NCBI Accession #
NP_192590.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_116919.4
NCBI Official Full Name
MAPK/ERK kinase kinase 1
NCBI Official Symbol
MEKK1
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ARAKIN; ATMEKK1; MAPK/ERK kinase kinase 1; MAPKKK8; T15F16.5; T15F16_5
NCBI Protein Information
MAPK/ERK kinase kinase 1
NCBI Summary
Encodes a member of the A1 subgroup of the MEKK (MAPK/ERK kinase kinase) family. MEKK is another name for Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase (MAPKKK or MAP3K). This subgroup has four members: At4g08500 (MEKK1, also known as ARAKIN, MAP3Kb1, MAPKKK8), At4g08480 (MEKK2, also known as MAP3Kb4, MAPKKK9), At4g08470 (MEKK3, also known as MAP3Kb3, MAPKKK10) and At4g12020 (MEKK4, also known as MAP3Kb5, MAPKKK11, WRKY19). Nomenclatures for mitogen-activated protein kinases are described in Trends in Plant Science 2002, 7(7):301. Mediates cold, salt, cadmium and wounding stress signalling. Phosphorylates MEK1.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
ARAKIN; AtMEKK1; MAP kinase kinase kinase 1
UniProt Protein Name
Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 1
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q39008
UniProt Secondary Accession #
O81470; Q39020; Q8W4N5
UniProt Related Accession #
Q39008
UniProt Comments
The MEKK1, MKK1/MKK2 and MPK4 function in a signaling pathway that modulates the expression of genes responding to biotic and abiotic stresses and also plays an important role in pathogen defense by negatively regulating innate immunity. Involved in the innate immune MAP kinase signaling cascade (MEKK1, MKK4/MKK5 and MPK3/MPK6) downstream of bacterial flagellin receptor FLS2. May be involved in the cold and salinity stress-mediated MAP kinase signaling cascade (MEKK1, MKK1/MKK2 and MPK4/MPK6). Activates by phosphorylation the downstream MKK2, MKK4 and MKK5 in a calcium-dependent manner.