Mus musculus      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 (6 or Unreviewed (0

No.StatusiEKPD IDEnsemble Gene IDUniProt AccessionGene Name
1
iEKPD-Mum-0212
ENSMUSG00000028028.11
Q9CXB8
Alpk1; Kiaa1527; Lak
2
iEKPD-Mum-0299
ENSMUSG00000032845.15
Q91ZB0
Alpk2; Hak
3
iEKPD-Mum-0342
ENSMUSG00000038763.12
Q924C5
Alpk3; Kiaa1330
4
iEKPD-Mum-0318
ENSMUSG00000035064.17
O08796
Eef2k
5
iEKPD-Mum-0159
ENSMUSG00000024727.8
Q8CIR4
Trpm6
6
iEKPD-Mum-0205
ENSMUSG00000027365.14
Q923J1
Trpm7; Chak; Ltrpc7