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mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 2

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Immunopharmacology Ligand  Target has curated data in GtoImmuPdb

Target id: 2086

Nomenclature: mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 2

Abbreviated Name: GCK

Family: KHS subfamily

Gene and Protein Information Click here for help
Species TM AA Chromosomal Location Gene Symbol Gene Name Reference
Human - 820 11q13.1 MAP4K2 mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 2
Mouse - 821 19 A Map4k2 mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 2
Rat - 780 1 q43 Map4k2 mitogen activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 2
Previous and Unofficial Names Click here for help
Germinal center kinase | Rab8-interacting protein | RAB8IP | B lymphocyte serine/threonine-protein kinase | MAPK/ERK kinase kinase kinase 2 | MEKKK 2
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Enzyme Reaction Click here for help
EC Number: 2.7.11.1

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Inhibitors
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Ligand Sp. Action Value Parameter Reference
belizatinib Small molecule or natural product Click here for species-specific activity table Ligand has a PDB structure Hs Inhibition 8.0 pKd 10
pKd 8.0 (Kd 1.1x10-8 M) [10]
Description: Binding affinity in vitro.
BAY 61-3606 Small molecule or natural product Click here for species-specific activity table Hs Inhibition 7.9 pIC50 9
pIC50 7.9 (IC50 1.13x10-8 M) [9]
NG-25 Small molecule or natural product Click here for species-specific activity table Ligand has a PDB structure Hs Inhibition 7.7 pIC50 11
pIC50 7.7 (IC50 2.17x10-8 M) [11]
DiscoveRx KINOMEscan® screen Click here for help
A screen of 72 inhibitors against 456 human kinases. Quantitative data were derived using DiscoveRx KINOMEscan® platform.
http://www.discoverx.com/services/drug-discovery-development-services/kinase-profiling/kinomescan
Reference: 4,12

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Target used in screen: MAP4K2
Ligand Sp. Type Action Value Parameter
bosutinib Small molecule or natural product Approved drug Ligand has a PDB structure Immunopharmacology Ligand Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 8.5 pKd
lestaurtinib Small molecule or natural product Ligand has a PDB structure Immunopharmacology Ligand Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 8.3 pKd
staurosporine Small molecule or natural product Ligand has a PDB structure Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 8.1 pKd
KW-2449 Small molecule or natural product Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 8.0 pKd
sunitinib Small molecule or natural product Approved drug Ligand has a PDB structure Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 7.5 pKd
JNJ-28312141 Small molecule or natural product Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 7.2 pKd
crizotinib Small molecule or natural product Approved drug Ligand has a PDB structure Immunopharmacology Ligand Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 7.1 pKd
alvocidib Small molecule or natural product Ligand has a PDB structure Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 7.1 pKd
PP-242 Small molecule or natural product Ligand has a PDB structure Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 7.0 pKd
AST-487 Small molecule or natural product Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 7.0 pKd
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EMD Millipore KinaseProfilerTM screen/Reaction Biology Kinase HotspotSM screen Click here for help
A screen profiling 158 kinase inhibitors (Calbiochem Protein Kinase Inhibitor Library I and II, catalogue numbers 539744 and 539745) for their inhibitory activity at 1µM and 10µM against 234 human recombinant kinases using the EMD Millipore KinaseProfilerTM service.

A screen profiling the inhibitory activity of 178 commercially available kinase inhibitors at 0.5µM against a panel of 300 recombinant protein kinases using the Reaction Biology Corporation Kinase HotspotSM platform.

http://www.millipore.com/techpublications/tech1/pf3036
http://www.reactionbiology.com/webapps/main/pages/kinase.aspx


Reference: 1,5

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Target used in screen: GCK/GCK(MAP4K2)
Ligand Sp. Type Action % Activity remaining at 0.5µM % Activity remaining at 1µM % Activity remaining at 10µM
staurosporine Small molecule or natural product Ligand has a PDB structure Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 0.5 -1.0 1.5
K-252a Small molecule or natural product Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 0.8 0.0 1.0
Cdk1/2 inhibitor III Small molecule or natural product Ligand has a PDB structure Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 2.1 1.0 -1.0
bosutinib Small molecule or natural product Approved drug Ligand has a PDB structure Immunopharmacology Ligand Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 3.2
SB 218078 Small molecule or natural product Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 3.7 20.0 10.0
JAK3 inhibitor VI Small molecule or natural product Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 4.8 3.0 0.0
midostaurin Small molecule or natural product Approved drug Ligand has a PDB structure Immunopharmacology Ligand Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 5.2 4.0 0.0
Gö 6976 Small molecule or natural product Ligand has a PDB structure Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 5.7 2.0 1.0
SU11652 Small molecule or natural product Ligand has a PDB structure Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 8.1 5.0 0.0
alsterpaullone Small molecule or natural product Ligand has a PDB structure Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 8.8 2.0 5.0
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Immunopharmacology Comments
In vitro analyses suggest that GCK plays important roles in the innate immune response and cell signalling [3]. GCK kinase activity is potently induced by TNFα, IL-1, CD-40 ligand and some TLR ligands (lipid A, poly(I:C), LPS) [14]. The in vivo roles of GCK in immune regulation remain unclear.
GCK selectively activates the JNK signalling pathway, and has no effect on the NF-κB, p38 or ERK pathways in vitro. JNK pathway stimulation is mediated by GCK activation of the MAP3K, MEKK1 (MAP3K1), via a mechanism of MEKK1 oligomerization and autophosphorylation that is independent of GCK kinase activity [2]. In addition, the E3-ligase activity of TRAF2 is required for MEKK1 activation by GCK. GCK activation of MLK3 (MAP3K11) and downstream JNK activity does require kinase activity [2].
Cell Type Associations
Immuno Cell Type:  B cells
Cell Ontology Term:   germinal center B cell (CL:0000844)
Comment:  Expression of GCK in lymphoid follicles is restricted to germinal center B cells.
References:  8
Immuno Cell Type:  Macrophages & monocytes
Cell Ontology Term:   macrophage (CL:0000235)
Comment:  GCK expression is upregulated in LPS-stimulated macrophages.
References:  7
Immuno Process Associations
Immuno Process:  Inflammation
Physiological Consequences of Altering Gene Expression Click here for help
C57/BL6 gck−/− mice are viable and fertile, with no obvious unevoked phenotype. Their lymphoid and myeloid development appears normal.
Species:  Mouse
Tissue: 
Technique:  Homologous recombination.
References:  13
Physiological Consequences of Altering Gene Expression Comments
Note that the article reporting gck knockout effects in mice [13] was later retracted in its entirety, as many of the experimental findings were unreproducible when the gck-/- mouse line was rederived [6].

