Serine/threonine-protein kinase Nek2 (NEK2)

Homo sapiens — UniProt P51955

Gene: NEK2Homo sapiensSwissProt reviewed

About Serine/threonine-protein kinase Nek2

Serine/threonine-protein kinase Nek2 (NEK2) is a protein from Homo sapiens identified by UniProt accession P51955, 445 residues long. MolForge cross-references it against 0 known binders and 176 disease associations.

Target properties

Protein nameSerine/threonine-protein kinase Nek2
UniProt accessionP51955
GeneNEK2
OrganismHomo sapiens
Length445 residues
Molecular weight—
EC numbers—
Target classUNCLASSIFIED
Subcellular location—
Keywords—

Druggability

Target tractability assessment (Open Targets + pocket analysis). No approved drug

Druggability tierMEDIUM
Druggability score—
Pocket score—
Max clinical phase—

Approved drugs hitting this target (10)

DrugCentral-linked approved drugs that act on this protein.

Disease associations (176)

Diseases linked to this target (Open Targets).

  • retinitis pigmentosa · score 0.47
  • Red cell distribution width · score 0.46
  • Retinal dystrophy · score 0.40
  • mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration · score 0.37
  • mean corpuscular hemoglobin · score 0.33
  • alkaline phosphatase measurement · score 0.32
  • platelet component distribution width · score 0.30
  • neurodegenerative disease · score 0.29
  • mean reticulocyte volume · score 0.26
  • breast adenocarcinoma · score 0.23

3D Structure (1)

Experimental (PDB) and predicted (AlphaFold) structures for this protein.

StructureSourceMethodMean pLDDTResolution (Å)
AF-P51955-F1alphafoldPREDICTED78.05—

Amino-acid sequence (445 residues)

MPSRAEDYEV LYTIGTGSYG RCQKIRRKSD GKILVWKELD YGSMTEAEKQ MLVSEVNLLR ELKHPNIVRY YDRIIDRTNT TLYIVMEYCE GGDLASVITK GTKERQYLDE EFVLRVMTQL TLALKECHRR SDGGHTVLHR DLKPANVFLD GKQNVKLGDF GLARILNHDT SFAKTFVGTP YYMSPEQMNR MSYNEKSDIW SLGCLLYELC ALMPPFTAFS QKELAGKIRE GKFRRIPYRY SDELNEIITR MLNLKDYHRP SVEEILENPL IADLVADEQR RNLERRGRQL GEPEKSQDSS PVLSELKLKE IQLQERERAL KAREERLEQK EQELCVRERL AEDKLARAEN LLKNYSLLKE RKFLSLASNP ELLNLPSSVI KKKVHFSGES KENIMRSENS ESQLTSKSKC KDLKKRLHAA QLRAQALSDI EKNYQLKSRQ ILGMR

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Quick facts

UniProtP51955
GeneNEK2
OrganismHomo sapiens
Length445
Binders0
Diseases176
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