Mustela putorius furo      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-Muf-0223
ENSMPUG00000008863.1
M3YBT6
2
iEKPD-Muf-0211
ENSMPUG00000008471.1
M3YAQ0
ALPK1
3
iEKPD-Muf-0408
ENSMPUG00000016474.1
M3YYG1
ALPK2
4
iEKPD-Muf-0387
ENSMPUG00000015611.1
M3YVZ1
ALPK3
5
iEKPD-Muf-0418
ENSMPUG00000016807.1
M3YZE2
EEF2K
6
iEKPD-Muf-0191
ENSMPUG00000007861.1
M3Y8Z6
TRPM7