Macaca mulatta      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-Mam-0224
ENSMMUG00000014073.3
A0A1D5Q5H8
ALPK1
2
iEKPD-Mam-0102
ENSMMUG00000006635.3
F7H442
ALPK2
3
iEKPD-Mam-0168
ENSMMUG00000010434.3
A0A1D5QRR7
ALPK3
4
iEKPD-Mam-0300
ENSMMUG00000017725.3
F7F8P2
EEF2K
5
iEKPD-Mam-0213
ENSMMUG00000013102.3
F6ZUB1
TRPM6
6
iEKPD-Mam-0142
ENSMMUG00000008575.3
F6UIC3
TRPM7