Pongo abelii      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-Poa-0332
ENSPPYG00000015007.1
H2PE51
ALPK1
2
iEKPD-Poa-0202
ENSPPYG00000009187.2
H2NWF5
ALPK2
3
iEKPD-Poa-0150
ENSPPYG00000006883.1
H2NPH0
ALPK3
4
iEKPD-Poa-0154
ENSPPYG00000007179.2
H2NQD5
EEF2K
5
iEKPD-Poa-0426
ENSPPYG00000019295.2
H2PSE2
TRPM6
6
iEKPD-Poa-0138
ENSPPYG00000006471.2
H2NN79
TRPM7