Summary

Name MAPK8
Full Name Mitogen-activated protein kinase 8
Synonyms MAP kinase 8, MAPK 8, JNK-46, Stress-activated protein kinase 1c, SAPK1c, Stress-activated protein kinase JNK1, c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1 | JNK1, PRKM8, SAPK1, SAPK1C
Primary ID P45983
Links - -
Type protein
Relations 193
Pathways Acute Myeloid Leukemia, COVID-19 Causal Network, EGFR Signaling, FLT3-ITD in AML, Glucocorticoid receptor Signaling, GPCR_HCC, Macrophage polarization, SAPK/JNK Signaling, SARS-CoV ATTACHMENT AND ENTRY, TNF-alpha Signaling, Toll like receptors, WNT Signaling, WNT/FLT3, WNT Signaling and Myogenesis
Inhibitors anthra[1,9-cd]pyrazol-6(2H)-one; 4-(2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzodioxin-6-yl)-3-[(5-nitro-2-thiazolyl)thio]-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-one
Function Serine/threonine-protein kinase involved in various processes such as cell proliferation, differentiation, migration, transformation and programmed cell death. Extracellular stimuli such as proinflammatory cytokines or physical stress stimulate the stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun N-terminal kinase (SAP/JNK) signaling pathway. In this cascade, two dual specificity kinases MAP2K4/MKK4 and MAP2K7/MKK7 phosphorylate and activate MAPK8/JNK1. In turn, MAPK8/JNK1 phosphorylates a number of transcription factors, primarily components of AP-1 such as JUN, JDP2 and ATF2 and thus regulates AP-1 transcriptional activity (PubMed:18307971). Phosphorylates the replication licensing factor CDT1, inhibiting the interaction between CDT1 and the histone H4 acetylase HBO1 to replication origins (PubMed:21856198). Loss of this interaction abrogates the acetylation required for replication initiation. Promotes stressed cell apoptosis by phosphorylating key regulatory factors including p53/TP53 and Yes-associates protein YAP1 (PubMed:21364637). In T-cells, MAPK8 and MAPK9 are required for polarized differentiation of T-helper cells into Th1 cells. Contributes to the survival of erythroid cells by phosphorylating the antagonist of cell death BAD upon EPO stimulation (PubMed:21095239). Mediates starvation-induced BCL2 phosphorylation, BCL2 dissociation from BECN1, and thus activation of autophagy (PubMed:18570871). Phosphorylates STMN2 and hence regulates microtubule dynamics, controlling neurite elongation in cortical neurons. In the developing brain, through its cytoplasmic activity on STMN2, negatively regulates the rate of exit from multipolar stage and of radial migration from the ventricular zone. Phosphorylates several other substrates including heat shock factor protein 4 (HSF4), the deacetylase SIRT1, ELK1, or the E3 ligase ITCH (PubMed:20027304, PubMed:17296730, PubMed:16581800). Phosphorylates the CLOCK-ARNTL/BMAL1 heterodimer and plays a role in the regulation of the circadian clock (PubMed:22441692). Phosphorylates the heat shock transcription factor HSF1, suppressing HSF1-induced transcriptional activity (PubMed:10747973). Phosphorylates POU5F1, which results in the inhibition of POU5F1's transcriptional activity and enhances its proteosomal degradation (By similarity). Phosphorylates JUND and this phosphorylation is inhibited in the presence of MEN1 (PubMed:22327296). In neurons, phosphorylates SYT4 which captures neuronal dense core vesicles at synapses (By similarity). Phosphorylates EIF4ENIF1/4-ET in response to oxidative stress, promoting P-body assembly (PubMed:22966201).

