Ovis aries      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-Ova-0058
ENSOARG00000002625.1
W5NX94
ALPK1
2
iEKPD-Ova-0123
ENSOARG00000005476.1
W5P626
ALPK2
3
iEKPD-Ova-0299
ENSOARG00000013306.1
W5PUY4
ALPK3
4
iEKPD-Ova-0357
ENSOARG00000015653.1
W5Q259
EEF2K
5
iEKPD-Ova-0284
ENSOARG00000012634.1
W5PSX0
TRPM6
6
iEKPD-Ova-0479
ENSOARG00000020984.1
W5QIK0
TRPM7