Danio rerio      CK1/VRK


※ VRK family introduction

    VRK (vaccinia related kinases) belong to CK1 family. Three members have been identified in human genome, known as VRK1, VRK2 and VRK3. Sequence alignment of VRKs shows that all VRKs share a similar ser/thr protein kinase catalytic domain. Human VRK1 and VRK3 also contain a nuclear localization signal region and VRK2 contain a transmembrane domain in its C-terminal. VRKs act as key activator for activation or stabilization of a variety of transcription factors, including p53, ATF1, c-Jun and CREB. In addition, VRKs play an important role in regulation of cellular processes, including stress response and patterning of chromatin modifications (1).

Reference
1. Klerkx, E.P., Lazo, P.A. and Askjaer, P. (2009) Emerging biological functions of the vaccinia-related kinase (VRK) family. Histol Histopathol, 24, 749-759. PMID: 19337973


There are 3 genes.  Reviewed (1 or Unreviewed (2

No.StatusiEKPD IDEnsemble Gene IDUniProt AccessionGene Name
1
iEKPD-Dar-0134
ENSDARG00000018006.9
Q7ZUS1
vrk1
2
iEKPD-Dar-0166
ENSDARG00000021547.8
B8JHS7
vrk2
3
iEKPD-Dar-0251
ENSDARG00000036056.8
F1RE77
vrk3