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Regulator Mechanism target score
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation JUND 0.795
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates quantity by destabilization img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation CDC25B 0.284
Publications: 2 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates activity img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation PPARG 0.528
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Macrophage polarization
+ up-regulates quantity by stabilization img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation PIN1 0.272
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates quantity by stabilization img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation CDKN1A 0.671
Publications: 2 Organism: Homo Sapiens, In Vitro
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia, FLT3-ITD in AML
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation SYT4 0.411
Publications: 1 Organism: Rattus Norvegicus
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation H2AX 0.2
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Tissue: Kidney
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation AIMP1 0.474
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ img/unknown.png phosphorylation MAPK8IP1 0.879
Publications: 5 Organism: Chlorocebus Aethiops
Pathways:SAPK/JNK Signaling
+ down-regulates quantity by destabilization img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation NFE2 0.412
Publications: 1
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation CDC25C 0.411
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation IRF3 0.534
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:COVID-19 Causal Network, SARS-CoV ATTACHMENT AND ENTRY, Toll like receptors
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation PXN 0.677
Publications: 1 Organism: Rattus Norvegicus
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation YWHAZ 0.372
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:SAPK/JNK Signaling
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation YWHAB 0.2
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation SFN 0.338
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates quantity by destabilization img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation GRB7 0.262
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation NLRP3 0.369
Publications: 1 Organism: In Vitro
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation TP53 0.795
Publications: 3 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia, FLT3-ITD in AML
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation TP53 0.795
Publications: 1 Organism: Mus Musculus
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia, FLT3-ITD in AML
+ down-regulates quantity by destabilization img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation EEF1A2 0.374
Publications: 2 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation NEIL1 0.2
Publications: 3 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation HNRNPK 0.371
Publications: 2 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation HNRNPK 0.371
Publications: 2 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates activity img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation RCSD1 0.286
Publications: 3 Organism: In Vitro
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation NR3C1 0.637
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Glucocorticoid receptor Signaling
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation ITCH 0.653
Publications: 5 Organism: Homo Sapiens, Mus Musculus
+ down-regulates activity img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation RXRA 0.462
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation SIRT1 0.602
Publications: 3 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia, FLT3-ITD in AML
+ down-regulates quantity img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation MFN2 0.428
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation EIF4ENIF1 0.322
Publications: 6 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation IRS1 0.77
Publications: 5 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Tissue: Muscle, Skeletal Muscle
+ down-regulates quantity by destabilization img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation IRS1 0.77
Publications: 1 Organism: Rattus Norvegicus
+ down-regulates activity img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation HSF1 0.498
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation STMN1 0.316
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation ELK1 0.511
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:EGFR Signaling, SAPK/JNK Signaling
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation ELK1 0.511
Publications: 2 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:EGFR Signaling, SAPK/JNK Signaling
+ up-regulates quantity by stabilization img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation CDT1 0.368
Publications: 2 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation CTBP1 0.358
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation ARHGAP8 0.327
Publications: 1
+ down-regulates activity img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation SARM1 0.424
Publications: 1
Pathways:Toll like receptors
+ down-regulates activity img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation IRS1 0.77
Publications: 2 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation BCL2L1 0.774
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia, COVID-19 Causal Network, FLT3-ITD in AML
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation MYC 0.557
Publications: 2 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia, EGFR Signaling, FLT3-ITD in AML, WNT Signaling, WNT/FLT3
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation AP1 0.816
Publications: 2 Organism: Chlorocebus Aethiops
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia, COVID-19 Causal Network, Toll like receptors
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation JUN 0.906
Publications: 2 Organism: Chlorocebus Aethiops
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia, EGFR Signaling, Glucocorticoid receptor Signaling, SAPK/JNK Signaling, TNF-alpha Signaling, WNT Signaling, WNT/FLT3, WNT Signaling and Myogenesis
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation TWIST1 0.308
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia
+ down-regulates quantity by destabilization img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation BCL2L11 0.758
Publications: 2 Organism: Mus Musculus, Homo Sapiens
Pathways:COVID-19 Causal Network, SAPK/JNK Signaling
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation BCL2 0.58
Publications: 2 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia, COVID-19 Causal Network
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation STAT6 0.353
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Macrophage polarization
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation STAT3 0.568
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia, EGFR Signaling, Macrophage polarization
+ down-regulates activity img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation ATN1 0.376
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Tissue: Brain
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation KRT8 0.376
Publications: 2 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation BCL2L11 0.758
Publications: 1 Organism: Mus Musculus
Pathways:COVID-19 Causal Network, SAPK/JNK Signaling
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation STK4 0.268
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates activity img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation BCL2 0.58
Publications: 2 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia, COVID-19 Causal Network
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation PPM1J 0.344
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation NR4A1 0.501
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation JUNB 0.719
Publications: 2 Organism: Mus Musculus
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation MAPK8IP1 0.879
Publications: 1 Organism: Chlorocebus Aethiops
Pathways:SAPK/JNK Signaling
+ down-regulates quantity by destabilization img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation WDR62 0.557
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation BCL2L11 0.758
