Astyanax mexicanus      Atypical/PIKK


※ PIKK family introduction

    Phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase-related kinases (PIKKs) belong to atypical protein kinase group, which share little similarity of kinase catalytic domain. PIKKs family contains six members which are involved in responding to various stresses, including DNA damage, blocks in DNA replication, availability of nutrients and errors in mRNA splicing. The protein kinase domain of PIKKS, located in C-terminus, is always flanked by two conserved domain, known as FAT and FATC domain, which may interact and participate in kinase regulation (1). ATM, one of family member, is involved in responding to a specific type of DNA damage, such as DNA double strand breaks, and controls the cell-cycle progression by phosphorylates multiple substrates including p53 and Chk2. In addition, ATM also locates in cytoplasmic especially in neuronal or neuron-like cells (2). Ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related protein (ATR) acts as a DNA damage sensor. Activated by DNA lesions including base adducts, crosslinks, DSBs, and compounds that directly promote replication stress such as hydroxyurea and aphidicolin and phosphorylates multiple substrates to control the DNA replication and mitosis (3). mTOR is a serine/threonine protein kinase which is a central regulator of cellular metabolism, growth and survival in response to hormones, growth factors, nutrients, energy and stress signals. mTOR is regulated by dynamic changes in cellular localization (3). Transformation/transcription domain-associated protein (TRRAP) is also structurally related to the PIKK family. TRRAP proteins (Tra1 in budding yeast) are common components of many histone acetyltransferase (HAT) complexes, and mediate a variety of cellular processes by recruiting HAT complexes to chromatin (4).

Reference
1. Lempiainen, H. and Halazonetis, T.D. (2009) Emerging common themes in regulation of PIKKs and PI3Ks. EMBO J, 28, 3067-3073. PMID: 19779456
2. Yang, D.Q., Halaby, M.J., Li, Y., Hibma, J.C. and Burn, P. (2011) Cytoplasmic ATM protein kinase: an emerging therapeutic target for diabetes, cancer and neuronal degeneration. Drug Discov Today, 16, 332-338. PMID: 21315178
3. Lovejoy, C.A. and Cortez, D. (2009) Common mechanisms of PIKK regulation. DNA Repair (Amst), 8, 1004-1008. PMID: 19464237
4. Kanoh, J. and Yanagida, M. (2007) Tel2: a common partner of PIK-related kinases and a link between DNA checkpoint and nutritional response? Genes Cells, 12, 1301-1304. PMID: 18076567


There are 18 genes.  Reviewed (0 or Unreviewed (18

No.StatusiEKPD IDEnsemble Gene IDUniProt AccessionGene Name
1
iEKPD-Asm-0046
ENSAMXG00000001526.1
W5K1U1
2
iEKPD-Asm-0128
ENSAMXG00000004209.1
W5K9N9
3
iEKPD-Asm-0151
ENSAMXG00000004965.1
W5KBY0
4
iEKPD-Asm-0153
ENSAMXG00000005003.1
W5KC18
5
iEKPD-Asm-0209
ENSAMXG00000007058.1
W5KIE9
6
iEKPD-Asm-0244
ENSAMXG00000008037.1
W5KKZ1
7
iEKPD-Asm-0282
ENSAMXG00000008974.1
W5KPM7
8
iEKPD-Asm-0300
ENSAMXG00000009771.1
W5KR52
9
iEKPD-Asm-0443
ENSAMXG00000014520.1
W5L532
10
iEKPD-Asm-0456
ENSAMXG00000014851.1
W5L653
11
iEKPD-Asm-0604
ENSAMXG00000019848.1
W5LKU0
12
iEKPD-Asm-0650
ENSAMXG00000021819.1
W5LQQ2
13
iEKPD-Asm-g001
ENSAMXG00000010065.1
W5KS18
14
iEKPD-Asm-g003
ENSAMXG00000012902.1
W5L0A3
15
iEKPD-Asm-g016
ENSAMXG00000013276.1
W5L1G2
16
iEKPD-Asm-g025
ENSAMXG00000015625.1
W5L8B6
17
iEKPD-Asm-g024
ENSAMXG00000020086.1
W5LLH6
18
iEKPD-Asm-g010
ENSAMXG00000020452.1
W5LMM4