Structural highlights
Disease
E2AK3_HUMAN Wolcott-Rallison syndrome. The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.[1]
Function
E2AK3_HUMAN Phosphorylates the alpha subunit of eukaryotic translation-initiation factor 2 (EIF2), leading to its inactivation and thus to a rapid reduction of translational initiation and repression of global protein synthesis. Serves as a critical effector of unfolded protein response (UPR)-induced G1 growth arrest due to the loss of cyclin-D1 (CCND1) (By similarity).
References
- ↑ Delepine M, Nicolino M, Barrett T, Golamaully M, Lathrop GM, Julier C. EIF2AK3, encoding translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 3, is mutated in patients with Wolcott-Rallison syndrome. Nat Genet. 2000 Aug;25(4):406-9. PMID:10932183 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/78085
