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MELK Gene

protein-coding   GIFtS: 62

GC09P036562
maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase
Symbol approved by the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) database
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Aliases
EC 2.7.11.1 3
HPK38 2
KIAA0175 1, 2, 3, 5
OTTHUMP00000046113 2
hMELK 3
hPK38 3
Descriptions
Protein kinase PK38 3
maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase 2
pEg3 kinase 2
External Ids
HGNC: 168701
Entrez Gene: 98332
UniProtKB: Q146803
Ensembl: ENSG000001653047
Search outside databases for aliases for MELK gene

Previous GC identifers: GC09P036885 GC09P036742

(According to Entrez Gene, Wikipedia's Gene Wiki,
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot, and/or UniProtKB/TrEMBL)
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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: MELK_HUMAN, Q14680
Function: Phosphorylates ZNF622 and may contribute to its redirection to the nucleus. May be
involved in the inhibition of spliceosome assembly during mitosis

Gene Wiki entry for MELK

(According to GeneLoc and/or HGNC, and/or
Entrez Gene (NCBI build 36),
and/or miRBase,
Genomic Views according to UCSC and Ensembl, Transcription factor binding sites according to SABiosciences)
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Genomic View:
UCSC Golden Path with GeneCards custom track

 Transcription factor binding sites upstream to the MELK gene  

Entrez Gene cytogenetic band: 9p13.2   Ensembl cytogenetic band:  9p13.2   HGNC cytogenetic band: 9p13.1

MELK Gene in genomic location: bands according to Ensembl, locations according to (and/or Entrez Gene and/or Ensembl if different)

GeneLoc gene densities for chromosome 9         GeneLoc Exon Structure

GeneLoc location for GC09P036562:     (about GC identifiers)

Start:
36,562,873 bp from pter
End:
36,667,679 bp from pter
Size:
104,807 bases
Orientation:
plus strand
RefSeq DNA sequence:
NC_000009.10  NT_008413.17  
(According to 1UniProtKB, and/or Ensembl, Phosphorylation sites according to 2Phosphosite, RefSeq according to NCBI, PDB rendering according to OCA and/or Proteopedia, Recombinant Proteins from Invitrogen, Millipore, Sigma-Aldrich, R&D Systems, Enzo Life Sciences, Abnova, OriGene and/or, Abcam,
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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: MELK_HUMAN, Q14680 (See protein sequence)
Recommended Name: Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase  
Size: 651 amino acids; 74642 Da
Subunit: Interacts with ZNF622 and PPP1R8
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm (Potential)
Secondary accessions: B1AMQ6 Q7L3C3

Post-translational modifications:

  • Autophosphorylated. Thr-478 phosphorylation during mitosis promotes interaction with PPP1R8
    (Probable)1
  • View phosphorylation sites using PhosphoSite2


  • REFSEQ proteins: NP_055606.1  

    ENSEMBL proteins: 
    ENSP00000298048 


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    1 Gene Ontology (GO) cellular component term (links to tree view):

    GO IDQualified GO termEvidencePubMed IDs
    GO:0005737 cytoplasm IEA--
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    5/7 InterPro domains/families (see all 7 ):
     IPR017441 Protein_kinase_ATP_BS
     IPR001772 Kinase-assoc_KA1
     IPR015739 Melk_kinase
     IPR002290 Ser_thr_pkinase
     IPR017442 Se/Thr_pkinase-rel


       GeneDecks  MELK for the domains selected above  
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    Graphical View of Domain Structure for InterPro Entry Q14680

    ProtoNet protein and cluster: Q14680

    1 Blocks protein family: IPB001772 Kinase-associated

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: MELK_HUMAN, Q14680
    Similarity: Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. CAMK Ser/Thr protein kinase family. SNF1
    subfamily
    Similarity: Contains 1 KA1 (kinase-associated) domain
    Similarity: Contains 1 protein kinase domain

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                  OriGene GFP tagged cDNA clone in CMV expression vector: NM_014791
                                     Myc/DDK tagged cDNA clone in CMV expression vector: NM_014791
                                     untagged cDNA clones in CMV expression vector (see all 2): NM_014791 

    Primers: Browse Quantitative PCR Central at Invitrogen for Q-PCR LUX™ Primers
                  OriGene genome-wide validated SYBR primer pairs: NM_014791

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: MELK_HUMAN, Q14680
    Function: Phosphorylates ZNF622 and may contribute to its redirection to the nucleus. May be
    involved in the inhibition of spliceosome assembly during mitosis
    Catalytic activity: ATP + a protein = ADP + a phosphoprotein
    Enzyme Number (IUBMB): EC 2.7.11.1 

    5 Gene Ontology (GO) molecular function terms (links to tree view):

    GO IDQualified GO termEvidencePubMed IDs
    GO:0000166 nucleotide binding IEA--
    GO:0004674 protein serine/threonine kinase activity IEA--
    GO:0005515 protein binding IPI17280616
    GO:0005524 ATP binding IEA--
    GO:0016740 transferase activity IEA--
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     Gene Network CentralTM Interacting Genes and Proteins Network for  MELK 


