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Syk tyrosine kinase activity was originally recognized in spleen, thymus, and lung and was later cloned from spleen. A 72 kDa protein, Syk contains 635 amino acids and the human gene maps to chromosome 9q22. It contains two N-terminal, SH2 domains in tandem and a C-terminal tyrosine kinase domain. Interdomain A separates the tandem SH2 domains and interdomain B links the kinase domain to the tandem SH2 domains. An alternatively spliced site in interdomain B deleting 23 amino acids gives rise to a short form of Syk that can be differently expressed according to the tissue. Syk together with the related Zap70 (zeta-activated protein of 70 kDa) constitute a separate tyrosine kinase family.
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Syk is critical to immune cell signaling where it promotes proliferation, survival, phagocytosis, and differentiationand is required for lymphocyte development, innate immune recognition, osteoclast maturation,...
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Mueller, S.C., Coopman, P.J. (2011). Syk Tyrosine Kinase. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16483-5_5616
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