Canis familiaris      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-Caf-0251
ENSCAFG00000011670.3
E2R0X4
ALPK1
2
iEKPD-Caf-0003
ENSCAFG00000000107.3
F6XIT9
ALPK2
3
iEKPD-Caf-0282
ENSCAFG00000012927.4
J9P2D3
ALPK3
4
iEKPD-Caf-0383
ENSCAFG00000017716.3
E2RIJ6
EEF2K
5
iEKPD-Caf-0038
ENSCAFG00000001751.4
F1P710
TRPM6
6
iEKPD-Caf-0330
ENSCAFG00000015230.3
E2RLL1
TRPM7