※ MAPK family introduction

    MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) are serine/threonine specific protein kinases belonging to CMGC kinase group. MAPKs play an important role in directing cellular responses to a diverse array of stimuli, such as mitogens, osmotic stress, heat shock and proinflammatory cytokines. MAPKs are involved in regulation of a variety of cellular processes, including cell proliferation, gene expression, differentiation, mitosis, cell survival and cell apoptosis. Three subfamilys constitute MAPK family, extracellular-receptor kinases (ERK), the c-Jun N-terminal kinases/stress-activated protein kinases (JNK/SAPK) and p38 MAPKinases. MAPK signaling pathways are important in animals, fungi and plants. ERK1/2 pathway is best understood in animals, which is essential for cell proliferation and cell cycle. Fus3 pathway is also well studied in fungi, which is responsible for cell cycle and mating in responses to pheromone stimulation. MAPKs pathway in plants may response to osmotic shock, oxidative stress, cold and anti-pathogen responses (1).

Reference
1. Wikipedia Annotation:    Mitogen-activated protein kinase

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No.	Status	EKPD ID	Gene ID	Gene Name
1		EKS-TAR-00576	ENSTRUG00000013056	MAPK10
2		EKS-TAR-00584	ENSTRUG00000006607	nlk; Tru.1854
3		EKS-TAR-00587	ENSTRUG00000012974	MAPK4
4		EKS-TAR-00579	ENSTRUG00000012931	MAPK8 (2 of 2)
5		EKS-TAR-00574	ENSTRUG00000015300	MAPK1
6		EKS-TAR-00575	ENSTRUG00000005120	MAPK12 (1 of 2)
7		EKS-TAR-00571	ENSTRUG00000005697	MAPK3
8		EKS-TAR-00581	ENSTRUG00000000280	MAPK9
9		EKS-TAR-00583	ENSTRUG00000009284	MAPK15
10		EKS-TAR-00570	ENSTRUG00000016263	MAPK14 (2 of 2)
11		EKS-TAR-00585	ENSTRUG00000004328
12		EKS-TAR-00580	ENSTRUG00000010758	MAPK7
13		EKS-TAR-00582	ENSTRUG00000017128	MAPK8 (1 of 2)
14		EKS-TAR-00573	ENSTRUG00000008723	MAPK14 (1 of 2)
15		EKS-TAR-00572	ENSTRUG00000008739	MAPK11
16		EKS-TAR-00577	ENSTRUG00000008627	MAPK13
17		EKS-TAR-00578	ENSTRUG00000008589	MAPK12 (2 of 2)
18		EKS-TAR-00586	ENSTRUG00000017013	MAPK6