Chlorocebus sabaeus      CAMK/TSSK


※ TSSK family introduction

    TSSK (testis-specific serine kinase) belongs to CAMK group. Six members have been identified in this family in human genome.However, only five possess kinase catalytic domain including TSSK1, TSSK2, TSSK3, TSSK4 and TSSK6. TSSKs contain a kinase domain and a variable short C-terminal extension. All members contain a conserved activation loop threonine phosphorylation site. Two members TSSK2 and TSSK3 can undergo autophosphorylation. TSSK1 and TSSK2 are formed by tandem duplication and a dual knockout is infertile as a heterozygote. TSSK3 is expressed only in interstitial Leydig cells, which contrasts with the expression of TSSK1 and TSSK2 in late spermatids and sperm. TSSK4 can bind to CREB by Y2H and can phosphorylate and activate CREB in human and mouse cells (1).

Reference
1. Wikinome Annotation:    Kinase Family TSSK


There are 5 genes.  Reviewed (0 or Unreviewed (5

No.StatusiEKPD IDEnsemble Gene IDUniProt AccessionGene Name
1
iEKPD-Chs-0002
ENSCSAG00000000514.1
A0A0D9S9F1
TSSK1B
2
iEKPD-Chs-0464
ENSCSAG00000019273.1
A0A0D9SD44
TSSK2
3
iEKPD-Chs-0015
ENSCSAG00000001055.1
A0A0D9S7W9
TSSK3
4
iEKPD-Chs-0406
ENSCSAG00000015997.1
A0A0D9RTY0
TSSK4
5
iEKPD-Chs-0461
ENSCSAG00000018500.1
A0A0D9SB00
TSSK6