Choline kinase alpha

Details

Name
Choline kinase alpha
Kind
protein
Synonyms
  • 2.7.1.32
  • CHETK-alpha
  • CHK
  • CK
  • CKI
  • EK
  • Ethanolamine kinase
Gene Name
CHKA
UniProtKB Entry
P35790Swiss-Prot
Organism
Humans
NCBI Taxonomy ID
9606
Amino acid sequence
>lcl|BSEQ0037075|Choline kinase alpha
MKTKFCTGGEAEPSPLGLLLSCGSGSAAPAPGVGQQRDAASDLESKQLGGQQPPLALPPP
PPLPLPLPLPQPPPPQPPADEQPEPRTRRRAYLWCKEFLPGAWRGLREDEFHISVIRGGL
SNMLFQCSLPDTTATLGDEPRKVLLRLYGAILQMRSCNKEGSEQAQKENEFQGAEAMVLE
SVMFAILAERSLGPKLYGIFPQGRLEQFIPSRRLDTEELSLPDISAEIAEKMATFHGMKM
PFNKEPKWLFGTMEKYLKEVLRIKFTEESRIKKLHKLLSYNLPLELENLRSLLESTPSPV
VFCHNDCQEGNILLLEGRENSEKQKLMLIDFEYSSYNYRGFDIGNHFCEWMYDYSYEKYP
FFRANIRKYPTKKQQLHFISSYLPAFQNDFENLSTEEKSIIKEEMLLEVNRFALASHFLW
GLWSIVQAKISSIEFGYMDYAQARFDAYFHQKRKLGV
Number of residues
457
Molecular Weight
52248.53
Theoretical pI
6.52
GO Classification
Functions
protein homodimerization activity / protein tyrosine kinase activity
Processes
cellular response to glucose starvation / lipid droplet disassembly
Components
cytoplasm / lipid droplet
General Function
Plays a key role in phospholipid biosynthesis by catalyzing the phosphorylation of free choline to phosphocholine, the first step in phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis (PubMed:17007874, PubMed:19915674, PubMed:23416529, PubMed:34077757). Also phosphorylates ethanolamine, thereby contributing to phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis (PubMed:17007874, PubMed:19915674). Has higher activity with choline (PubMed:17007874, PubMed:19915674). May contribute to tumor cell growth (PubMed:19915674)
Specific Function
ATP binding
Pfam Domain Function
Signal Regions
Not Available
Transmembrane Regions
Not Available
Cellular Location
Cytoplasm, cytosol
Gene sequence
>lcl|BSEQ0019008|Choline kinase alpha (CHKA)
ATGAAAACCAAATTCTGCACCGGGGGCGAGGCGGAGCCCTCGCCGCTCGGGCTGCTGCTG
AGCTGCGGTAGCGGCAGCGCGGCCCCGGCGCCCGGCGTGGGGCAGCAGCGCGACGCCGCC
AGCGACCTCGAGTCCAAGCAGCTGGGCGGCCAACAGCCGCCGCTCGCGCTGCCCCCTCCG
CCGCCGCTGCCGCTGCCGCTGCCGCTGCCCCAGCCCCCGCCGCCGCAGCCGCCCGCAGAC
GAGCAGCCGGAGCCCCGGACGCGGCGCAGGGCCTATCTGTGGTGCAAGGAGTTCCTGCCC
GGCGCCTGGCGGGGCCTCCGCGAGGACGAGTTCCACATCAGTGTCATCAGAGGCGGCCTT
AGCAACATGCTGTTCCAGTGCTCCCTACCTGACACCACAGCCACCCTTGGTGATGAGCCT
CGGAAAGTGCTCCTGCGGCTGTATGGAGCGATTTTGCAGATGAGGTCCTGTAATAAAGAG
GGATCCGAACAAGCTCAGAAAGAAAATGAATTTCAAGGGGCTGAGGCCATGGTTCTGGAG
AGCGTTATGTTTGCCATTCTCGCAGAGAGGTCACTTGGGCCAAAACTCTATGGCATCTTT
CCCCAAGGCCGACTGGAGCAGTTCATCCCGAGCCGGCGATTAGATACTGAAGAATTAAGT
TTGCCAGATATTTCTGCAGAAATCGCCGAGAAAATGGCTACATTTCATGGTATGAAAATG
CCATTCAATAAGGAACCAAAATGGCTTTTTGGCACAATGGAAAAGTATCTAAAGGAAGTG
CTGAGAATTAAATTTACTGAGGAATCCAGAATTAAAAAGCTCCACAAATTGCTCAGTTAC
AATCTGCCCTTGGAACTGGAAAACCTGAGATCATTGCTTGAATCTACTCCATCTCCAGTT
GTATTTTGTCATAATGACTGTCAAGAAGGTAATATCTTGTTGCTGGAAGGCCGAGAGAAT
TCTGAAAAACAGAAACTGATGCTCATTGATTTCGAATACAGCAGTTACAATTACAGGGGA
TTCGACATTGGAAATCACTTCTGTGAGTGGATGTATGATTATAGCTATGAAAAATACCCT
TTTTTCAGAGCAAACATCCGGAAGTATCCCACCAAGAAACAACAGCTCCATTTTATTTCC
AGTTACTTGCCTGCATTCCAAAATGACTTTGAAAACCTCAGTACTGAAGAAAAATCCATT
ATAAAAGAAGAAATGTTGCTTGAAGTTAATAGGTTTGCCCTTGCATCTCATTTCCTCTGG
GGACTGTGGTCCATTGTACAAGCCAAGATTTCATCTATTGAATTTGGGTACATGGACTAC
GCCCAAGCAAGGTTTGATGCCTATTTCCACCAGAAGAGGAAGCTTGGGGTGTGA
Chromosome Location
11
Locus
11q13.2
External Identifiers
ResourceLink
UniProtKB IDP35790
UniProtKB Entry NameCHKA_HUMAN
GenBank Protein ID219541
GenBank Gene IDD10704
GeneCard IDCHKA
GenAtlas IDCHKA
HGNC IDHGNC:1937
