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Designing an IHC experiment for MAP4K4? The guide has the expected staining pattern, antigen retrieval and fixation, antibodies backed by real IHC images, the tissue controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the MAP4K4 IHC GuideFacts about Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 4.
Phosphorylates SMAD1 on Thr-322. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | MAP4K4 |
| Uniprot: | O95819 |
| Entrez: | 9448 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| protein kinase superfamily |

EC 2.7.11; EC 2.7.11.1; FLH21957; FLJ10410; hepatocyte progenitor kinase-like/germinal center kinase-like kinase; HGK; HGKFLJ20373; HPK/GCK-like kinase HGK; KIAA0687; MAP4K4; MAPK/ERK kinase kinase kinase 4; MEK kinase kinase 4; MEKKK 4; MEKKK4; mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 4; Nck-interacting kinase; NIKFLJ90111
Mass (kDA):
142.101 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 2q11.2 |
| Sequence: | 2; NC_000002.12 (101697703..101894690) |
Widely expressed. Isoform 5 is abundant in the brain. Isoform 4 is predominant in the liver, skeletal muscle and placenta.
Cytoplasm.





PMID: 9890973 by Yao Z., et al. A novel human STE20-related protein kinase, HGK, that specifically activates the c-Jun N-terminal kinase signaling pathway.
PMID: 12612079 by Wright J.H., et al. The STE20 kinase HGK is broadly expressed in human tumor cells and can modulate cellular transformation, invasion, and adhesion.