Pelodiscus sinensis      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 5 genes.  Reviewed (0 or Unreviewed (5

No.StatusiEKPD IDEnsemble Gene IDUniProt AccessionGene Name
1
iEKPD-Pes-0014
ENSPSIG00000002419.1
K7F343
2
iEKPD-Pes-0216
ENSPSIG00000010023.1
K7FSR3
3
iEKPD-Pes-0411
ENSPSIG00000017667.1
K7GI16
ALPK3
4
iEKPD-Pes-0202
ENSPSIG00000009639.1
K7FRH3
EEF2K
5
iEKPD-Pes-0421
ENSPSIG00000017896.1
K7GIY1
TRPM7