Definition: A c-jun amino-terminal kinase that is activated by environmental stress and pro-inflammatory cytokines. Several isoforms of the protein with molecular sizes of 43 and 48 KD exist due to multiple ALTERNATIVE SPLICING.
Other names c jun N Terminal Kinase 1; c jun Kinase 1; Stress Activated Protein Kinase gamma; Stress Activated Protein Kinase JNK1; Stress Activated Protein Kinase 1; SAPK1 Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase; SAP Kinase 1; Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase 8; MAPK8 Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase; c-jun N-Terminal Kinase 1; c-jun Kinase-1; Stress-Activated Protein Kinase gamma; Stress-Activated Protein Kinase JNK1; Stress-Activated Protein Kinase 1; SAPK1 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase; SAP Kinase-1; MAPK8 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase; JNK1 Kinase