Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 8

JNK1 Kinase; MAPK8 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase; SAP Kinase-1; SAPK1 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase; Stress-Activated Protein Kinase 1; Stress-Activated Protein Kinase JNK1; Stress-Activated Protein Kinase gamma; c-jun Kinase-1
A c-jun amino-terminal kinase that is activated by environmental stress and pro-inflammatory cytokines. Several isoforms of the protein with molecular sizes of 43 and 48 KD exist due to multiple ALTERNATIVE SPLICING.