Janus kinase 1

JAK1 is a human tyrosine kinase protein essential for signaling for certain type I and type II cytokines. It interacts with the common gamma chain (γc) of type I cytokine receptors, to elicit signals from the IL-2 receptor family (e.g. IL-2R, IL-7R, IL-9R and IL-15R), the IL-4 receptor family (e.g. IL-4R and IL-13R), the gp130 receptor family (e.g. IL-6R, IL-11R, LIF-R, OSM-R, cardiotrophin-1 receptor (CT-1R), ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor (CNTF-R), neurotrophin-1 receptor (NNT-1R) and Leptin-R). It is also important for transducing a signal by type I (IFN-α/β) and type II (IFN-γ) interferons, and members of the IL-10 family via type II cytokine receptors. Jak1 plays a critical role in initiating responses to multiple major cytokine receptor families. Loss of Jak1 is lethal in neonatal mice, possibly due to difficulties suckling. Expression of JAK1 in cancer cells enables individual cells to contract, potentially allowing them to escape their tumor and metastasize to other parts of the body.

JAK1
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesJAK1, JAK1A, JAK1B, JTK3, Janus kinase 1, AIIDE
External IDsOMIM: 147795 MGI: 96628 HomoloGene: 1678 GeneCards: JAK1
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

3716

16451

Ensembl

ENSG00000162434

ENSMUSG00000028530

UniProt

P23458

P52332

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_146145
NM_013567

RefSeq (protein)

n/a

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 64.83 – 65.07 MbChr 4: 101.15 – 101.27 Mb
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