PDB ID(s)2CKO, 2CKP, 2CKQ, 2I7Q, 3F2R, 3G15, 3ZM9, 4BR3, 4CG8, 4CG9, 4CGA, 4DA5, 5AFV, 5EQE, 5EQP, 5EQY, 5FTG, 5FUT, 5W6O, 7A04, 7A06, 7NB1, 7NB2, 7NB3, 8BI5, 8BI6
KEGG IDhsa:1119
NCBI Gene ID1119
General References
  1. Hosaka K, Tanaka S, Nikawa J, Yamashita S: Cloning of a human choline kinase cDNA by complementation of the yeast cki mutation. FEBS Lett. 1992 Jun 15;304(2-3):229-32. [Article]
  2. Taylor TD, Noguchi H, Totoki Y, Toyoda A, Kuroki Y, Dewar K, Lloyd C, Itoh T, Takeda T, Kim DW, She X, Barlow KF, Bloom T, Bruford E, Chang JL, Cuomo CA, Eichler E, FitzGerald MG, Jaffe DB, LaButti K, Nicol R, Park HS, Seaman C, Sougnez C, Yang X, Zimmer AR, Zody MC, Birren BW, Nusbaum C, Fujiyama A, Hattori M, Rogers J, Lander ES, Sakaki Y: Human chromosome 11 DNA sequence and analysis including novel gene identification. Nature. 2006 Mar 23;440(7083):497-500. [Article]
  3. Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, Shenmen CM, Grouse LH, Schuler G, Klein SL, Old S, Rasooly R, Good P, Guyer M, Peck AM, Derge JG, Lipman D, Collins FS, Jang W, Sherry S, Feolo M, Misquitta L, Lee E, Rotmistrovsky K, Greenhut SF, Schaefer CF, Buetow K, Bonner TI, Haussler D, Kent J, Kiekhaus M, Furey T, Brent M, Prange C, Schreiber K, Shapiro N, Bhat NK, Hopkins RF, Hsie F, Driscoll T, Soares MB, Casavant TL, Scheetz TE, Brown-stein MJ, Usdin TB, Toshiyuki S, Carninci P, Piao Y, Dudekula DB, Ko MS, Kawakami K, Suzuki Y, Sugano S, Gruber CE, Smith MR, Simmons B, Moore T, Waterman R, Johnson SL, Ruan Y, Wei CL, Mathavan S, Gunaratne PH, Wu J, Garcia AM, Hulyk SW, Fuh E, Yuan Y, Sneed A, Kowis C, Hodgson A, Muzny DM, McPherson J, Gibbs RA, Fahey J, Helton E, Ketteman M, Madan A, Rodrigues S, Sanchez A, Whiting M, Madari A, Young AC, Wetherby KD, Granite SJ, Kwong PN, Brinkley CP, Pearson RL, Bouffard GG, Blakesly RW, Green ED, Dickson MC, Rodriguez AC, Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Myers RM, Butterfield YS, Griffith M, Griffith OL, Krzywinski MI, Liao N, Morin R, Palmquist D, Petrescu AS, Skalska U, Smailus DE, Stott JM, Schnerch A, Schein JE, Jones SJ, Holt RA, Baross A, Marra MA, Clifton S, Makowski KA, Bosak S, Malek J: The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC). Genome Res. 2004 Oct;14(10B):2121-7. [Article]
  4. Gallego-Ortega D, Ramirez de Molina A, Ramos MA, Valdes-Mora F, Barderas MG, Sarmentero-Estrada J, Lacal JC: Differential role of human choline kinase alpha and beta enzymes in lipid metabolism: implications in cancer onset and treatment. PLoS One. 2009 Nov 12;4(11):e7819. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007819. [Article]
  5. Malito E, Sekulic N, Too WC, Konrad M, Lavie A: Elucidation of human choline kinase crystal structures in complex with the products ADP or phosphocholine. J Mol Biol. 2006 Nov 24;364(2):136-51. Epub 2006 Sep 3. [Article]
  6. Hong BS, Allali-Hassani A, Tempel W, Finerty PJ Jr, Mackenzie F, Dimov S, Vedadi M, Park HW: Crystal structures of human choline kinase isoforms in complex with hemicholinium-3: single amino acid near the active site influences inhibitor sensitivity. J Biol Chem. 2010 May 21;285(21):16330-40. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M109.039024. Epub 2010 Mar 18. [Article]

Associated Data

Drug Relations
DrugDrug groupPharmacological action?TypeActionsDetails
Cholineapproved, nutraceuticalunknownenzymesubstrateDetails
Choline salicylateapproved, nutraceuticalunknownenzymesubstrateDetails