Otolemur garnettii      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-Otg-0032
ENSOGAG00000001634.2
H0WJ14
ALPK1
2
iEKPD-Otg-0372
ENSOGAG00000015625.2
H0XDP3
ALPK2
3
iEKPD-Otg-0411
ENSOGAG00000025756.1
H0XSV3
ALPK3
4
iEKPD-Otg-0168
ENSOGAG00000007716.2
H0WWW7
EEF2K
5
iEKPD-Otg-0199
ENSOGAG00000008591.2
H0WYT6
TRPM6
6
iEKPD-Otg-0291
ENSOGAG00000012316.2
H0X6M7
TRPM7