STK38L serine/threonine kinase 38 like [Homo sapiens (human)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: STK38Lprovided by HGNC
Official Full Name: serine/threonine kinase 38 likeprovided by HGNC
Primary source: HGNC:HGNC:17848
See related: Ensembl:ENSG00000211455 MIM:615836; AllianceGenome:HGNC:17848
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: VALIDATED
Organism: Homo sapiens
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as: NDR2
Summary: Enables ATP binding activity; magnesium ion binding activity; and protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Involved in intracellular signal transduction and negative regulation of autophagy. Acts upstream of or within protein phosphorylation. Located in cytosol. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Expression: Ubiquitous expression in gall bladder (RPKM 16.1), heart (RPKM 15.2) and 25 other tissues See more
Orthologs: mouse all
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Genomic context

Location:: 12p11.23

Exon count:: 14

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_08	current	GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40)	12	NC_000012.12 (27244286..27325959)
RS_2024_08	current	T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1)	12	NC_060936.1 (27116250..27197594)
RS_2024_09	previous assembly	GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25)	12	NC_000012.11 (27397219..27478892)

Chromosome 12 - NC_000012.12 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Expression

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Project title: Tissue-specific circular RNA induction during human fetal development
Description: 35 human fetal samples from 6 tissues (3 - 7 replicates per tissue) collected between 10 and 20 weeks gestational time were sequenced using Illumina TruSeq Stranded Total RNA
BioProject: PRJNA270632
Publication: PMID 26076956
Analysis date: Mon Apr 2 22:54:59 2018

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

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Hypoxia-induced activation of NDR2 underlies brain metastases from Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
Title: Hypoxia-induced activation of NDR2 underlies brain metastases from Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
TRIM27 cooperates with STK38L to inhibit ULK1-mediated autophagy and promote tumorigenesis.
Title: TRIM27 cooperates with STK38L to inhibit ULK1-mediated autophagy and promote tumorigenesis.
The results demonstrate that NDR2 is a reversible acetylated kinase regulated by SIRT1 and p300/CBP.
Title: SIRT1 and p300/CBP regulate the reversible acetylation of serine-threonine kinase NDR2.
NDR2 positively regulated an antiviral innate immune response in a kinase activity-independent manner. NDR2 interacts with RIG-I and promotes TRIM25-mediated RIG-I ubiquitination, which is required for downstream signaling activation and type I IFN production.
Title: NDR2 promotes the antiviral immune response via facilitating TRIM25-mediated RIG-I activation in macrophages.
Study identified rs10842893 as a novel independent SNP in the gene STK38L that was significantly associated with glioma risk in Chinese population, and furthermore confirmed previously reported associations of rs498872 and rs6010620 with glioma risk in European descent population and Chinese Han population.
Title: Two novel genetic variants in the STK38L and RAB27A genes are associated with glioma susceptibility.
This study shows that STK38L is co-amplified with oncogenic KRAS in pancreatic cancer cell lines, where it regulates LATS2 gene expression.
Title: STK38L kinase ablation promotes loss of cell viability in a subset of KRAS-dependent pancreatic cancer cell lines.
These results suggest that NDR2 may play important roles in IL-17-associated inflammation by promoting Smurf1-mediated MEKK2 ubiquitination and degradation.
Title: Hippo kinase NDR2 inhibits IL-17 signaling by promoting Smurf1-mediated MEKK2 ubiquitination and degradation.
It was found that STK38L*I/D genotype had positive association with longevity in the ethnically homogeneous group of Tatars from the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia.
Title: [Role of PLAT, PKHD1L1, STK38L and TEAD1 genes Alu-polymorphism for longevity].
cyclin D1 has a role in promoting cell cycle progression by enhancing NDR1/2 kinase activity independent of Cdk4
Title: Cyclin D1 promotes cell cycle progression through enhancing NDR1/2 kinase activity independent of cyclin-dependent kinase 4.
NDR2-mediated Rabin8 phosphorylation is crucial for ciliogenesis by triggering the switch in binding specificity of Rabin8 from PS to Sec15.
Title: NDR2-mediated Rabin8 phosphorylation is crucial for ciliogenesis by switching binding specificity from phosphatidylserine to Sec15.

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Phenotypes

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Variation

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Protein	Gene	Interaction	Pubs
retropepsin	gag-pol	Two related serine-threonine kinases, nuclear Dbf2 related 1 (NDR1) and NDR2, are incorporated into HIV-1 particles and are cleaved by the HIV-1 protease (PR), both within virions and within producer cells	PubMed

Interactions

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

General gene information

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Markers

SHGC-144746 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:182555

D12S1875 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:51065

G19890 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:36758

A002B24 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:36759

MARC_17049-17050:1023803294:1 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:268199

RH93323 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:91623

SHGC-106915 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:182510

STK38L_9299 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:468724

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables ATP binding	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables ATP binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables actin binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables magnesium ion binding	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables magnesium ion binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables metal ion binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables nucleotide binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables protein binding	IPI Inferred from Physical Interaction more info	PubMed
enables protein kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables protein serine kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables transferase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in intracellular signal transduction	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in intracellular signal transduction	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
acts_upstream_of_or_within negative regulation of autophagy	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in negative regulation of autophagy	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in negative regulation of metabolic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of autophagy	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
acts_upstream_of_or_within protein phosphorylation	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in protein phosphorylation	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in regulation of cellular component organization	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in regulation of cellular component organization	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in actin cytoskeleton	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in actin cytoskeleton	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
is_active_in cytoplasm	IC Inferred by Curator more info	PubMed
located_in cytoplasm	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in cytoplasm	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in cytoskeleton	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in cytosol	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info
located_in membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: serine/threonine-protein kinase 38-like

Names: NDR2 protein kinase; nuclear Dbf2-related 2; nuclear Dbf2-related kinase 2

NP_055815.1

EC 2.7.11.1

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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