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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 274, Issue 3, Pages 811-816Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3236
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leucine-zipper and sterile-alpha motif kinase; (ZAK); mixed lineage kinase (MLK); JNK/SAPK; apoptosis
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A novel mixed lineage kinase-like protein ZAK, containing a leucine-zipper (LZ) and a sterile-alpha motif (SAM), was cloned. This cDNA has 2456 bp and encodes a protein of 800 amino acids that contains a kinase catalytic domain, a leucine-zipper and a SAM. The molecular weight of this protein is 91kDa. Northern blot analysis revealed that the expression of this ZAK gene is found in various parts of human tissues. We also found that ZAK proteins might form homodimers or oligomers in mammalian cells. MLKs have been proposed to function as mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase in pathways leading to MAPK cascade. The expression of ZAK in mammalian cells specifically leads to the activation of the JNK/SAPK pathway as well as the activation of transcription factor, NF-kappa B. Overexpression of the ZAK gene induces the apoptosis of a hepatoma cell line, (C) 2000 Academic Press.
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