Lepisosteus oculatus      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 5 genes.  Reviewed (0 or Unreviewed (5

No.StatusiEKPD IDEnsemble Gene IDUniProt AccessionGene Name
1
iEKPD-Leo-0209
ENSLOCG00000008265.1
W5MNS9
2
iEKPD-Leo-0316
ENSLOCG00000011870.1
W5N1T4
3
iEKPD-Leo-0408
ENSLOCG00000014657.1
W5NBN5
4
iEKPD-Leo-0239
ENSLOCG00000009721.1
W5MU31
TRPM6
5
iEKPD-Leo-0354
ENSLOCG00000013042.1
W5N625
TRPM7