※ 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

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No.	Status	EKPD ID	Gene ID	Gene Name
1		EKS-ORC-00288	ENSOCUG00000024991	ALPK1
2		EKS-ORC-00290	ENSOCUG00000005991	ALPK3
3		EKS-ORC-00289	ENSOCUG00000012324	ALPK2
4		EKS-ORC-00286	ENSOCUG00000003734
5		EKS-ORC-00287	ENSOCUG00000008067	EEF2K
6		EKS-ORC-00285	ENSOCUG00000003125	TRPM7