Oreochromis niloticus      Atypical      Alpha

※ Alpha family introduction

    Alpha kinases belong to atypical kinase group and lack significant sequence similarity to ePK (1). Six members have been identified in mammals, including elongation factor 2 kinase, Dictyostelium myosin heavy chain kinases and other protein kinases. eEF-2 is involve in regulation of the global rate of protein synthesis and MHCK A is essential in regualtion of myosin assembly and disassembly. Although no detectable sequence identity between ePK and Alpha kinases has been found, the structure, sequence motifs and key amino acid residue position are very similar. The differences may impact on substrate recognition (2).

Reference
1. Manning, G., Whyte, D.B., Martinez, R., Hunter, T. and Sudarsanam, S. (2002) The protein kinase complement of the human genome. Science, 298, 1912-1934. PMID: 12471243
2. Drennan, D. and Ryazanov, A.G. (2004) Alpha-kinases: analysis of the family and comparison with conventional protein kinases. Prog Biophys Mol Biol, 85, 1-32. PMID: 15050379


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

No.StatusEKPD IDGene IDGene Name
1
EKS-ORN-00395
ENSONIG00000015833
EEF2K
2
EKS-ORN-00397
ENSONIG00000015209
ALPK3 (2 of 2); ALPK3 (1 of 2)
3
EKS-ORN-00394
ENSONIG00000002611
TRPM7
4
EKS-ORN-00396
ENSONIG00000010763
TRPM6
5
EKS-ORN-00398
ENSONIG00000002545
ALPK3 (2 of 2); ALPK3 (1 of 2)