Ailuropoda melanoleuca      Atypical/Alpha


※ Alpha family introduction

    Alpha kinases belong to atypical kinase group and lack significant sequence similarity to ePK (1). Six members have been identified in mammals, including elongation factor 2 kinase, Dictyostelium myosin heavy chain kinases and other protein kinases. eEF-2 is involve in regulation of the global rate of protein synthesis and MHCK A is essential in regualtion of myosin assembly and disassembly. Although no detectable sequence identity between ePK and Alpha kinases has been found, the structure, sequence motifs and key amino acid residue position are very similar. The differences may impact on substrate recognition (2).

Reference
1. Manning, G., Whyte, D.B., Martinez, R., Hunter, T. and Sudarsanam, S. (2002) The protein kinase complement of the human genome. Science, 298, 1912-1934. PMID: 12471243
2. Drennan, D. and Ryazanov, A.G. (2004) Alpha-kinases: analysis of the family and comparison with conventional protein kinases. Prog Biophys Mol Biol, 85, 1-32. PMID: 15050379


There are 6 genes.  Reviewed (0 or Unreviewed (6

No.StatusiEKPD IDEnsemble Gene IDUniProt AccessionGene Name
1
iEKPD-Aim-0354
ENSAMEG00000015212.1
G1M9K6
2
iEKPD-Aim-0366
ENSAMEG00000015683.1
G1MB75
3
iEKPD-Aim-0346
ENSAMEG00000014797.1
G1M8B1
ALPK1
4
iEKPD-Aim-0328
ENSAMEG00000014038.1
G1M625
ALPK3
5
iEKPD-Aim-0098
ENSAMEG00000003619.1
D2HU00
EEF2K
6
iEKPD-Aim-0215
ENSAMEG00000009020.1
G1LR58
TRPM7