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KMID : 0620920070390050565
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Experimental & Molecular Medicine
2007 Volume.39 No. 5 p.565 ~ p.573
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WNKs: protein kinases with a unique kinase domain
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Huang Chou-Long
Cha Seung-Kuy
Hao-Ran Wang
Xie Jian
Cobb Melanie H.
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Abstract
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WNKs (with-no-lysine [K]) are a family of serine-threonine protein kinases with an atypical placement of the catalytic lysine relative to all other protein kinases. The roles of WNK kinases in regulating ion transport were first revealed by the findings that mutations of two members cause a genetic hypertension and hyperkalemia syndrome. More recent studies suggest that WNKs are pleiotropic protein kinases with important roles in many cell processes in addition to ion transport. Here, we review roles of WNK kinases in the regulation of ion balance, cell signaling, survival, and proliferation, and embryonic organ development
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KEYWORD
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genome, human, hyperkalemia, hypertension, neoplasms, protein kinases, pseudohypoaldosteronisms, WNK1 protein, human
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