily.STESer/Thrproteinkinasefamily.MAPkinasekinasesubfamily.&Contains1proteinkinasedomain.
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