QuickView for PRKAR1A (gene)

Gene Symbol:

PRKAR1A Homo sapiens

Full name:

protein kinase cAMP-dependent type I regulatory subunit alpha

Synonyms:

ACRDYS1, ADOHR, CAR, CNC, CNC1, PKR1, PPNAD1, PRKAR1, TSE1, cAMP-dependent protein kinase type I-alpha regulatory subunit, Carney complex type 1, cAMP-dependent protein kinase regulatory subunit RIalpha, cAMP-dependent protein kinase type I-alpha regulatory chain, protein kinase A type 1a regulatory subunit, protein kinase, cAMP-dependent, regulatory subunit type I alpha, protein kinase, cAMP-dependent, regulatory, type I, alpha, tissue-specific extinguisher 1

Genomic Location:

Chr 17: 64019705-64040506

Description:

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 dis...

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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. This gene encodes one of the regulatory subunits. This protein was found to be a tissue-specific extinguisher that down-regulates the expression of seven liver genes in hepatoma x fibroblast hybrids. Mutations in this gene cause Carney complex (CNC). This gene can fuse to the RET protooncogene by gene rearrangement and form the thyroid tumor-specific chimeric oncogene known as PTC2. A nonconventional nuclear localization sequence (NLS) has been found for this protein which suggests a role in DNA replication via the protein serving as a nuclear transport protein for the second subunit of the Replication Factor C (RFC40). Several alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding two different isoforms have been observed.

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Orthologs:

Mus musculus ,  Rattus norvegicus ,  Macaca mulatta ,  Gallus gallus ,  Pan troglodytes ,  Canis lupus familiaris ,  Danio rerio ,  Bos taurus

External Links:

Entrez Gene

Transcription Factor
Binding Sites:

TTGGGAG_MIR150 ,  GTGCCAA_MIR96

miRNA binding sites
(Source: TargetScan):

Predicted Gene Targets for miR-150 ,  Predicted Gene Targets for miR-539 ,  Predicted Gene Targets for miR-96 ,  Predicted Gene Targets for miR-182 ,  Predicted Gene Targets for miR-495

Cytogenetic Map:

17q24.2

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