Anas platyrhynchos      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-Anp-0344
ENSAPLG00000013490.1
U3J1C5
ALPK1
2
iEKPD-Anp-0122
ENSAPLG00000005722.1
U3IDH5
ALPK3
3
iEKPD-Anp-0241
ENSAPLG00000010045.1
R0LDY4
Anapl_12324
4
iEKPD-Anp-0057
ENSAPLG00000003456.1
U3I6V1
EEF2K
5
iEKPD-Anp-0360
ENSAPLG00000014165.1
U3J3A5
TRPM6
6
iEKPD-Anp-0388
ENSAPLG00000015254.1
U3J6N9
TRPM7