AATK - apoptosis associated tyrosine kinase Gene

The protein encoded by this gene contains a tyrosine kinase domain at the N-terminus and a proline-rich domain at the C-terminus. This gene is induced during Apoptosis, and expression of this gene may be a necessary pre-requisite for the induction of growth arrest and/or Apoptosis of myeloid precursor cells. This gene has been shown to produce neuronal differentiation in a neuroblastoma cell line. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2011]