Gene Information
Gene NameMAP3K8
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length467
Protein NamesMitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 8 (EC 2.7.11.25) (Cancer Osaka thyroid oncogene) (Proto-oncogene c-Cot) (Serine/threonine-protein kinase cot) (Tumor progression locus 2) (TPL-2)
Target Namecot oncogene messenger rna
Target TypeLiterature-reported target
Gene Age544 ( ENSG00000107968 )
Evolutionary StageVertebrata
AlphaFoldDBP41279
Gene CardMAP3K8
Uniprot IDP41279
PfamPF00069
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.756974223)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ MAP3K8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ MAP3K8 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ MAP3K8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ MAP3K8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Map3k8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ MAP3K8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Map3k8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ MAP3K8 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsPAK5, PAK6, PAK4, SBK2, STK39, MAP4K1, PAK2, PAK1, PAK3, MINK1, TNIK, MAP4K5, SLK, MAP3K14, MAP3K19, STRADB, STK4, MAP3K1, TAOK2, MAP4K3, NRK, STRADA, MAP2K3, STK10, MAP2K6, STK26, TAOK3, TAOK1, MAP4K2, OXSR1, STK3, NEK4, STK25, STK24, MAP4K4
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in several normal tissues and human tumor-derived cell lines.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.001000(Rat);0.066667(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 4Y83  (X-ray  2.89A  4Y85  (X-ray  2.33A  5IU2  (X-ray  2.70A 
DBSNP rs3087944 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:1833717, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8226782}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
click here to return to the previous page