Dipodomys ordii      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 5 genes.  Reviewed (0 or Unreviewed (5

No.StatusiEKPD IDEnsemble Gene IDUniProt AccessionGene Name
1
iEKPD-Dio-0290
ENSDORG00000012751.2
A0A1S3FS53
Alpk1
2
iEKPD-Dio-0384
ENSDORG00000023625.1
A0A1S3FEF1
Alpk2
3
iEKPD-Dio-0423
ENSDORG00000027311.1
A0A1S3ETP3
Alpk3
4
iEKPD-Dio-0319
ENSDORG00000014075.2
A0A1S3ER04
Eef2k
5
iEKPD-Dio-0023
ENSDORG00000000789.2
A0A1S3EQ21
Trpm7