| Tissue Specificity | Highest expression in the skeletal muscle, followed by the brain. Also found in heart, placenta, lung, liver, pancreas, kidney and skin fibroblasts. |
| Post Translational Modifications | Phosphorylated at Ser-189 by PAK1, PAK2 and PAK3 resulting in catalytic activation. Phosphorylated by MAPKAPK5 at other sites. Ubiquitination at Met-1 leads to degradation by the proteasome pathway. |
| Function | Atypical MAPK protein. Phosphorylates microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) and MAPKAPK5. The precise role of the complex formed with MAPKAPK5 is still unclear, but the complex follows a complex set of phosphorylation events: upon interaction with atypical MAPKAPK5, ERK3/MAPK6 is phosphorylated at Ser-189 and then mediates phosphorylation and activation of MAPKAPK5, which in turn phosphorylates ERK3/MAPK6. May promote entry in the cell cycle. |
| Peptide Name | Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 6Map Kinase 6Mapk 6Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 3Erk-3Map Kinase Isoform P97P97-Mapk |
| Database Links | Reactome: R-HSA-5687128 |
| Cellular Localisation | CytoplasmNucleusTranslocates To The Cytoplasm Following Interaction With Mapkapk5 |
| Alternative Peptide Names | Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 6 proteinMap Kinase 6 proteinMapk 6 proteinExtracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 3 proteinErk-3 proteinMap Kinase Isoform P97 proteinP97-Mapk proteinMAPK6 proteinERK3 proteinPRKM6 protein |
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