Ficedula albicollis      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-Fia-0295
ENSFALG00000009783.1
U3K599
2
iEKPD-Fia-0037
ENSFALG00000000956.1
U3JDZ1
ALPK1
3
iEKPD-Fia-0300
ENSFALG00000009937.1
U3K5R2
ALPK3
4
iEKPD-Fia-0418
ENSFALG00000013999.1
U3KHV7
EEF2K
5
iEKPD-Fia-0374
ENSFALG00000012713.1
U3KE56
TRPM6
6
iEKPD-Fia-0341
ENSFALG00000011416.1
U3KA58
TRPM7