TESK1

Dual specificity testis-specific protein kinase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the TESK1 gene.^[4][5]

TESK1
Identifiers
Aliases	TESK1, testis-specific kinase 1, testis associated actin remodelling kinase 1
External IDs	OMIM: 601782; MGI: 1201675; HomoloGene: 4577; GeneCards: TESK1; OMA:TESK1 - orthologs
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 4 (mouse)[1] Band 4|4 A5 Start 43,441,939 bp[1] End 43,448,064 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in left coronary artery right coronary artery ascending aorta anterior pituitary gastrocnemius muscle gastric mucosa canal of the cervix left lobe of thyroid gland body of stomach subcutaneous adipose tissue Top expressed in seminiferous tubule spermatid spermatocyte superior frontal gyrus muscle of thigh primary visual cortex dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell internal carotid artery right kidney entorhinal cortex More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function transferase activity nucleotide binding protein serine/threonine/tyrosine kinase activity protein tyrosine kinase activity protein kinase activity protein binding ATP binding metal ion binding kinase activity protein serine/threonine kinase activity signal transducer activity protein C-terminus binding protein kinase binding Cellular component cytosol cytoplasm nucleus cytoplasmic vesicle Biological process peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation spermatogenesis phosphorylation intracellular signal transduction protein phosphorylation actin cytoskeleton organization negative regulation of protein autophosphorylation regulation of protein localization positive regulation of stress fiber assembly negative regulation of protein serine/threonine kinase activity Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 7016 21754 Ensembl n/a ENSMUSG00000028458 UniProt Q15569 O70146 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_006285 NM_001318230 NM_011571 RefSeq (protein) NP_001305159 NP_006276 NP_035701 Location (UCSC) n/a Chr 4: 43.44 – 43.45 Mb PubMed search [2] [3]
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Function

This gene product is a serine/threonine protein kinase that contains an N-terminal protein kinase domain and a C-terminal proline-rich domain. Its protein kinase domain is most closely related to those of the LIM motif-containing protein kinases (LIMKs). The encoded protein can phosphorylate myelin basic protein and histone in vitro. The testicular germ cell-specific expression and developmental pattern of expression of the mouse gene suggests that this gene plays an important role at and after the meiotic phase of spermatogenesis.^[5]

Interactions

TESK1 has been shown to interact with YWHAB^[6] and SPRY4.^[7]