VRK2

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

VRK2

Available structures

Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB

List of PDB id codes
2V62

Identifiers

Aliases

VRK2 , vaccinia related kinase 2, VRK serine/threonine kinase 2

External IDs

OMIM: 602169; MGI: 1917172; HomoloGene: 55966; GeneCards: VRK2; OMA:VRK2 - orthologs

EC number

2.7.11.1

Gene location (Human)
Chromosome 2 (human)
Chr.	Chromosome 2 (human) ^[1]
Chromosome 2 (human) Genomic location for VRK2 Genomic location for VRK2
Band	2p16.1	Start	57,907,629 bp ^[1]
Band	2p16.1	End	58,159,920 bp ^[1]

Gene location (Mouse)
Chromosome 11 (mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 11 (mouse)^[2]
Chromosome 11 (mouse) Genomic location for VRK2 Genomic location for VRK2
Band	11\|11 A3.3	Start	26,421,322 bp ^[2]
Band	11\|11 A3.3	End	26,543,999 bp ^[2]

RNA expression pattern

Bgee

Human	Mouse (ortholog)
Top expressed in monocyte Achilles tendon gonad corpus callosum right ventricle testicle islet of Langerhans epithelium of colon epithelium of nasopharynx rectum	Top expressed in fetal liver hematopoietic progenitor cell mesenteric lymph nodes blood granulocyte spleen spermatocyte thymus morula yolk sac subcutaneous adipose tissue
More reference expression data

BioGPS

More reference expression data

Gene ontology
Molecular function	transferase activity nucleotide binding protein kinase activity protein domain specific binding kinase activity protein serine/threonine kinase activity protein binding ATP binding protein kinase binding
Cellular component	cytoplasm integral component of membrane endoplasmic reticulum membrane mitochondrial membranes membrane endoplasmic reticulum mitochondrion nucleus protein-containing complex
Biological process	regulation of MAPK cascade regulation of interleukin-1-mediated signaling pathway phosphorylation protein phosphorylation peptidyl-serine phosphorylation protein autophosphorylation cellular response to oxidative stress viral process regulation of cell shape peptidyl-threonine phosphorylation
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO

Orthologs

Species

Human

Mouse

Entrez


7444


69922

Ensembl


ENSG00000028116


ENSMUSG00000064090

UniProt


Q86Y07


Q8BN21

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001130480 NM_001130481 NM_001130482 NM_001130483 NM_001288836
NM_001288837 NM_001288838 NM_001288839 NM_006296

NM_001252447
NM_027260

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001123952 NP_001123953 NP_001123954 NP_001123955 NP_001275765
NP_001275766 NP_001275767 NP_001275768 NP_006287

NP_001239376
NP_081536

Location (UCSC)

Chr 2: 57.91 – 58.16 Mb

Chr 11: 26.42 – 26.54 Mb

PubMed search

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Wikidata

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Serine/threonine-protein kinase VRK2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the VRK2 gene.^[5]

This gene encodes a member of the vaccinia-related kinase (VRK) family of serine/threonine protein kinases. This gene is widely expressed in human tissues and has increased expression in actively dividing cells, such as those in testis, leukocytes, fetal liver, and carcinomas. Its protein localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum and has been shown to phosphorylate casein and undergo autophosphorylation.

While several transcript variants may exist for this gene, the full-length nature of only one has been biologically validated to date.^[5]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000028116 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000064090 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ ^a ^b "Entrez Gene: VRK2 vaccinia related kinase 2".

Blanco S, Santos C, Lazo PA (2008). "Vaccinia-related kinase 2 modulates the stress response to hypoxia mediated by TAK1". Mol. Cell. Biol. 27 (20): 7273–83. doi:10.1128/MCB.00025-07. PMC 2168905 . PMID 17709393.
Li LY, Liu MY, Shih HM, et al. (2006). "Human cellular protein VRK2 interacts specifically with Epstein-Barr virus BHRF1, a homologue of Bcl-2, and enhances cell survival". J. Gen. Virol. 87 (Pt 10): 2869–78. doi:10.1099/vir.0.81953-0 . PMID 16963744.
Blanco S, Klimcakova L, Vega FM, Lazo PA (2006). "The subcellular localization of vaccinia-related kinase-2 (VRK2) isoforms determines their different effect on p53 stability in tumour cell lines". FEBS J. 273 (11): 2487–504. doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05256.x. hdl:10261/7155 . PMID 16704422. S2CID 6110354.
Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928 . PMID 15489334.
Nichols RJ, Traktman P (2004). "Characterization of three paralogous members of the Mammalian vaccinia related kinase family". J. Biol. Chem. 279 (9): 7934–46. doi:10.1074/jbc.M310813200 . PMID 14645249.
Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. Bibcode:2002PNAS...9916899M. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899 . PMC 139241 . PMID 12477932.
Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, et al. (1997). "Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library". Gene. 200 (1–2): 149–56. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3. PMID 9373149.
Nezu J, Oku A, Jones MH, Shimane M (1998). "Identification of two novel human putative serine/threonine kinases, VRK1 and VRK2, with structural similarity to vaccinia virus B1R kinase". Genomics. 45 (2): 327–31. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.4938. PMID 9344656.
Maruyama K, Sugano S (1994). "Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides". Gene. 138 (1–2): 171–4. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90802-8. PMID 8125298.

