Gene Information
Gene NameWNK4
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length1243
Protein NamesSerine/threonine-protein kinase WNK4 (EC 2.7.11.1) (Protein kinase lysine-deficient 4) (Protein kinase with no lysine 4)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age987 ( ENSG00000126562 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBQ96J92
Gene CardWNK4
Uniprot IDQ96J92
PfamPF12202; PF00069
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.417535393)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ WNK4 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ WNK4 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ WNK4 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ WNK4 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Wnk4 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ WNK4 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Vps25 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ WNK4 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsNRBP1, NRBP2, WNK1, WNK3, WNK2, DSTYK
Tissuecolon, kidney, prostate
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in kidney, colon and skin. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11571656}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);NULL(Rat);0.054545(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 2V3S  (X-ray  1.70A  4CH9  (X-ray  1.84A  4CHB  (X-ray  1.56A 
DBSNP rs137853093  rs137853094  rs137853092  rs55781437  rs9896991  rs2290041  rs137853095 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell junction, tight junction {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q80UE6}. Note=Present exclusively in intercellular junctions in the distal convoluted tubule and in both the cytoplasm and intercellular junctions in the cortical collecting duct. WNK4 is part of the tight junction complex. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q80UE6}.
Mouse PG classificationHPG
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