def _format_kinase_name(kinase_name):
    """
    Format kinase name(s): One or multiple kinase names (additional names in brackets) are formatted to list of
    kinase names.

    Examples:
    Input: "EPHA7 (EphA7)", output: ["EPHA7", "EphA7"].
    Input: "ITK", output: ["ITK"].

    Parameters
    ----------
    kinase_name : str
        String, here kinase name(s).

    Returns
    -------
    List of str
        List of strings, here list of kinase name(s).
    """

    kinase_name = kinase_name.replace('(', '')
    kinase_name = kinase_name.replace(')', '')
    kinase_name = kinase_name.replace(',', '')
    kinase_name = kinase_name.split()

    return kinase_name