Gene Review:
pak1 - p21 protein (Cdc42/Rac)-activated kinase 1
Xenopus laevis
Synonyms:
X-PAK1, XPak1, pak, pak-1, pakalpha
- A member of the Ste20/PAK family of protein kinases is involved in both arrest of Xenopus oocytes at G2/prophase of the first meiotic cell cycle and in prevention of apoptosis. Faure, S., Vigneron, S., Dorée, M., Morin, N. EMBO J. (1997)
- alphaPIX nucleotide exchange factor is activated by interaction with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. Yoshii, S., Tanaka, M., Otsuki, Y., Wang, D.Y., Guo, R.J., Zhu, Y., Takeda, R., Hanai, H., Kaneko, E., Sugimura, H. Oncogene (1999)
- Xenopus p21-activated kinase 5 regulates blastomeres' adhesive properties during convergent extension movements. Faure, S., Cau, J., de Santa Barbara, P., Bigou, S., Ge, Q., Delsert, C., Morin, N. Dev. Biol. (2005)
- Control of G2/M transition in Xenopus by a member of the p21-activated kinase (PAK) family: a link between protein kinase A and PAK signaling pathways? Faure, S., Vigneron, S., Galas, S., Brassac, T., Delsert, C., Morin, N. J. Biol. Chem. (1999)