Publications: 3 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:COVID-19 Causal Network, SAPK/JNK Signaling
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation MCL1 0.527
Publications: 2 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia, COVID-19 Causal Network
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation MAPK8 0.698
Publications: 3 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:COVID-19 Causal Network, SARS-CoV ATTACHMENT AND ENTRY, TNF-alpha Signaling, Toll like receptors
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation MAPK8 0.751
Publications: 3 Organism: Homo Sapiens, In Vitro
Pathways:COVID-19 Causal Network, EGFR Signaling, Macrophage polarization, SAPK/JNK Signaling, SARS-CoV ATTACHMENT AND ENTRY, TNF-alpha Signaling
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation LAT 0.308
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation MAPK8IP3 0.722
Publications: 3 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation SP1 0.704
Publications: 2 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia
+ down-regulates activity img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation CDT1 0.368
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation PKM 0.37
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation AKT1 0.428
Publications: 1 Organism: Rattus Norvegicus
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation FOXO4 0.609
Publications: 2 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation FOXO 0.712
Publications: 2 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia, FLT3-ITD in AML
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation BID 0.593
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:COVID-19 Causal Network, TNF-alpha Signaling
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation BCL2 0.58
Publications: 3 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia, COVID-19 Causal Network
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation ATF2 0.779
Publications: 4 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:COVID-19 Causal Network, SAPK/JNK Signaling
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation APLP2 0.363
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation APP 0.708
Publications: 2 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates quantity by stabilization img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation TP53 0.795
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia, FLT3-ITD in AML
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation STAT1 0.445
Publications: 1 Organism: Mus Musculus
Pathways:EGFR Signaling
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png binding MAPK8 0.371
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:SAPK/JNK Signaling
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png binding MAPK8 0.636
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation NFATC3 0.837
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png binding MAPK8 0.322
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png chemical inhibition MAPK8 0.8
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates img/indirect-activation.png MAPK8 0.625
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates activity img/indirect-activation.png MAPK8 0.506
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:COVID-19 Causal Network, SARS-CoV ATTACHMENT AND ENTRY
+ up-regulates activity img/indirect-activation.png MAPK8 0.658
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia, FLT3-ITD in AML, WNT Signaling, WNT/FLT3, WNT Signaling and Myogenesis
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png binding MAPK8 0.879
Publications: 4 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:SAPK/JNK Signaling
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation BCL2L11 0.758
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:COVID-19 Causal Network, SAPK/JNK Signaling
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation BAD 0.685
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia, COVID-19 Causal Network, FLT3-ITD in AML
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png binding MAPK8 0.458
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates img/indirect-activation.png MAPK8 0.257
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Tissue: Kidney
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png binding MAPK8 0.826
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:WNT Signaling, WNT/FLT3, WNT Signaling and Myogenesis
+ down-regulates activity img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation E2F1 0.277
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation TP73 0.422
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation DCX 0.286
Publications: 2 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png binding MAPK8 0.311
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png chemical activation MAPK8 0.8
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation NFATC2 0.751
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:SAPK/JNK Signaling
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation ITCH 0.653
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates img/indirect_inhibition.png MAPK8 0.501
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png dephosphorylation MAPK8 0.713
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates activity img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation ELK3 0.324
Publications: 1
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png chemical activation MAPK8 0.8
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation MAPK8 0.296
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:WNT Signaling, WNT/FLT3, WNT Signaling and Myogenesis
+ up-regulates img/indirect-activation.png MAPK8 0.29
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation BMF 0.688
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates img/indirect-activation.png BAX 0.557
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia, COVID-19 Causal Network, SAPK/JNK Signaling, TNF-alpha Signaling
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation MAPK8 0.499
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation MAPK9 0.592
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation OSBP2 0.2
Publications: 1
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation PKMYT1 0.337
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates img/indirect-activation.png MAPK8 0.32
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:SAPK/JNK Signaling
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png binding MAPK8 0.658
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia, FLT3-ITD in AML, WNT Signaling, WNT/FLT3, WNT Signaling and Myogenesis
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png relocalization MAPK8 0.557
Publications: 1 Organism: Mus Musculus
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation LRP6 0.383
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:WNT Signaling, WNT/FLT3, WNT Signaling and Myogenesis
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png binding MAPK8 0.722
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png chemical inhibition MAPK8 0.8
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png dephosphorylation MAPK8 0.422
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates img/indirect-activation.png Actin_cytoskeleton_reorganization 0.7
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates img/indirect-activation.png MAPK8 0.378
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates activity img/indirect_inhibition.png MAPK8 0.637
Publications: 1 Organism: Mus Musculus
Pathways:Glucocorticoid receptor Signaling
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png phosphorylation MAPK8 0.379
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates img/indirect_inhibition.png MAPK8 0.421
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png binding MAPK8 0.658
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:Acute Myeloid Leukemia, FLT3-ITD in AML, WNT Signaling, WNT/FLT3, WNT Signaling and Myogenesis
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png dephosphorylation MAPK8 0.705
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates img/indirect-activation.png MAPK8 0.2
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png dephosphorylation MAPK8 0.787
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates activity img/direct_inhibition.png dephosphorylation MAPK8 0.63
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens