SYK (Tyrosine-protein kinase SYK) is a protein kinase, an enzyme that switches other proteins on by adding phosphate groups. The public catalogues list it as a drug target and a biomarker, and an approved or late-stage drug is recorded against it. Tied to Ovarian cancer, Skin cancer, Lung cancer and 4 more. This dossier gathers the 0 products (0 approved), 0 trials, 0 pathways and 0 resistance routes in the corpus that involve it, with external identifiers so it can be joined to UniProt, ChEMBL, Open Targets and the rest of biology.
Biology
Non-receptor tyrosine kinase which mediates signal transduction downstream of a variety of transmembrane receptors including classical immunoreceptors like the B-cell receptor (BCR). Regulates several biological processes including innate and adaptive immunity, cell adhesion, osteoclast maturation, platelet activation and vascular development. Assembles into signalling complexes with activated receptors at the plasma membrane via interaction between its SH2 domains and the receptor tyrosine-phosphorylated ITAM domains. The association with the receptor can also be indirect and mediated by adapter proteins containing ITAM or partial hemITAM domains. The phosphorylation of the ITAM domains is generally mediated by SRC subfamily kinases upon engagement of the receptor. More rarely signal transduction via SYK could be ITAM-independent. Location: Cell membrane; Cytoplasm, cytosol (UniProt). Locus 9q22.2 (HGNC).
- Ovarian cancer: CIViC evidence names this disease
- Skin cancer: Open Targets association 0.58 with skin cancer (MONDO_0002898)
- Lung cancer: Open Targets association 0.55 with lung cancer (MONDO_0008903)
- Breast cancer: Open Targets association 0.54 with breast cancer (MONDO_0007254)
- Colorectal cancer: Open Targets association 0.54 with colorectal cancer (MONDO_0005575)
- Leukaemia: Open Targets association 0.50 with leukaemia (MONDO_0005059)
External identifiers
Built from HGNC, Ensembl, UniProt and ChEMBL idsProducts by modality and phase
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Trials
Evidence ranking →No trial in the corpus names this target or one of its products.
Resistance routes
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Pathways
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Companion diagnostics
Assay registry →No companion diagnostic in the registry measures this target.
Preclinical models
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Open questions
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Literature
Preprints →Query for this target: (TITLE:"SYK" OR ABSTRACT:"SYK" OR TITLE:"spleen associated tyrosine kinase" OR ABSTRACT:"spleen associated tyrosine kinase" OR TITLE:"Tyrosine-protein kinase SYK" OR ABSTRACT:"Tyrosine-protein kinase SYK") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about SYK, not a curated reading list.
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