Ictidomys tridecemlineatus      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-Ict-0388
ENSSTOG00000023490.2
I3NAK8
ALPK1
2
iEKPD-Ict-0412
ENSSTOG00000025921.2
I3MXF2
ALPK2
3
iEKPD-Ict-0410
ENSSTOG00000025386.2
I3MXT9
ALPK3
4
iEKPD-Ict-0250
ENSSTOG00000011767.3
A0A287D937
EEF2K
5
iEKPD-Ict-0279
ENSSTOG00000013271.3
I3MKP8
TRPM6
6
iEKPD-Ict-0007
ENSSTOG00000000280.3
I3LWB0
TRPM7