Fukomys damarensis      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-Fud-0284
ENSFDAG00000013491.1
2
iEKPD-Fud-0422
ENSFDAG00000019191.1
A0A091DZC2
H920_01135
3
iEKPD-Fud-0383
ENSFDAG00000017860.1
A0A091DWG6
H920_03998
4
iEKPD-Fud-0437
ENSFDAG00000019755.1
A0A091DMY3
H920_05041
5
iEKPD-Fud-0004
ENSFDAG00000000368.1
A0A091DE64
H920_10048
6
iEKPD-Fud-0302
ENSFDAG00000014152.1
A0A091D130
H920_12727