Xiphophorus maculatus      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-Xim-0099
ENSXMAG00000002984.1
M3ZL99
2
iEKPD-Xim-0355
ENSXMAG00000011532.1
M4AAQ9
3
iEKPD-Xim-0489
ENSXMAG00000015752.1
M4AMW2
4
iEKPD-Xim-0539
ENSXMAG00000017127.1
M4ARR4
5
iEKPD-Xim-0568
ENSXMAG00000018180.1
M4AUW6
6
iEKPD-Xim-0482
ENSXMAG00000015525.1
M4AM94
TRPM6