"Checkpoint Kinase 2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Enzyme activated in response to DNA DAMAGE involved in cell cycle arrest. The gene is located on the long (q) arm of chromosome 22 at position 12.1. In humans it is encoded by the CHEK2 gene.
| Descriptor ID |
D064447
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.696.620.682.700.145
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| Concept/Terms |
Checkpoint Kinase 2- Checkpoint Kinase 2
- Kinase 2, Checkpoint
- Chk2 Protein Kinase
- Kinase, Chk2 Protein
- Protein Kinase, Chk2
- Checkpoint-Like Protein CHK2
- CHK2, Checkpoint-Like Protein
- Checkpoint Like Protein CHK2
- Protein CHK2, Checkpoint-Like
- Serine Threonine Protein Kinase Chk2
- LFS2 Protein Kinase
- Kinase, LFS2 Protein
- Protein Kinase, LFS2
- CHEK2 Kinase
- Kinase, CHEK2
- hCHK2 Kinase
- Kinase, hCHK2
- Serine-Threonine-Protein Kinase CHK2
- CHK2, Serine-Threonine-Protein Kinase
- Kinase CHK2, Serine-Threonine-Protein
- CDS1 Kinase
- Kinase, CDS1
- PP1425 Protein Kinase
- Kinase, PP1425 Protein
- Protein Kinase, PP1425
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Checkpoint Kinase 2" by people in Profiles.
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Unconventional binding of calmodulin to CHK2 kinase inhibits catalytic activity. Biochem J. 2025 Dec 03; 482(23).
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Assessing the contribution of rare protein-coding germline variants to prostate cancer risk and severity in 37,184 cases. Nat Commun. 2025 Feb 19; 16(1):1779.
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Distinct landscape and clinical implications of therapy-related clonal hematopoiesis. J Clin Invest. 2024 Oct 01; 134(19).
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Genetic insights into biological mechanisms governing human ovarian ageing. Nature. 2021 08; 596(7872):393-397.
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A phase 1 study of prexasertib (LY2606368), a CHK1/2 inhibitor, in pediatric patients with recurrent or refractory solid tumors, including CNS tumors: A report from the Children's Oncology Group Pediatric Early Phase Clinical Trials Network (ADVL1515). Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 09; 68(9):e29065.
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Assessing the performance of in silico methods for predicting the pathogenicity of variants in the gene CHEK2, among Hispanic females with breast cancer. Hum Mutat. 2019 09; 40(9):1612-1622.
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Loss of MutL Disrupts CHK2-Dependent Cell-Cycle Control through CDK4/6 to Promote Intrinsic Endocrine Therapy Resistance in Primary Breast Cancer. Cancer Discov. 2017 10; 7(10):1168-1183.
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Mutations of the LIM protein AJUBA mediate sensitivity of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma to treatment with cell-cycle inhibitors. Cancer Lett. 2017 04 28; 392:71-82.
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Wip1 inhibitor GSK2830371 inhibits neuroblastoma growth by inducing Chk2/p53-mediated apoptosis. Sci Rep. 2016 12 19; 6:38011.
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Microfluidic Cell Deformability Assay for Rapid and Efficient Kinase Screening with the CRISPR-Cas9 System. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2016 07 18; 55(30):8561-5.