The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen P38 MAP Kinase across different species:

mitogen-activated protein kinase 14 (MAPK14), Mpk2, isoform B (Mpk2), mitogen activated protein kinase 14 (Mapk14)

Other aliases include:

RK, p38, EXIP, Mxi2, CSBP1, CSBP2, CSPB1, PRKM14, PRKM15, SAPK2A, p38ALPHA, D-MPK2, D-P38a, D-p38, DMPK2, DmMPK2, Dp38, Erk2, P38, group 2, p38 alpha, p38A, DmelCG5475, CG5475, Hog, CRK1, CSBP, Exip, Csbp1, Csbp2, Prkm14, Prkm15, Sapk2A, p38Hog, p38alpha, MGC105413

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen P38 MAP Kinase:

mitogen-activated protein kinase 14 – p38alpha Exip – p38 MAP kinase – MAP kinase Mxi2 – Csaids binding protein – MAX-interacting protein 2 – stress-activated protein kinase 2A – p38 mitogen activated protein kinase – cytokine suppressive anti-inflammatory drug binding protein – Mpk2, isoform B – CG5475-PB – Mpk2-PB – p38a MAP kinase – stress-activated kinase P38 – Erk-kinase-like – Mpk2, isoform A – CG5475-PA – Mpk2-PA – MAPK 14 – MAP kinase 2 – MAP kinase 14 – reactive kinase – MAP kinase p38 alpha – mitogen-activated protein kinase 14A – mitogen-activated protein kinase p38 alpha – cytokine-supressive anti-inflammatory drug binding protein

P38 MAP Kinase fulfills a number of functions:

ATP binding – MAP kinase activity – MAP kinase kinase activity – MP kinase activity – nucleotide binding – protein binding – protein serine/threonine kinase activity – transferase activity – SAP kinase activity – protein C-terminus binding

P38 MAP Kinase is relevant to the following processes:

DNA damage checkpoint – Ras protein signal transduction – angiogenesis – cell motion – chemotaxis – chondrocyte differentiation – fatty acid oxidation – glucose metabolic process – lipopolysaccharide-mediated signaling pathway – positive regulation of erythrocyte differentiation – positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – protein amino acid phosphorylation – protein kinase cascade – response to lipopolysaccharide – response to muramyl dipeptide – response to stress – skeletal muscle tissue development – MAPKKK cascade – defense response – immune response – negative regulation of antimicrobial humoral response – response to osmotic stress – signal transduction – cell morphogenesis – intracellular protein kinase cascade – protein amino acid autophosphorylation – response to glucose stimulus – stress-activated MAPK cascade

Locations for P38 MAP Kinase:

cell – cytoplasm – cytosol – nucleoplasm – nucleus – spindle pole – cytosolic part – soluble fraction

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology