Bovine, Canine, Equine, Guinea pig, Human, Mouse, Rabbit, Rat, Zebrafish
Immunogen:
The immunogen is a synthetic peptide directed towards the N terminal region of human MAP4K4
Alternative Synonym:
HGK, NIK, MEKKK4, FLH21957, HEL-S-31
MAP4K4 is the serine/threonine kinase that may play a role in the response to environmental stress and cytokines such as TNF-alpha. MAP4K4 appears to act upstream of the JUN N-terminal pathway.The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the serine/threonine protein kinase family. This kinase has been shown to specifically activate MAPK8/JNK. The activation of MAPK8 by this kinase is found to be inhibited by the dominant-negative mutants of MAP3K7/TAK1, MAP2K4/MKK4, and MAP2K7/MKK7, which suggests that this kinase may function through the MAP3K7-MAP2K4-MAP2K7 kinase cascade, and mediate the TNF-alpha signaling pathway. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified.