MELK, Official Symbol MELKprovided by HGNC Official Full Name maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinaseprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:16870 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000165304 MIM:607025; AllianceGenome:HGNC:16870 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status VALIDATED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as HPK38 Summary Enables calcium ion binding activity; non-membrane spanning protein tyrosine kinase activity; and protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Involved in apoptotic process; cell population proliferation; and protein autophosphorylation. Located in cell cortex and plasma membrane. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022] Expression Broad expression in testis (RPKM 5.2), lymph node (RPKM 4.4) and 14 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all