Overview:

PASK or PAS domain containing serine/threonine kinase regulates the function of many intracellular signaling pathways involved in stress. PASK is involved in sensing environmental changes in light intensity, oxygen concentration and redox potential. Through interaction with IRS-1, PASK has been proposed as a counter-regulatory mechanism in insulin and cytokine signaling (1). PASK can phosphorylate and inactivate glycogen synthase in vitro. Efficient phosphorylation requires residues 444 to 955 of PASK between the PAS and catalytic kinase domain and this interaction is inhibited by the PAS domain.

Gene Aliases:

STK37; PASKIN; KIAA0135; DKFZp434O051; DKFZp686P2031

Genbank Number:

NM_015148

References:

1. Nagase, T. et al: Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. IV. The coding sequences of 40 new genes (KIAA0121-KIAA0160) deduced by analysis of cDNA clones from human cell line KG-1. DNA Res. 1996; 2 (4): 167–74, 199–210.