Interferon-induced, double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase
BE0009434ProteinHumansEIF2AK2
IFN-induced dsRNA-dependent serine/threonine-protein kinase that phosphorylates the alpha subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (EIF2S1/eIF-2-alpha) and plays a key role in the innate immune response to viral infection (PubMed:18835251, PubMed:19189853, PubMed:19507191, PubMed:21072047, PubMed:21123651, PubMed:22381929,... It is acted on by 4 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- EIF2AK2
- UniProtKB entry
- P19525Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Cytoplasm
- Residues / weight
- 551 residues · 62,094 Da
- Also known as
- 2.7.11.1 · eIF-2A protein kinase 2 · Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 2 · Interferon-inducible RNA-dependent protein kinase · P1/eIF-2A protein kinase
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Interferon-induced, double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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