Gene Information
Gene NameSTK3
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length491
Protein NamesSerine/threonine-protein kinase 3 (EC 2.7.11.1) (Mammalian STE20-like protein kinase 2) (MST-2) (STE20-like kinase MST2) (Serine/threonine-protein kinase Krs-1) [Cleaved into: Serine/threonine-protein kinase 3 36kDa subunit (MST2/N); Serine/threonine-protein kinase 3 20kDa subunit (MST2/C)]
Target Nameserine/threonine-protein kinase 3
Target TypeNA
Gene Age1714 ( ENSG00000104375 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBQ13188
Gene CardSTK3
Uniprot IDQ13188
PfamPF11629; PF00069
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.36789224)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ STK3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ STK3 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ STK3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ STK3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Stk3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ STK3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Stk3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ STK3 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsSTK4
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, MAP3K8, MAP4K2, OXSR1, NEK4, STK25, STK24, MAP4K4
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityExpressed at high levels in adult kidney, skeletal and placenta tissues and at very low levels in adult heart, lung and brain tissues. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8566796}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);0.071031(Mouse);0.010507(Rat);0.097525(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
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PDB 3WWS  (X-ray  2.01A  4HKD  (X-ray  1.50A  4L0N  (X-ray  1.40A  4LG4  (X-ray  2.42A  4LGD  (X-ray  3.05A  4OH9  (X-ray  1.70A  5BRM  (X-ray  2.65A  5DH3  (X-ray  2.47A  6AO5  (X-ray  2.96A  6AR2  (X-ray  1.55A  8A66  (X-ray  1.90A 
DBSNP rs36047674 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21145499}. Nucleus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21145499}. Note=The caspase-cleaved form cycles between nucleus and cytoplasm (PubMed:19525978, PubMed:11278283). Phosphorylation at Thr-117 leads to inhibition of nuclear translocation (PubMed:19525978). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11278283, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19525978}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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