Anolis carolinensis      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-Anc-0255
ENSACAG00000010623.3
G1KKC1
ALPK1
2
iEKPD-Anc-0242
ENSACAG00000010018.3
H9GFW6
alpk2
3
iEKPD-Anc-0141
ENSACAG00000006448.3
H9GBG1
ALPK3
4
iEKPD-Anc-0298
ENSACAG00000012363.3
H9GIY6
EEF2K
5
iEKPD-Anc-0118
ENSACAG00000005230.3
G1KDW7
TRPM6
6
iEKPD-Anc-0088
ENSACAG00000003845.3
H9G8B4
TRPM7