The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen TAO Kinase 2 across different species:

TAO kinase 2 (TAOK2), TAO kinase 2 (Taok2), serine/threonine-protein kinase TAO2 (taok2), TAO kinase 2 (taok2), TAO kinase 2 (LOC100342958)

Other aliases include:

PSK, PSK1, TAO1, TAO2, MAP3K17, KIAA0881, Tao2, mKIAA0881, B230344N16, 1110033K02Rik, taok2, MGC83604, TAOK2, psk, psk1, tao1, tao2, map3k17, MGC145564

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen TAO Kinase 2:

TAO kinase 2 – prostate derived STE20-like kinase PSK – thousand and one amino acid protein kinase – serine/threonine-protein kinase TAO2 – serine-threonine kinase – serine/threonine protein kinase TAO2 – thousand and one amino acid protein 2 – TAO kinase 2TAO kinase 2 – serine/threonine-protein kinase TAO2-like

TAO Kinase 2 fulfills a number of functions:

ATP binding – magnesium ion binding – nucleotide binding – protein serine/threonine kinase activity – transferase activity – kinase activity – molecular_function – protein kinase activity

TAO Kinase 2 is relevant to the following processes:

actin cytoskeleton organization – activation of MAPKK activity – apoptosis – cell migration – focal adhesion formation – positive regulation of JNK cascade – protein targeting to membrane – regulation of cell growth – regulation of cell shape – response to stress – focal adhesion assembly – protein amino acid phosphorylation – biological_process

Locations for TAO Kinase 2:

cytoplasmic membrane-bounded vesicle – integral to membrane – membrane – cytoplasm – cytoplasmic vesicle membrane – cytoskeleton – cellular_component – cytoplasmic vesicle

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology