Meleagris gallopavo      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-Meg-0013
ENSMGAG00000001076.2
G1MQT7
2
iEKPD-Meg-0271
ENSMGAG00000010978.2
G1NER2
ALPK1
3
iEKPD-Meg-0010
ENSMGAG00000000914.2
G1MQF8
ALPK3
4
iEKPD-Meg-0205
ENSMGAG00000008053.1
G1N7P5
EEF2K
5
iEKPD-Meg-0187
ENSMGAG00000007383.2
G1N680
TRPM7