Biology:Protein kinase, AMP-activated, alpha 1

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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5'-AMP-activated protein kinase catalytic subunit alpha-1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PRKAA1 gene.[1][2]

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the serine/threonine protein kinase family. It is the catalytic subunit of the 5'-prime-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). AMPK is a cellular energy sensor conserved in all eukaryotic cells. The kinase activity of AMPK is activated by the stimuli that increase the cellular AMP/ATP ratio. AMPK regulates the activities of a number of key metabolic enzymes through phosphorylation. It protects cells from stresses that cause ATP depletion by switching off ATP-consuming biosynthetic pathways. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been observed.[2]

Interactions

Protein kinase, AMP-activated, alpha 1 has been shown to interact with TSC2.[3][4]

References

  1. "Mammalian AMP-activated protein kinase subfamily". J Biol Chem 271 (2): 611–4. Feb 1996. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.2.611. PMID 8557660. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: PRKAA1 protein kinase, AMP-activated, alpha 1 catalytic subunit". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=5562. 
  3. Inoki, Ken; Zhu Tianqing; Guan Kun-Liang (Nov 2003). "TSC2 mediates cellular energy response to control cell growth and survival". Cell (United States) 115 (5): 577–90. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(03)00929-2. ISSN 0092-8674. PMID 14651849. 
  4. Shaw, Reuben J; Bardeesy Nabeel; Manning Brendan D; Lopez Lyle; Kosmatka Monica; DePinho Ronald A; Cantley Lewis C (Jul 2004). "The LKB1 tumor suppressor negatively regulates mTOR signaling". Cancer Cell (United States) 6 (1): 91–9. doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2004.06.007. ISSN 1535-6108. PMID 15261145. 

Further reading

External links

  • PDBe-KB provides an overview of all the structure information available in the PDB for Human 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase catalytic subunit alpha-1 (PRKAA1)