Latimeria chalumnae      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 15 genes.  Reviewed (0 or Unreviewed (15

No.StatusiEKPD IDEnsemble Gene IDUniProt AccessionGene Name
1
iEKPD-Lac-0432
ENSLACG00000016586.1
H3BAC2
2
iEKPD-Lac-0255
ENSLACG00000009886.1
H3ANL6
ATR
3
iEKPD-Lac-0150
ENSLACG00000005793.1
H3AA65
LOC102351641
4
iEKPD-Lac-0295
ENSLACG00000011321.2
H3AT86
LOC102362971
5
iEKPD-Lac-g012
ENSLACG00000010151.2
M3XIE8
PI4KA
6
iEKPD-Lac-0111
ENSLACG00000003932.1
H3A450
PI4KB
7
iEKPD-Lac-0441
ENSLACG00000017040.2
H3BBV1
PIK3C2A
8
iEKPD-Lac-g009
ENSLACG00000017407.1
H3BD27
PIK3C2B
9
iEKPD-Lac-0114
ENSLACG00000004021.1
H3A4E8
PIK3C2G
10
iEKPD-Lac-0412
ENSLACG00000016070.1
H3B8M2
PIK3C3
11
iEKPD-Lac-g011
ENSLACG00000015507.1
H3B6T5
PIK3CA
12
iEKPD-Lac-0341
ENSLACG00000013175.1
H3AZ97
PIK3CB
13
iEKPD-Lac-0183
ENSLACG00000006986.1
H3AE22
PIK3CG
14
iEKPD-Lac-0361
ENSLACG00000014083.1
H3B272
PRKDC
15
iEKPD-Lac-0223
ENSLACG00000008522.1
H3AJ43
SMG1