Chlorocebus sabaeus      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-Chs-0077
ENSCSAG00000003833.1
A0A0D9QV10
ALPK1
2
iEKPD-Chs-0457
ENSCSAG00000018160.1
A0A0D9RZY7
ALPK2
3
iEKPD-Chs-0432
ENSCSAG00000017246.1
A0A0D9RXE4
ALPK3
4
iEKPD-Chs-0148
ENSCSAG00000007050.1
A0A0D9R3Y5
EEF2K
5
iEKPD-Chs-0188
ENSCSAG00000008115.1
A0A0D9R6L4
TRPM6
6
iEKPD-Chs-0271
ENSCSAG00000011086.1
A0A0D9RF08
TRPM7