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Designing a Western blot for TNIK? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the TNIK Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for TNIK? 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 TNIK IHC Guide
Facts about TRAF2 and NCK-interacting protein kinase.
Appears to act upstream of the JUN N-terminal pathway. May play a role in the response to environmental stress.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | TNIK |
| Uniprot: | Q9UKE5 |
| Entrez: | 23043 |

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

EC 2.7.11; KIAA0551EC 2.7.11.1; TRAF2 and NCK interacting kinase; TRAF2 and NCK-interacting protein kinase
Mass (kDA):
154.943 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 3q26.2-q26.31 |
| Sequence: | 3; NC_000003.12 (171058414..171460408, complement) |
Expressed ubiquitously. Highest levels observed in heart, brain and skeletal muscle. Expressed in normal colonic epithelia and colorectal cancer tissues.
Nucleus. Cytoplasm. Recycling endosome. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Associated with recycling endosomes and the cytoskeletal fraction upon RAP2A overexpression.





PMID: 10521462 by Fu C.A., et al. TNIK, a novel member of the germinal center kinase family that activates the c-Jun N-terminal kinase pathway and regulates the cytoskeleton.
PMID: 15342639 by Taira K., et al. The Traf2- and Nck-interacting kinase as a putative effector of Rap2 to regulate actin cytoskeleton.