MAPKAPK2
MAPK activated protein kinase 2 | MK2

This gene encodes a member of the Ser/Thr protein kinase family. This kinase is regulated through direct phosphorylation by p38 MAP kinase. In conjunction with p38 MAP kinase, this kinase is known to be involved in many cellular processes including stress and inflammatory responses, nuclear export, gene expression regulation and cell proliferation. Heat shock protein HSP27 was shown to be one of the substrates of this kinase in vivo. Two transcript variants encoding two different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Member of: DE-10
Biological processes 56 terms
3'-UTR-mediated mRNA stabilization (GO:0070935)ATP binding (GO:0005524)DNA damage response (GO:0006974)MAPK cascade (GO:0000165)MAPK cascade (GO:0000165)MAPK cascade (GO:0000165)calcium-dependent protein serine/threonine kinase activity (GO:0009931)calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase activity (GO:0004683)calmodulin binding (GO:0005516)cellular response to vascular endothelial growth factor stimulus (GO:0035924)cellular response to vascular endothelial growth factor stimulus (GO:0035924)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)cytosol (GO:0005829)extracellular exosome (GO:0070062)inflammatory response (GO:0006954)inflammatory response (GO:0006954)inflammatory response (GO:0006954)intracellular signal transduction (GO:0035556)leukotriene metabolic process (GO:0006691)macropinocytosis (GO:0044351)macropinocytosis (GO:0044351)mitogen-activated protein kinase binding (GO:0051019)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)protein binding (GO:0005515)protein kinase activity (GO:0004672)protein kinase activity (GO:0004672)protein serine kinase activity (GO:0106310)protein serine/threonine kinase activity (GO:0004674)protein serine/threonine kinase activity (GO:0004674)protein serine/threonine kinase activity (GO:0004674)protein serine/threonine kinase activity (GO:0004674)regulation of cellular response to heat (GO:1900034)regulation of interleukin-6 production (GO:0032675)regulation of interleukin-6 production (GO:0032675)regulation of mRNA stability (GO:0043488)regulation of tumor necrosis factor production (GO:0032680)regulation of tumor necrosis factor production (GO:0032680)regulation of tumor necrosis factor-mediated signaling pathway (GO:0010803)response to cytokine (GO:0034097)response to cytokine (GO:0034097)response to lipopolysaccharide (GO:0032496)response to lipopolysaccharide (GO:0032496)toll-like receptor signaling pathway (GO:0002224)toll-like receptor signaling pathway (GO:0002224)toll-like receptor signaling pathway (GO:0002224)vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling pathway (GO:0048010)vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling pathway (GO:0048010)vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling pathway (GO:0048010)vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling pathway (GO:0048010)
Expression (TPM)
MAPKAPK2 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating MAPKAPK2 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for MAPKAPK2. The Binding column indicates whether any binding evidence exists for this TF–gene pair (ChIP-seq or motif footprint peaks). The Mean coef is the average Perturb-seq regression coefficient across active gRNAs (positive = MAPKAPK2 upregulated upon KD; negative = downregulated). The Outlier column indicates whether this gene is in the top or bottom 5% of all TF knockdown effects.

Data: Effect:
TF Mean coef Binding Outlier TF→Gene link

Elements linked to MAPKAPK2

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of MAPKAPK2, linked by TSS proximity or chromatin conformation (Multiome / HiCAR). Each element overlaps at least one TF ChIP-seq binding site — the TFs column shows how many distinct TFs bind that element.

Accessibility Element Dist. to TSS Link type TFs
chr1:206,490,111–206,490,584 194.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 320
chr1:206,506,880–206,508,298 177.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 469
chr1:206,544,602–206,545,089 140.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 336
chr1:206,556,960–206,557,656 127.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 540
chr1:206,612,122–206,612,956 72.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 1157
chr1:206,634,849–206,636,243 49.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 899
chr1:206,658,246–206,658,769 26.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 346
chr1:206,663,840–206,664,482 20.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 337
chr1:206,684,490–206,685,847 41 bp At TSS Multiome 492
chr1:206,685,899–206,686,288 995 bp At TSS 466
chr1:206,687,758–206,688,437 3.1 kb Proximal (<10kb) Multiome 218
chr1:206,909,139–206,910,281 224.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 445

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the MAPKAPK2 locus showing ATAC-seq accessibility and RNA-seq expression across the ESC → DE time course, together with TF binding peaks and element-to-TSS loop connections.

chr1:206,480,111 – 206,920,281
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq