ID:KCC2A_HUMAN DESCRIPTION: RecName: Full=Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II subunit alpha; Short=CaM kinase II subunit alpha; Short=CaMK-II subunit alpha; EC=2.7.11.17; FUNCTION: CaM-kinase II (CAMK2) is a prominent kinase in the central nervous system that may function in long-term potentiation and neurotransmitter release. Member of the NMDAR signaling complex in excitatory synapses it may regulate NMDAR-dependent potentiation of the AMPAR and synaptic plasticity (By similarity). CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: ATP + a protein = ADP + a phosphoprotein. ENZYME REGULATION: Autophosphorylation of Thr-286 allows the kinase to switch from a calmodulin-dependent to a calmodulin- independent state (By similarity). SUBUNIT: CAMK2 is composed of four different chains: alpha, beta, gamma, and delta. The different isoforms assemble into homo- or heteromultimeric holoenzymes composed of 8 to 12 subunits. Interacts with BAALC, MPDZ, SYN1, CAMK2N2 and SYNGAP1 (By similarity). SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cell junction, synapse, presynaptic cell membrane (By similarity). Cell junction, synapse (By similarity). Note=Postsynaptic lipid rafts (By similarity). SIMILARITY: Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. CAMK Ser/Thr protein kinase family. CaMK subfamily. SIMILARITY: Contains 1 protein kinase domain. SEQUENCE CAUTION: Sequence=BAA76812.1; Type=Erroneous initiation; Note=Translation N-terminally shortened;
The RNAfold program from the Vienna RNA Package is used to perform the secondary structure predictions and folding calculations. The estimated folding energy is in kcal/mol. The more negative the energy, the more secondary structure the RNA is likely to have.
Pfam Domains: PF00069 - Protein kinase domain PF07714 - Protein tyrosine and serine/threonine kinase PF08332 - Calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II association domain PF13474 - SnoaL-like domain PF14534 - Domain of unknown function (DUF4440)
SCOP Domains: 56112 - Protein kinase-like (PK-like) 54427 - NTF2-like
ModBase Predicted Comparative 3D Structure on Q9UQM7
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Orthologous Genes in Other Species
Orthologies between human, mouse, and rat are computed by taking the best BLASTP hit, and filtering out non-syntenic hits. For more distant species reciprocal-best BLASTP hits are used. Note that the absence of an ortholog in the table below may reflect incomplete annotations in the other species rather than a true absence of the orthologous gene.