Janus kinase 2

Janus kinase 2 (commonly called JAK2) is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase. It is a member of the Janus kinase family and has been implicated in signaling by members of the type II cytokine receptor family (e.g. interferon receptors), the GM-CSF receptor family (IL-3R, IL-5R and GM-CSF-R), the gp130 receptor family (e.g., IL-6R), and the single chain receptors (e.g. Epo-R, Tpo-R, GH-R, PRL-R).

JAK2
Available structures
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Identifiers
AliasesJAK2, JTK10, THCYT3, Janus kinase 2, MAX2
External IDsOMIM: 147796 MGI: 96629 HomoloGene: 21033 GeneCards: JAK2
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

3717

16452

Ensembl

ENSG00000096968

ENSMUSG00000024789

UniProt

O60674

Q62120

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001048177
NM_008413

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001041642
NP_032439

Location (UCSC)Chr 9: 4.98 – 5.13 MbChr 19: 29.23 – 29.29 Mb
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The distinguishing feature between janus kinase 2 and other JAK kinases is the lack of Src homology binding domains (SH2/SH3) and the presence of up to seven JAK homology domains (JH1-JH7). Nonetheless the terminal JH domains retain a high level of homology to tyrosine kinase domains. An interesting note is that only one of these carboxy-terminal JH domains retains full kinase function (JH1) while the other (JH2), previously thought to have no kinase functionality and accordingly termed a pseudokinase domain, has since been found to be catalytically active, albeit at only 10% that of the JH1 domain.

Loss of Jak2 is lethal by embryonic day 12 in mice.

JAK2 orthologs have been identified in all mammals for which complete genome data are available.

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