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Structural highlights

Function

VRK3_HUMAN Inactive kinase that suppresses ERK activity by promoting phosphatase activity of DUSP3 which specifically dephosphorylates and inactivates ERK in the nucleus.^{[1] [2]}

Evolutionary Conservation

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

References

1. ↑ Nichols RJ, Traktman P. Characterization of three paralogous members of the Mammalian vaccinia related kinase family. J Biol Chem. 2004 Feb 27;279(9):7934-46. Epub 2003 Nov 25. PMID:14645249 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M310813200
2. ↑ Scheeff ED, Eswaran J, Bunkoczi G, Knapp S, Manning G. Structure of the pseudokinase VRK3 reveals a degraded catalytic site, a highly conserved kinase fold, and a putative regulatory binding site. Structure. 2009 Jan 14;17(1):128-38. PMID:19141289 doi:10.1016/j.str.2008.10.018