Macaca fascicularis      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-Maf-0251
ENSMFAG00000035796.1
2
iEKPD-Maf-0091
ENSMFAG00000003604.1
G7Q0P5
EEF2K
3
iEKPD-Maf-0363
ENSMFAG00000041202.1
G7PWV1
EGM_08893
4
iEKPD-Maf-0240
ENSMFAG00000035373.1
G7P644
EGM_14624
5
iEKPD-Maf-0402
ENSMFAG00000042901.1
G7PAM5
EGM_15802
6
iEKPD-Maf-0173
ENSMFAG00000031753.1
G7PBG4
EGM_15970