LIMK2

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

LIMK2

Available structures

PDB

Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB

List of PDB id codes
1X6A, 4TPT

Identifiers

Aliases

LIMK2, LIM domain kinase 2

External IDs

OMIM: 601988 MGI: 1197517 HomoloGene: 55911 GeneCards: LIMK2

Gene location (Human)

Chr.	Chromosome 22 (human)^[1]

Band	22q12.2	Start	31,212,239 bp^[1]
Band	22q12.2	End	31,280,080 bp^[1]

Gene location (Mouse)

Chr.	Chromosome 11 (mouse)^[2]

Band	11\|11 A1	Start	3,294,256 bp^[2]
Band	11\|11 A1	End	3,359,189 bp^[2]

RNA expression pattern

Bgee

Human

Mouse (ortholog)

Top expressed in

blood

skin of abdomen

hair follicle

right uterine tube

palpebral conjunctiva

minor salivary glands

left lobe of thyroid gland

rectum

right lobe of thyroid gland

placenta

Top expressed in

corneal stroma

superior frontal gyrus

esophagus

yolk sac

cerebellar cortex

blastocyst

neural tube

zone of skin

skin of back

More reference expression data

BioGPS


More reference expression data

Gene ontology
Molecular function	protein serine/threonine kinase activity ATP binding protein binding protein heterodimerization activity nucleotide binding kinase activity metal ion binding protein kinase activity transferase activity signal transducer activity
Cellular component	nucleus cytoplasm cis-Golgi network
Biological process	protein phosphorylation spermatogenesis phosphorylation intracellular signal transduction head development cornea development in camera-type eye actin cytoskeleton organization
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO

Orthologs

Species

Human

Mouse

Entrez


3985


16886

Ensembl


ENSG00000182541


ENSMUSG00000020451

UniProt


P53671


O54785

RefSeq (mRNA)


NM_016733 NM_001031801 NM_005569


NM_001034030 NM_010718 NM_173053 NM_001361623

RefSeq (protein)


NP_001026971 NP_005560 NP_057952

NP_001029202 NP_034848 NP_774958 NP_001348552 NP_001389789
NP_001389790 NP_001389791 NP_001389792 NP_001389793

Location (UCSC)

Chr 22: 31.21 – 31.28 Mb

Chr 11: 3.29 – 3.36 Mb

PubMed search

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Wikidata

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LIM domain kinase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the LIMK2 gene.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Function

There are approximately 40 known eukaryotic LIM proteins, so named for the LIM domains they contain. LIM domains are highly conserved cysteine-rich structures containing 2 zinc fingers. Although zinc fingers usually function by binding to DNA or RNA, the LIM motif probably mediates protein-protein interactions. LIM kinase-1 and LIM kinase-2 belong to a small subfamily with a unique combination of 2 N-terminal LIM motifs and a C-terminal protein kinase domain. The protein encoded by this gene is phosphorylated and activated by ROCK, a downstream effector of Rho, and the encoded protein, in turn, phosphorylates cofilin, inhibiting its actin-depolymerizing activity. It is thought that this pathway contributes to Rho-induced reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton. At least three transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000182541 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000020451 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ Okano I, Hiraoka J, Otera H, Nunoue K, Ohashi K, Iwashita S, Hirai M, Mizuno K (Dec 1995). "Identification and characterization of a novel family of serine/threonine kinases containing two N-terminal LIM motifs". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270 (52): 31321–30. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.52.31321. PMID 8537403.
^ Dunham I, Shimizu N, Roe BA, Chissoe S, Hunt AR, Collins JE, Bruskiewich R, Beare DM, Clamp M, Smink LJ, Ainscough R, Almeida JP, Babbage A, Bagguley C, Bailey J, Barlow K, Bates KN, Beasley O, Bird CP, Blakey S, Bridgeman AM, Buck D, Burgess J, Burrill WD, O'Brien KP (Dec 1999). "The DNA sequence of human chromosome 22". Nature. 402 (6761): 489–95. Bibcode:1999Natur.402..489D. doi:10.1038/990031. PMID 10591208.
^ ^a ^b "Entrez Gene: LIMK2 LIM domain kinase 2".

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