Sarcophilus harrisii      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 11 genes.  Reviewed (0 or Unreviewed (11

No.StatusiEKPD IDEnsemble Gene IDUniProt AccessionGene Name
1
iEKPD-Sah-0005
ENSSHAG00000000321.1
G3VB09
2
iEKPD-Sah-0329
ENSSHAG00000014532.1
G3WNU4
3
iEKPD-Sah-0210
ENSSHAG00000010836.1
G3WB56
ATM
4
iEKPD-Sah-0361
ENSSHAG00000015877.1
G3WTE5
ATR
5
iEKPD-Sah-0316
ENSSHAG00000014219.1
G3WMQ8
PI4KB
6
iEKPD-Sah-0017
ENSSHAG00000001008.1
G3VD73
PIK3C2A
7
iEKPD-Sah-g010
ENSSHAG00000006356.1
G3VVV4
PIK3C2B
8
iEKPD-Sah-0372
ENSSHAG00000016406.1
G3WV63
PIK3CA
9
iEKPD-Sah-0161
ENSSHAG00000008508.1
G3W321
PIK3CG
10
iEKPD-Sah-0313
ENSSHAG00000014031.1
G3WM36
PRKDC
11
iEKPD-Sah-0397
ENSSHAG00000017370.1
G3WYI3
SMG1