Glycine max      Other/ULK


※ ULK family introduction

    ULKs refer to Unc-51-like kinase which are classified into Others family. In vertebrates, at least five ULks have been found in this family and display a considerable homology to Atg1/UNC-51 in their kinase domain. Human ULK1 possesses an overall similarity of 41% to UNC-51.(1) ULK1 and ULK2 are the most closely related members of this family, sharing 78% homology of kinase domain and conserved C-terminal domain (CTD)(2). Studies show that ULK1 is critical to induce the autophagic response of cerebellar granule neurons to lowpatassium concentration in serum-free conditions.(1) ULK2 possesses the ability to compensate for the loss of ULK1 function in cell-type specific.(2) Overexpression of ULK3 is able to induce both autophagy and senescence in the human fibroblast cell line IMR90. (1)Another family member STK36 plays an important role in the sonic hedgehog pathway via regulating the activity of GLI transcription factors. Function of ULK4 remains more understood (1).

Reference
1. Alers, S., Loffler, A.S., Wesselborg, S. and Stork, B. (2012) The incredible ULKs . Cell Commun Signal, 10, 7. PMID: 22413737
2. Lee, E.J. and Tournier, C. (2011)
The requirement of uncoordinated 51-like kinase 1 (ULK1) and ULK2 in the regulation of autophagy. Autophagy, 7, 689-695. PMID: 21460635


There are 7 genes.  Reviewed (0 or Unreviewed (7

No.StatusiEKPD IDEnsemble Gene IDUniProt AccessionGene Name
1
iEKPD-Glm-0681
GLYMA_07G048400
2
iEKPD-Glm-1755
GLYMA_15G098800
3
iEKPD-Glm-2267
GLYMA_20G069700
4
iEKPD-Glm-1505
GLYMA_13G214400
I1M1B4
100777288
5
iEKPD-Glm-1837
GLYMA_16G017300
K7MEN6
100782508
6
iEKPD-Glm-0037
GLYMA_01G099600
I1J6X2
100789255
7
iEKPD-Glm-0251
GLYMA_03G069800
K7KDC2
100791596