Sarcophilus harrisii      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-Sah-0373
ENSSHAG00000016419.1
G3WV77
2
iEKPD-Sah-0355
ENSSHAG00000015598.1
G3WSH2
ALPK2
3
iEKPD-Sah-0120
ENSSHAG00000007171.1
G3VYM2
EEF2K
4
iEKPD-Sah-0432
ENSSHAG00000018492.1
G3X2D6
TRPM6
5
iEKPD-Sah-0264
ENSSHAG00000012617.1
G3WH75
TRPM7