Homo sapiens      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 (6 or Unreviewed (0

No.StatusiEKPD IDEnsemble Gene IDUniProt AccessionGene Name
1
iEKPD-Hos-0065
ENSG00000073331.17
Q96QP1
ALPK1; KIAA1527; LAK
2
iEKPD-Hos-0442
ENSG00000198796.6
Q86TB3
ALPK2; HAK
3
iEKPD-Hos-0229
ENSG00000136383.6
Q96L96
ALPK3; KIAA1330; MAK
4
iEKPD-Hos-0113
ENSG00000103319.11
O00418
EEF2K
5
iEKPD-Hos-0171
ENSG00000119121.21
Q9BX84
TRPM6; CHAK2
6
iEKPD-Hos-0087
ENSG00000092439.13
Q96QT4
TRPM7; CHAK1; LTRPC7