    4 Interacting proteins for MELK (ENSP000002980483 Q146801) via UniProtKB, MINT, and/or STRING
    InteractantInteraction Details
    GeneCardExternal ID(s)
    BCL2L14Q9BZR81STRING (score=.845) EBI-1046702, EBI-1385773
    ZNF622ENSP000003100423STRING (score=.992)
    MYBL2ENSP000002170263STRING (score=.954)
    PPP1R8ENSP000003116773STRING (score=.819)
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    1 Gene Ontology (GO) biological process term (links to tree view):

    GO IDQualified GO termEvidencePubMed IDs
    GO:0006468 protein amino acid phosphorylation IEA--
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    1 Novoseek chemical compound relationship for MELK gene
    Compound   Score   Articles   PubMed IDs for Articles with Shared Sentences (# sentences)
    leucine 66.60 9 17280616 (2), 17722061 (2), 17960622 (2), 16216881 (1) (see all 6)
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    (GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ Accessions according to
    Unigene (Build 219 Homo sapiens; Jun 2 2009) or GenBank,
    RefSeq according to Entrez Gene,
    DOTS (version 10), and/or AceView,
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    ESTs according to GeneTide,
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    NM_014791  

    REFSEQ mRNAs for MELK gene: 

    NM_014791.2   

    Applied Biosystems TaqMan ® Gene Expression Assays: 

    NM_014791  

                  OriGene GFP tagged cDNA clone in CMV expression vector: NM_014791
                                     Myc/DDK tagged cDNA clone in CMV expression vector: NM_014791
                                     untagged cDNA clones in CMV expression vector (see all 2): NM_014791 

    Additional cDNA sequence: 

    AB183427.1 AB183428.1 AB267395.1 AK222811.1 AK293284.1 AK293423.1 AK293447.1 AK296820.1 
    AK299164.1 AK300761.1 AK300821.1 AK301131.1 AK302374.1 AK309470.1 BC014039.2 CR605252.1 
    D79997.1 

    12 DOTS entries:

    DT.212642  DT.121191407  DT.121191399  DT.121191419  DT.91711226  DT.100777414  DT.100777416  DT.102828545 
    DT.91742966  DT.97843505  DT.97843506  DT.100777415 

    24/99 AceView cDNA sequences (see all 99 ):

    BM927868 BQ650221 BM851510 BU622206 BC014039 CR605252 NM_014791 AI637653 
    D79997 AA307070 CF141336 BQ071315 BQ064763 AI753377 AA835959 AL135150 
    BM823308 AU124892 AL554470 BM787111 BP383349 BM754132 AI870210 BQ221427 

    highest scoring ESTs for MELK:

    D79997 AA460956 AA587220 AA664563 AA744782 AA744784 AA767453 AA768291 AA835959 AA903137 

    Unigene Cluster for MELK:

    Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase
    Hs.184339  [show with all ESTs]
    Unigene Representative Sequence: NM_014791


    GeneLoc Exon Structure

    5/6 Alternative Splicing Database (ASD) splice patterns (SP) for MELK (see all 6 )

    ExUns: 1a · 1b · 1c · 1d ^ 2 ^ 3 ^ 4 ^ 5 ^ 6a · 6b · 6c · 6d ^ 7 ^ 8 ^ 9 ^ 10 ^ 11 ^ 12 ^ 13 ^ 14 ^ 15 ^ 16 ^ 17 ^ 18 ^ 19 ^ 20
    SP1:                          -     -                             -     -                                                                                       
    SP2:                                -                             -     -                                                                                       
    SP3:                                -           -                 -     -                                                                                       
    SP4:                                                                                                                                                            
    SP5:                                -                                                                                                                           

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    ECgene alternative splicing isoforms for MELK

    1 Ensembl transcript including schematic representation:
    ENST00000298048  
    (Experimental results according to 1GeneNote and GNF BioGPS,
    probe sets-to-genes annotations according to 2GeneAnnot , 3GeneTide , Sets of similar genes according to GeneDecks, Electronic Northern calculations according to data from UniGene (Build 219 Homo sapiens), SAGE tags according to CGAP, plus additional links to SOURCE, and/or GNF BioGPS, and/or EXPOLDB, and/or UniProtKB,
    Expression Assays from Applied Biosystems )
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    MELK expression in normal and diseased human tissues

     Applied Biosystems TaqMan ® Gene Expression Assays for MELK

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    3 probe-sets matching MELK gene


    Affymetrix
    probe-set
    Array  GeneAnnot data GeneNote data GeneTide data
    # genes Sensitivity Specificity Correlation Length Gb_Accession Consensus Uniqueness Score Rank

    38847_at2, 3 U95-A 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 D79997 1.00 1.00 1.00 1

    204825_at2, 3 U133-A 1 1.00 1.00 -- -- NM_014791 0.60 1.00 0.82 1

    204825_at2 U133Plus2 1 1.00 1.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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    Data from (Publications) and GNF BioGPS
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    CGAP SAGE TAG: TGGTTTTGTA

