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Protein Accession#

Gene Name

PRKACA

Gene Alias

MGC102831, MGC48865, PKACA

Gene Description

protein kinase, cAMP-dependent, catalytic, alpha

Omim ID

Gene Ontology

Gene Summary

cAMP is a signaling molecule important for a variety of cellular functions. cAMP exerts its effects by activating the cAMP-dependent protein kinase, which transduces the signal through phosphorylation of different target proteins. The inactive kinase holoenzyme is a tetramer composed of two regulatory and two catalytic subunits. cAMP causes the dissociation of the inactive holoenzyme into a dimer of regulatory subunits bound to four cAMP and two free monomeric catalytic subunits. Four different regulatory subunits and three catalytic subunits have been identified in humans. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the Ser/Thr protein kinase family and is a catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been observed. [provided by RefSeq

Other Designations

PKA C-alpha|cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit alpha|cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit alpha, isoform 1|protein kinase A catalytic subunit