Oryzias latipes      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-Ore-0222
ENSORLG00000008059.1
H2LVH6
2
iEKPD-Ore-0349
ENSORLG00000012445.1
H2MAM6
3
iEKPD-Ore-0345
ENSORLG00000012361.1
H2MAC5
alpk1
4
iEKPD-Ore-0305
ENSORLG00000010812.1
H2M540
eef2k
5
iEKPD-Ore-0351
ENSORLG00000012478.3
H2MAR2
TRPM6
6
iEKPD-Ore-0362
ENSORLG00000012746.2
H2MBP2
TRPM7