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| Aliases | ITPKA , IP3-3KA, IP3KA, inositol-trisphosphate 3-kinase A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| External IDs | OMIM: 147521; MGI: 1333822; HomoloGene: 1671; GeneCards: ITPKA; OMA:ITPKA - orthologs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inositol-trisphosphate 3-kinase A is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ITPKA gene. [5] [6] [7]
ITPKA is one of three inositol-trisphosphate 3-kinase (ITP3K) genes in humans. ITP3K proteins regulate inositol phosphate metabolism by phosphorylation of the second messenger inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate to produce Ins(1,3,4,5)P4, which is sometimes abbreviated as IP4. Structurally, ITPKA belongs to the inositol polyphosphate kinase (IPK) family. The activity of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase is responsible for regulating the levels of a large number of inositol polyphosphates that are important in cellular signaling, most notably, inositol trisphosphate, which is the enzyme's only substrate. Both calcium/calmodulin and protein phosphorylation mechanisms control its activity. It is also a substrate for the cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase, calcium/calmodulin- dependent protein kinase II, and protein kinase C in vitro. ITPKA and ITPKB are 68% identical in the C-terminus region The amino- terminal region of ITPKA binds filamentous actin. This property localizes the ITPKA to dendritic spines in principal neurons. [8] [9] [10] ITPKA is expressed physiologically in neurons, but it is sometimes expressed in cancer cells and may contribute to processes of metastasis. [11]
ITPKA participates in learning and memory processes in neurons. [12] [13]
Although ITPKA is expressed physiologically in neurons and testis, it sometimes becomes expressed in cancer cells, and the expression usually makes the cancer more aggressive. [11] [14]
F-tractin is amino acids 9-52 of rat ITPKA. It was later determined that amino acids 9-40 were sufficient for binding filamentous actin. [15] [16] When fused to a reporter, such as green fluorescent protein, It is useful for the visualization of actin dynamics in living cells. [17] [18]