Mammalian MAP Kinase Nomenclature
Probably the hardest thing in Cell Signaling research is the fact, that most of the molecules have many alternative names. It is sometimes hard to figure out, which kinase people are talking about if one doesn`t know the alternative names. You will find a list of all possible alternative names of mammalian MAP kinases (please notify me, if you know any alternative name which is not listed here).
Erk1: MAPK3, Esrk1, Prkm3, p44erk1, p44mapk
Erk2: MAPK1, MAPK2, PRKM2, Prkm1, ERT1, p40, p41, p41mapk, p42mapk, 9030612K14Rik
Erk3: MAPK4, MAPK5, PRKM6, p97MAPK
Erk3-related: MAPK6, ERK3, Prkm4, p63Mapk, A330097D03, A330097D03Rik
Erk5: MAPK7, BMK1, ERK4, PRKM7
JNK1: MAPK8, PRKM8, SAPK1, JNK1A2, JNK21B1/2
JNK2: MAPK9, JNK2A, JNK2B, PRKM9, JNK-55, JNK2BETA, p54aSAPK, JNK2ALPHA
JNK3: MAPK10, Serk2, p493F12, p54bSAPK, SAPK(beta), JNK3A, PRKM10, FLJ12099
P38alpha:MAPK14, RK, EXIP, Mxi2, CSBP1, CSBP2, CSPB1, PRKM14, PRKM15, SAPK2A, Crk1
P38beta: MAPK11, SAPK2b, p38-2, Prkm11
P38gamma: MAPK12, SAPK3, ERK6, Prkm12
P38delta: MAPK13, SAPK4, Serk4, Prkm13