Felis catus      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-Fec-0441
ENSFCAG00000034548.1
A0A2I2UIZ0
2
iEKPD-Fec-0201
ENSFCAG00000010710.4
M3WDS3
ALPK1
3
iEKPD-Fec-0042
ENSFCAG00000002283.4
M3VY83
ALPK2
4
iEKPD-Fec-0124
ENSFCAG00000006271.4
M3W5L2
EEF2K
5
iEKPD-Fec-0217
ENSFCAG00000011422.4
A0A2I2UD95
TRPM6
6
iEKPD-Fec-0349
ENSFCAG00000024588.2
M3X742
TRPM7