IkB kinase associated protein 1, IkB kinase subunit gamma, Inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa B kinase subunit gamma, AMCBX1, FIP 3, FIP3, Fip3p, I kappa B kinase gamma, IkB kinase associated protein 1, IkB kinase gamma subunit, IkB kinase subunit gamma, IKBKG, IKKAP 1, IKKAP1, IKKG, IKKgamma,IKK gamma.
Pro inflammatory cytokines activate the transcription factor NF kappa B by stimulating the activity of a protein kinase that phosphorylates Ikappa B, an inhibitor of NF kappa B, at sites that trigger its ubiquitination and degradation. A large, cytokine responsive Ikappa B kinase (IKK) complex has been purified and the genes encoding 2 of its subunits have been cloned. These subunits, IKK alpha and Ikk beta, are protein kinases whose function is needed for NF kappa B activation by pro inflammatory stimuli. IKK is composed of similar amounts of IKK alpha, Ikk beta, which are differentially processed forms of a third subunit, IKK gamma. IKK gamma interacts preferentially with IKK beta and is required for the activation of the IKK complex.
