Maternal Embryonic Leucine Zipper Kinase

**Semantic type:** Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein|Enzyme

**Definition:** Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (651 aa, ~75 kDa) is encoded by the human MELK gene. This protein plays a role in the mediation of protein phosphorylation that regulates cell cycle, cell death and cell proliferation.

**Synonyms:** - Protein Kinase Eg3 - Protein Kinase PK38 - Tyrosine-Protein Kinase MELK - hMELK - hPK38 - pEg3 Kinase