JAK激酶（英语：Janus kinase，缩写JAK）是一个细胞内非受体酪氨酸激酶家族，介导细胞因子产生的信号，并通过JAK-STAT信号通路传递下去。它们最初被命名为"just another kinase"1和2（因为这只是基于PCR的筛选发现的大量激酶中的两个）但最后发表为“Janus kinase”。“Janus”这个名字起自罗马神话中代表开始与结束的两面神雅努斯，因为JAK激酶具有两个几乎一样的转移磷酸基团的结构域。其中一个结构域表现出激酶活性，而另一个结构域调控第一个激酶的活性。

Janus kinase (JAK) is a family of intracellular, nonreceptor tyrosine kinases that transduce cytokine-mediated signals via the JAK-STAT pathway. They were initially named "just another kinase" 1 and 2 (since they were just two of a large number of discoveries in a PCR-based screen of kinases,) but were ultimately published as "Janus kinase". 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. One domain exhibits the kinase activity, while the other negatively regulates the kinase activity of the first.