References

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1. Anastassiadis T, Deacon SW, Devarajan K, Ma H, Peterson JR. (2011) Comprehensive assay of kinase catalytic activity reveals features of kinase inhibitor selectivity. Nat Biotechnol, 29 (11): 1039-45. [PMID:22037377]

2. Chadee DN, Yuasa T, Kyriakis JM. (2002) Direct activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase MEKK1 by the Ste20p homologue GCK and the adapter protein TRAF2. Mol Cell Biol, 22 (3): 737-49. [PMID:11784851]

3. Chuang HC, Wang X, Tan TH. (2016) MAP4K Family Kinases in Immunity and Inflammation. Adv Immunol, 129: 277-314. [PMID:26791862]

4. Davis MI, Hunt JP, Herrgard S, Ciceri P, Wodicka LM, Pallares G, Hocker M, Treiber DK, Zarrinkar PP. (2011) Comprehensive analysis of kinase inhibitor selectivity. Nat Biotechnol, 29 (11): 1046-51. [PMID:22037378]

5. Gao Y, Davies SP, Augustin M, Woodward A, Patel UA, Kovelman R, Harvey KJ. (2013) A broad activity screen in support of a chemogenomic map for kinase signalling research and drug discovery. Biochem J, 451 (2): 313-28. [PMID:23398362]

6. Gavrilescu LC, Molnár Á, Murray L, Garafalo S, Kehrl JH, Simon AR, Van Etten RA, Kyriakis JM. (2012) Retraction for Zhong et al. GCK is essential to systemic inflammation and pattern recognition receptor signaling to JNK and p38. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 109 (13): 5134. [PMID:22411792]

7. Himes SR, Sester DP, Ravasi T, Cronau SL, Sasmono T, Hume DA. (2006) The JNK are important for development and survival of macrophages. J Immunol, 176 (4): 2219-28. [PMID:16455978]

8. Katz P, Whalen G, Kehrl JH. (1994) Differential expression of a novel protein kinase in human B lymphocytes. Preferential localization in the germinal center. J Biol Chem, 269 (24): 16802-9. [PMID:7515885]

9. Lau KS, Zhang T, Kendall KR, Lauffenburger D, Gray NS, Haigis KM. (2012) BAY61-3606 affects the viability of colon cancer cells in a genotype-directed manner. PLoS ONE, 7 (7): e41343. [PMID:22815993]

10. Lewis RT, Bode CM, Choquette DM, Potashman M, Romero K, Stellwagen JC, Teffera Y, Moore E, Whittington DA, Chen H et al.. (2012) The discovery and optimization of a novel class of potent, selective, and orally bioavailable anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitors with potential utility for the treatment of cancer. J Med Chem, 55 (14): 6523-40. [PMID:22734674]

11. Tan L, Nomanbhoy T, Gurbani D, Patricelli M, Hunter J, Geng J, Herhaus L, Zhang J, Pauls E, Ham Y et al.. (2015) Discovery of Type II Inhibitors of TGFβ-Activated Kinase 1 (TAK1) and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase Kinase 2 (MAP4K2). J Med Chem, 58 (1): 183-96. [PMID:25075558]

12. Wodicka LM, Ciceri P, Davis MI, Hunt JP, Floyd M, Salerno S, Hua XH, Ford JM, Armstrong RC, Zarrinkar PP et al.. (2010) Activation state-dependent binding of small molecule kinase inhibitors: structural insights from biochemistry. Chem Biol, 17 (11): 1241-9. [PMID:21095574]

13. Zhong J, Gavrilescu LC, Molnár A, Murray L, Garafalo S, Kehrl JH, Simon AR, Van Etten RA, Kyriakis JM. (2009) GCK is essential to systemic inflammation and pattern recognition receptor signaling to JNK and p38. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 106 (11): 4372-7. [PMID:19246396]

14. Zhong J, Kyriakis JM. (2004) Germinal center kinase is required for optimal Jun N-terminal kinase activation by Toll-like receptor agonists and is regulated by the ubiquitin proteasome system and agonist-induced, TRAF6-dependent stabilization. Mol Cell Biol, 24 (20): 9165-75. [PMID:15456887]

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KHS subfamily: mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 2. Last modified on 04/09/2019. Accessed on 04/11/2024. IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY, https://www.guidetoimmunopharmacology.org/GRAC/ObjectDisplayForward?objectId=2086.