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Kinases: Serine/threonine-specific protein kinases (EC 2.7.11-12)

Serine/threonine-specific protein kinases (EC 2.7.11.1-EC 2.7.11.20)

Non-specific serine/threonine protein kinases (EC 2.7.11.1)	LATS1 LATS2 MAST1 MAST2 STK38 STK38L CIT ROCK1 SGK SGK2 SGK3 Protein kinase B AKT1 AKT2 AKT3 Ataxia telangiectasia mutated mTOR EIF-2 kinases PKR HRI EIF2AK3 EIF2AK4 Wee1 WEE1
Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (EC 2.7.11.2)	PDK1 PDK2 PDK3 PDK4
Dephospho-(reductase kinase) kinase (EC 2.7.11.3)	AMP-activated protein kinase α PRKAA1 PRKAA2 β PRKAB1 PRKAB2 γ PRKAG1 PRKAG2 PRKAG3
3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate dehydrogenase (acetyl-transferring) kinase (EC 2.7.11.4)	BCKDK BCKDHA BCKDHB
(isocitrate dehydrogenase (NADP+)) kinase (EC 2.7.11.5)	IDH2 IDH3A IDH3B IDH3G
(tyrosine 3-monooxygenase) kinase (EC 2.7.11.6)	STK4
Myosin-heavy-chain kinase (EC 2.7.11.7)	Aurora kinase Aurora A kinase Aurora B kinase Aurora C kinase
Fas-activated serine/threonine kinase (EC 2.7.11.8)	FASTK STK10
Goodpasture-antigen-binding protein kinase (EC 2.7.11.9)	-
IκB kinase (EC 2.7.11.10)	CHUK IKK2 TBK1 IKBKE IKBKG IKBKAP
cAMP-dependent protein kinase (EC 2.7.11.11)	Protein kinase A PRKACG PRKACB PRKACA PRKY
cGMP-dependent protein kinase (EC 2.7.11.12)	Protein kinase G PRKG1
Protein kinase C (EC 2.7.11.13)	Protein kinase C Protein kinase Cζ PKC alpha PRKCB1 PRKCD PRKCE PRKCH PRKCG PRKCI PRKCQ Protein kinase N1 PKN2 PKN3
Rhodopsin kinase (EC 2.7.11.14)	Rhodopsin kinase
Beta adrenergic receptor kinase (EC 2.7.11.15)	Beta adrenergic receptor kinase Beta adrenergic receptor kinase-2
G-protein coupled receptor kinases (EC 2.7.11.16)	GRK4 GRK5 GRK6
Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent (EC 2.7.11.17)	BRSK2 CAMK1 CAMK1A CAMK1B CAMK1D CAMK1G CAMK2 CAMK2A CAMK2B CAMK2D CAMK2G CAMK4 MLCK CASK CHEK1 CHEK2 DAPK1 DAPK2 DAPK3 STK11 MAPKAPK2 MAPKAPK3 MAPKAPK5 MARK1 MARK2 MARK3 MARK4 MELK MKNK1 MKNK2 NUAK1 NUAK2 OBSCN PASK PHKG1 PHKG2 PIM1 PIM2 PKD1 PRKD2 PRKD3 PSKH1 SNF1LK2 KIAA0999 STK40 SNF1LK SNRK SPEG TSSK2 Kalirin TRIB1 TRIB2 TRIB3 TRIO Titin DCLK1
Myosin light-chain kinase (EC 2.7.11.18)	MYLK MYLK2 MYLK3 MYLK4
Phosphorylase kinase (EC 2.7.11.19)	PHKA1 PHKA2 PHKB PHKG1 PHKG2
Elongation factor 2 kinase (EC 2.7.11.20)	EEF2K STK19
Polo kinase (EC 2.7.11.21)	PLK1 PLK2 PLK3 PLK4

Serine/threonine-specific protein kinases (EC 2.7.11.21-EC 2.7.11.30)

Polo kinase (EC 2.7.11.21)	PLK1 PLK2 PLK3 PLK4
Cyclin-dependent kinase (EC 2.7.11.22)	CDK1 CDK2 CDKL2 CDK3 CDK4 CDK5 CDKL5 CDK6 CDK7 CDK8 CDK9 CDK10 CDK12 CDC2L5 PCTK1 PCTK2 PCTK3 PFTK1 CDC2L1
(RNA-polymerase)-subunit kinase (EC 2.7.11.23)	RPS6KA5 RPS6KA4 P70S6 kinase P70-S6 Kinase 1 RPS6KB2 RPS6KA2 RPS6KA3 RPS6KA1 RPS6KC1
Mitogen-activated protein kinase (EC 2.7.11.24)	Extracellular signal-regulated MAPK1 MAPK3 MAPK4 MAPK6 MAPK7 MAPK12 MAPK15 C-Jun N-terminal MAPK8 MAPK9 MAPK10 P38 mitogen-activated protein MAPK11 MAPK13 MAPK14
MAP3K (EC 2.7.11.25)	MAP kinase kinase kinases MAP3K1 MAP3K2 MAP3K3 MAP3K4 MAP3K5 MAP3K6 MAP3K7 MAP3K8 RAFs ARAF BRAF KSR1 KSR2 MLKs MAP3K12 MAP3K13 MAP3K9 MAP3K10 MAP3K11 MAP3K7 ZAK CDC7 MAP3K14
Tau-protein kinase (EC 2.7.11.26)	TPK1 TTK GSK-3
(acetyl-CoA carboxylase) kinase (EC 2.7.11.27)	-
Tropomyosin kinase (EC 2.7.11.28)	-
Low-density-lipoprotein receptor kinase (EC 2.7.11.29)	-
Receptor protein serine/threonine kinase (EC 2.7.11.30)	Bone morphogenetic protein receptors BMPR1 BMPR1A BMPR1B BMPR2 ACVR1 ACVR1B ACVR1C ACVR2A ACVR2B ACVRL1 Anti-Müllerian hormone receptor