Rattus norvegicus      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 16 genes.  Reviewed (6 or Unreviewed (10

No.StatusiEKPD IDEnsemble Gene IDUniProt AccessionGene Name
1
iEKPD-Ran-0158
ENSRNOG00000009615.7
P42346
Mtor
2
iEKPD-Ran-0336
ENSRNOG00000021024.7
O08561
Pi4kb
3
iEKPD-Ran-0416
ENSRNOG00000034228.5
O70173
Pik3c2g
4
iEKPD-Ran-0281
ENSRNOG00000017840.5
O88763
Pik3c3
5
iEKPD-Ran-0466
ENSRNOG00000056371.1
A0A0G2K344
Pik3ca
6
iEKPD-Ran-0255
ENSRNOG00000016384.4
Q9Z1L0
Pik3cb
7
iEKPD-Ran-g002
ENSRNOG00000056810.1
A0A0G2K5T3
8
iEKPD-Ran-0392
ENSRNOG00000029773.5
D4ACL8
Atm
9
iEKPD-Ran-0165
ENSRNOG00000010027.7
D3Z822
Atr
10
iEKPD-Ran-0354
ENSRNOG00000023622.5
F1M0T1
LOC100910021
11
iEKPD-Ran-g003
ENSRNOG00000060045.1
O08662
Pi4ka
12
iEKPD-Ran-0328
ENSRNOG00000020479.5
D3ZTF6
Pik3c2a
13
iEKPD-Ran-g001
ENSRNOG00000029938.5
D3ZVF3
Pik3c2b
14
iEKPD-Ran-0266
ENSRNOG00000016846.6
D4A5Q1
Pik3cd
15
iEKPD-Ran-0155
ENSRNOG00000009385.8
D3ZFJ0
Pik3cg
16
iEKPD-Ran-0360
ENSRNOG00000025028.7
D3ZTN0
Prkdc