Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

MAP3K2

Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 2

Also known as: M3K2_HUMAN, MEKK2, MEKK2B

Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q9Y2U5
Gene
MAP3K2
Ensembl
ENSG00000169967
Chromosome
2
Canonical length
619 aa
Protein class
Enzymes, Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Cytosol

OverviewNCBI Gene

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of serine/threonine protein kinase family. This kinase preferentially activates other kinases involved in the MAP kinase signaling pathway. This kinase has been shown to directly phosphorylate and activate Ikappa B kinases, and thus plays a role in NF-kappa B signaling pathway. This kinase has also been found to bind and activate protein kinase C-related kinase 2, which suggests its involvement in a regulated signaling process. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

619 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q9Y2U5|MAP3K2
     1  MDDQQALNSI MQDLAVLHKA SRPALSLQET RKAKSSSPKK QNDVRVKFEH RGEKRILQFP
    61  RPVKLEDLRS KAKIAFGQSM DLHYTNNELV IPLTTQDDLD KAVELLDRSI HMKSLKILLV
   121  INGSTQATNL EPLPSLEDLD NTVFGAERKK RLSIIGPTSR DRSSPPPGYI PDELHQVARN
   181  GSFTSINSEG EFIPESMDQM LDPLSLSSPE NSGSGSCPSL DSPLDGESYP KSRMPRAQSY
   241  PDNHQEFSDY DNPIFEKFGK GGTYPRRYHV SYHHQEYNDG RKTFPRARRT QGTSLRSPVS
   301  FSPTDHSLST SSGSSIFTPE YDDSRIRRRG SDIDNPTLTV MDISPPSRSP RAPTNWRLGK
   361  LLGQGAFGRV YLCYDVDTGR ELAVKQVQFD PDSPETSKEV NALECEIQLL KNLLHERIVQ
   421  YYGCLRDPQE KTLSIFMEYM PGGSIKDQLK AYGALTENVT RKYTRQILEG VHYLHSNMIV
   481  HRDIKGANIL RDSTGNVKLG DFGASKRLQT ICLSGTGMKS VTGTPYWMSP EVISGEGYGR
   541  KADIWSVACT VVEMLTEKPP WAEFEAMAAI FKIATQPTNP KLPPHVSDYT RDFLKRIFVE
   601  AKLRPSADEL LRHMFVHYH

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against MAP3K2 can act on the native protein depends on physical access: surface and secreted proteins are reachable by circulating antibodies, intracellular proteins usually are not.

Antibody reachability
Intracellular
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.46
Highest tissue expression
32 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • bone marrow: 32 nTPM
  • liver: 19 nTPM
  • thyroid gland: 16 nTPM
  • retina: 14 nTPM
  • tonsil: 13 nTPM
  • parathyroid gland: 13 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • neutrophils: 2,588 nCPM
  • neutrophil progenitors: 646 nCPM
  • monocytes: 557 nCPM
  • monocyte progenitors: 520 nCPM
  • pdcs: 430 nCPM
  • myonuclei: 375 nCPM

Immune cell

  • neutrophil: 8.3 nTPM
  • plasmacytoid DC: 3.6 nTPM
  • basophil: 2.8 nTPM
  • memory B-cell: 2.2 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 2 nTPM
  • naive B-cell: 1.9 nTPM

Brain region

  • white matter: 36 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 29 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 28 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 27 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 26 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 26 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about MAP3K2.

Disease | ImmuneIEDB

Conditions an epitope on MAP3K2 was assayed in.

Genetic constraint and essentialitygnomAD · DepMap

Does the body need this protein intact? Low LOEUF or a strong DepMap dependency means loss or blockade of the protein is likely to be felt.

gnomAD LOEUF (loss-of-function intolerance)
0.09
gnomAD pLI
1
gnomAD missense Z
2.31
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.06
DepMap dependency class
selective

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 4% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of MAP3K2 in the human serome: UniProt-annotated complex subunits plus reported interactors. Each links to its own Seroatlas record.

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads MAP3K2 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against MAP3K2 could matter depends on whether native MAP3K2 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

MAP3K2 is annotated as predominantly intracellular. Intracellular proteins are common autoantibody markers, becoming visible to the immune system after cell injury or altered processing, but are usually markers of disease rather than direct drivers.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label MAP3K2 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/MAP3K2. Study-independent annotations aggregated from UniProt, Human Protein Atlas, PubMed, IEDB, Pfam, InterPro, Gene Ontology, AlphaFold, gnomAD, DepMap, ClinVar, TCGA. Catalog release seroatlas-reviewed-human-uniprot-20260313.

Seroatlas is the reference for exploring autoantibody and antibody serology at the human-protein level: the autoreactome and human serome, multiplex serology (HuProt, HuScan, VirScan, PhIP-Seq).

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