... 20 06 FEBS 3791 Activation of activating transcription factor 2 by p38 MAP kinase during apoptosis induced by human amylin in cultured pancreatic b-cells Shaoping Zhang1, Hong Liu1, Junxi Liu1, ... p38 mitogen activating protein (MAP) kinase (p38 kinase) followed by caspase-3 acti-vation [24 ]. Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs)are a group of protein serine ⁄ threonine kinases thatplay ... signal-regulated kinase; GFP, green fluorescent protein; GST, glutathione S-transferase; hA, human amylin; JNK, Jun N-terminal kinase; MAPK, mitogen-activated protein kinase; p38 kinase, p38 MAP kinase; ...