Syk

Syk

Spleen tyrosine kinase, also known as SYK, is a human protein and gene.

SYK, along with Zap-70, is a member of the Syk family of tyrosine kinases. These non-receptor cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases share a characteristic dual SH2 domain separated by a linker domain.

While Syk and Zap-70 are primarily expressed in hematopoietic tissues, there is expression of Syk in a variety of tissues. Within B and T cells respectively, Syk and Zap-70 transmit signals from the B-Cell receptor and T-Cell receptor. Syk plays a similar role in transmitting signals from a variety of cell surface receptors including CD74, Fc Receptor, and integrins.

Abnormal function of Syk has been implicated in several instances of hematopoeitic malignancies including translocations involving Itk and Tel. Constitutive Syk activity can transform B cells. Several transforming viruses contain "Immunoreceptor Tyrosine Activation Motifs" (ITAMs) which lead to activation of Syk including Epstein Barr virus, bovine leukemia virus, and mouse mammary tumor virus.

The role of Syk in epithelial malignancies is controversial. Several authors have suggested that abnormal Syk function facilitates transformation in Nasopharyngeal carcinoma and head and neck cancer while other authors have suggested a tumor supressor role in breast and gastric cancer.

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*cite journal | author=Turner M, Schweighoffer E, Colucci F, "et al." |title=Tyrosine kinase SYK: essential functions for immunoreceptor signalling. |journal=Immunol. Today |volume=21 |issue= 3 |pages= 148–54 |year= 2000 |pmid= 10689303 |doi=
*cite journal | author=Fruman DA, Satterthwaite AB, Witte ON |title=Xid-like phenotypes: a B cell signalosome takes shape. |journal=Immunity |volume=13 |issue= 1 |pages= 1–3 |year= 2000 |pmid= 10933389 |doi=
*cite journal | author=Yanagi S, Inatome R, Takano T, Yamamura H |title=Syk expression and novel function in a wide variety of tissues. |journal=Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. |volume=288 |issue= 3 |pages= 495–8 |year= 2001 |pmid= 11676469 |doi= 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5788
*cite journal | author=Tohyama Y, Yamamura H |title=Complement-mediated phagocytosis--the role of Syk. |journal=IUBMB Life |volume=58 |issue= 5-6 |pages= 304–8 |year= 2006 |pmid= 16754322 |doi= 10.1080/15216540600746377
*cite journal | author=Schymeinsky J, Mócsai A, Walzog B |title=Neutrophil activation via beta2 integrins (CD11/CD18): molecular mechanisms and clinical implications. |journal=Thromb. Haemost. |volume=98 |issue= 2 |pages= 262–73 |year= 2007 |pmid= 17721605 |doi=

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