ID:ULK3_HUMAN DESCRIPTION: RecName: Full=Serine/threonine-protein kinase ULK3; EC=2.7.11.1; AltName: Full=Unc-51-like kinase 3; FUNCTION: Serine/threonine protein kinase that acts as a regulator of Sonic hedgehog (SHH) signaling and autophagy. Acts as a negative regulator of SHH signaling in the absence of SHH ligand: interacts with SUFU, thereby inactivating the protein kinase activity and preventing phosphorylation of GLI proteins (GLI1, GLI2 and/or GLI3). Positively regulates SHH signaling in the presence of SHH: dissociates from SUFU, autophosphorylates and mediates phosphorylation of GLI2, activating it and promoting its nuclear translocation. Phosphorylates in vitro GLI2, as well as GLI1 and GLI3, although less efficiently. Also acts as a regulator of autophagy: following cellular senescence, able to induce autophagy. CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: ATP + a protein = ADP + a phosphoprotein. SUBUNIT: Interacts (via protein kinase domain) with SUFU. SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm. Note=Localizes to pre- autophagosomal structure during cellular senescence. TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Widely expressed. Highest levels observed in fetal brain. In adult tissues, high levels in brain, liver and kidney, moderate levels in testis and adrenal gland and low levels in heart, lung, stomach, thymus, prostate and placenta. In the brain, highest expression in the hippocampus, high levels also detected in the cerebellum, olfactory bulb and optic nerve. In the central nervous system, lowest levels in the spinal cord. INDUCTION: Up-regulated during senescence. PTM: Autophosphorylated. Autophosphorylation is blocked by interaction with SUFU. SIMILARITY: Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. Ser/Thr protein kinase family. APG1/unc-51/ULK1 subfamily. SIMILARITY: Contains 2 MIT domains. SIMILARITY: Contains 1 protein kinase domain. SEQUENCE CAUTION: Sequence=CAB55955.2; 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 PF04212 - MIT (microtubule interacting and transport) domain PF07714 - Protein tyrosine and serine/threonine kinase
SCOP Domains: 116846 - MIT domain 56112 - Protein kinase-like (PK-like)
ModBase Predicted Comparative 3D Structure on Q6PHR2
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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.
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