    SOURCE GeneReport for Unigene cluster: Hs.184339

    Expression variation in blood from EXPOLDB for MELK

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: MELK_HUMAN, Q14680
    Tissue specificity: Expressed in placenta, kidney, thymus, testis, ovary and intestine

    (Orthologs according to 1,2HomoloGene (2older version, for species not in 1newer version), 3euGenes, 4SGD and/or 5MGI Jun 06 2009, with possible further links to Flybase and/or WormBase, Gene Trees according to Ensembl)
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    Orthologs for MELK gene from 5/12 species (see all 12 )
    Organism Gene Locus Description Human
    Similarity
    NCBI accessions
    dog
    (Canis familiaris)
    MELK1   -- maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase 92.73(n)
    91.71(a)
    481608  XM_538730.2  XP_538730.2 
    chimpanzee
    (Pan troglodytes)
    MELK1   -- maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase 99.44(n)
    99.54(a)
    465095  XM_001168960.1  XP_001168960.1 
    cow
    (Bos taurus)
    MELK1   -- maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase 91.08(n)
    89.69(a)
    520088  XM_598320.3  XP_598320.2 
    rat
    (Rattus norvegicus)
    Melk1   -- maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase 84.86(n)
    84.6(a)
    362510  XM_342828.3  XP_342829.1 
    mouse
    (Mus musculus)
    Melk1, 5 4 (26.70 cM)5
    maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase1, 5 84.24(n)1
    84.29(a)1
    172791  NM_010790.21  NP_034920.21 
     AI3273125  AK0104985  (see all 26)
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    ENSEMBL Gene Tree for MELK
    (Paralogs according to 1HomoloGene
    and 2Ensembl, Pseudogenes according to 3Pseudogene.org)
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    Paralogs for MELK gene
    NUAK22  NUAK12  MGC421052  

    (According to the 1NCBI SNP Database, 2Ensembl, 3PupaSUITE, and UniProtKB, Linkage Disequilibrium by HapMap, Genotyping Reagents from Applied Biosystems)
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    10/553 NCBI SNPs in MELK are shown (see all 553 )
    (Click for Applied Biosystems TaqMan ® Genotyping Assay)  (see all 117)
    ABGenomic DataTranscription DataAllele Frequencies
    SNP IDValidChr 9 posSequenceRecsAA
    Chg
    TypeMoreRecsAllele
    freq
    PopTotal
    sample
    More
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    rs123477081,2
    C,F,H36667608(+) TATGTG/AAATGT 1 -- ut317Minor allele frequency- A:0.03EU EA WA NA 562
    rs134402971,2
    F,H36573668(+) CTGGAG/TAGATG 1 E/X non14Minor allele frequency- T:0.01EU EA WA 406
    rs126854071,2
    C,H36667421(+) AAGTTC/AATTGG 1 -- ut31 ese34Minor allele frequency- A:0.00EU EA WA 418
    rs346551211,2
    C,F36641819(+) TTTAAG/AGCTTT 1 K/R mis14Minor allele frequency- A:0.10EU EA WA 420
    rs351422101,2
    C,F36597660(+) ATACAA/GGAAGA 1 K/R mis14Minor allele frequency- G:0.03EU EA WA 420
    rs352334551,2
    C36579555(+) CAAAAC/TGGAGA 1 T/M mis14Minor allele frequency- T:0.00EU EA WA 420
    rs20688261,2
    H36661008(-) CAATTC/ACACTG 1 X/E non1 ese34Minor allele frequency- A:0.00EU EA WA 420
    rs22744731,2
    A,C,F,H,O36664842(-) GTCACA/GTTATA 1 N/N syn116Minor allele frequency- G:0.25EU EA WA NA 1472
    rs11373771,2
    H36641829(+) TCTTCT/CTTCTC 1 S/S syn1 ese3 trp34Minor allele frequency- C:0.00EU EA WA 412
    rs24836401,2
    A,C,F,H,O36632191(+) ATAACG/AATCGT 1 -- int111Minor allele frequency- A:0.10NA EU EA WA 922
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    HapMap Linkage Disequilibrium images for MELK (up to first 250kb)

    (in which this Gene is Involved, According to OMIM, UniProtKB, PharmGKB, Genatlas, GeneTests, Blood group antigen gene mutations by BGMUT, HGMD, GAD, HuGE Navigator, BCGD, and/or TGDB.)
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    OMIM: 607025

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    10/21 PubMed articles for MELK gene (see all 21 ):
    (in PubMed, OMIM, and NCBI Bookshelf)
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     ANDOR
    Aliases
    Free Text  

      Query String
    PubMed
    OMIM
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    (According to Entrez Gene, HGNC, AceView, euGenes, Ensembl, miRBase, ECgene, and/or H-InvDB)
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    Entrez Gene: 9833 HGNC: 16870 AceView: MELK Ensembl:ENSG00000165304 euGenes: HUgn9833
    ECgene: MELK H-InvDB: MELK
    (According to HUGE)
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    HUGE: KIAA0175
    (According to ATLAS, HORDE, IMGT, MTDB, LEIDEN, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot, and/or UniProtKB/TrEMBL,
    Wikipedia and/or GeneReviews via UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)
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