Biology:EIF2AK4

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in humans


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Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 4 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the EIF2AK4 gene.[1][2]

EIF2AK4 belongs to a family of kinases that phosphorylate the alpha subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor-2 (EIF2S1; MIM 603907) to downregulate protein synthesis in response to varied cellular stresses (Berlanga et al., 1999).[supplied by OMIM][2]

See also

References

  1. "Characterization of a mammalian homolog of the GCN2 eukaryotic initiation factor 2alpha kinase". Eur J Biochem 265 (2): 754–62. Nov 1999. doi:10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00780.x. PMID 10504407. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: EIF2AK4 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha kinase 4". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=440275. 

Further reading

External links

  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: Q9P2K8 (eIF-2-alpha kinase GCN2) at the PDBe-KB.