The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Polo-Like Kinase 1 across different species:

polo-like kinase 1 (Drosophila) (PLK1), polo-like kinase 2 (Drosophila) (Plk2), polo-like kinase 1 (plk1), polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1)

Other aliases include:

PLK, STPK13, Snk, plk, MGC52566, Plx1, PLK-1, stpk13, MGC69251, MGC133927

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Polo-Like Kinase 1:

polo-like kinase 1 – polo like kinase – polo (Drosophia)-like kinase – cell cycle regulated protein kinase – serine/threonine-protein kinase PLK2 – PLK-2 – serum-inducible kinase – serine/threonine-protein kinase SNK – serine/threonine-protein kinase PLK1 – plx1 – PLK-1

Polo-Like Kinase 1 fulfills a number of functions:

ATP binding – nucleotide binding – polo kinase kinase activity – protein binding – protein serine/threonine kinase activity – transferase activity – signal transducer activity – protein kinase binding

Polo-Like Kinase 1 is relevant to the following processes:

cell cycle – cell division – cell proliferation – mitosis – positive regulation of ubiquitin-protein ligase activity during mitotic cell cycle – protein amino acid phosphorylation – mitotic cell cycle – positive regulation of I-kappaB kinase/NF-kappaB cascade – G2/M transition DNA damage checkpoint – positive regulation of proteasomal ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process – positive regulation of ubiquitin-protein ligase activity

Locations for Polo-Like Kinase 1:

centrosome – cytosol – nucleoplasm – nucleus – chromosome – condensed chromosome kinetochore – cytoplasm – cytoskeleton – kinetochore – outer kinetochore of condensed nuclear chromosome

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology