The name is taken from the two-faced Roman god of beginnings and endings, Janus, because the JAKs possess two near-identical phosphate-transferring domains.
Janus | Janus (mythology) | kinase | tyrosine kinase | Anaplastic lymphoma kinase | Janus Metz Pedersen | Janus kinase 1 | AMP-activated protein kinase | protein kinase | Perfect Dark: Janus' Tears | Lyn (Src family Kinase) | Creatine kinase | Bruton's tyrosine kinase | Aurora kinase | Aurora B kinase | anaplastic lymphoma kinase | Tyrosine kinase | Temple of Janus | Src family kinase | Pilot's view of a Schempp-Hirth Janus | Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase | Leukocyte receptor tyrosine kinase | Kinase | Janus (TV series) | Janus Lascaris | Janus kinase | Janus Henricus Donker Curtius | Janus Friis | Janus Drachmann | Janus Djurhuus |
Ceruletide also activates NADPH oxidase, a source of reactive oxygen species contributing to inflammation, as well as the Janus kinase/signal transducer, another inflammation inducer.