EIF2AK3 - eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha kinase 3 Gene

Also Known as PEK; WRS; PERK

Species: Homo sapiens

Gene Type: protein coding
Gene ID: 9451

About EIF2AK3

Cytogenetic location: 2p11.2 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38): 2:88,556,741-88,628,145 (from NCBI)

This gene has 24 transcripts (splice variants), 197 orthologues, 8 paralogues and is associated with 3 phenotypes. Ubiquitous expression in thyroid (RPKM 13.4), stomach (RPKM 10.9) and 25 other tissues.

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene phosphorylates the alpha subunit of eukaryotic translation-initiation factor 2, leading to its inactivation, and thus to a rapid reduction of translational initiation and repression of global protein synthesis. This protein is thought to modulate mitochondrial function. It is a type I membrane protein located in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), where it is induced by ER stress caused by malfolded proteins. Mutations in this gene are associated with Wolcott-Rallison syndrome. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2015]

EIF2AK3 Products (5)

mRNA Protein Name
XM_047446428.1 XP_047302384.1 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 3 isoform X1
XM_047446429.1 XP_047302385.1 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 3 isoform X2
NM_004836.7 NP_004827.4 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 3 isoform 1 precursor
XM_047446430.1 XP_047302386.1 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 3 isoform X3
NM_001313915.2 NP_001300844.1 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 3 isoform 2
Molecular Function GO Annotation Evidence References Source
enables enzyme binding IPI
IPI: Inferred from physical interaction
23103912 GOA
enables eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2alpha kinase activity IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
10026192 GOA
enables eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2alpha kinase activity IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
12086964 GOA
enables identical protein binding IPI
IPI: Inferred from physical interaction
11907036 GOA
enables protein binding IPI
IPI: Inferred from physical interaction
11907036 GOA
enables protein phosphatase binding IPI
IPI: Inferred from physical interaction
22169477 GOA
Biological Process GO Annotation Evidence References Source
involved in ER overload response IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
10677345 GOA
involved in angiogenesis IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
22915762 GOA
involved in cellular response to amino acid starvation IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
25329545 GOA
involved in cellular response to cold IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
25329545 GOA
involved in cellular response to glucose starvation IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
22915762 GOA
involved in eiF2alpha phosphorylation in response to endoplasmic reticulum stress IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
25329545 GOA
involved in endocrine pancreas development IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
12086964 GOA
involved in endoplasmic reticulum unfolded protein response IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
10677345 GOA
involved in ossification IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
12086964 GOA
involved in positive regulation of gene expression IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
22915762 GOA
involved in positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase I IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
22915762 GOA
involved in positive regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor production IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
22915762 GOA
involved in protein autophosphorylation IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
10026192 GOA
involved in protein autophosphorylation IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
12086964 GOA
involved in regulation of endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
23000344 GOA
involved in response to endoplasmic reticulum stress IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
19061639 GOA
EXP: Inferred from Experiment IDA: Inferred from direct assay IPI: Inferred from physical interaction IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype IGI: Inferred from genetic interaction IEP: Inferred from expression pattern

EIF2AK3 Protein Structure

Pkinase

Pkinase: Protein kinase domain (595 - 660)

Pkinase

Pkinase: Protein kinase domain (881 - 1074)

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  • 1116 a.a.
Protein Preferred Names Protein Names

eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 3

  • PKR-like ER kinase

  • PRKR-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase

  • pancreatic EIF2-alpha kinase

  • pancreatic eIF-2alpha kinase

EIF2AK3 Protein-protein interaction Information

Type
Protein Name Protein ID Interactor Interactor Species Interactor ID Detection Method References
Intra
EIF2AK3 Q9NZJ5 HSPA5 Homo sapiens P11021 27238082
Intra
EIF2AK3 Q9NZJ5 HSPA5 Homo sapiens P11021 11907036
Cross: Cross-species interaction Intra: Intraspecies interaction

EIF2AK3 Antibodies

Cat. No. 상품명 신청 Reactivity
HY-P80781 PERK Antibody (YA233) WB Human, Mouse, Rat
HY-P80781A PERK Antibody (YA233)(PBS only) WB Human, Mouse, Rat
HY-P81190 Phospho-PERK (Thr980) Antibody WB, IHC-P, IHC-F, ICC/IF, FC Human, Mouse, Rat
HY-P85324 PERK Antibody (YA5016) WB; ELISA Mouse, Rat
HY-P86542 PERK Antibody (YA6234) WB, ICC/IF, IP, ELISA Human, Mouse, Rat

Related Diseases

Diseases Alias
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  • Insulin Resistance

  • NIDDM

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent

  • Type 2 Diabetes

  • T2D

  • Noninsulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type Ii

  • Maturity-Onset Diabetes

  • Insulin Resistance, Severe, Digenic

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Noninsulin-Dependent

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Noninsulin-Dependent, Association With

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Noninsulin-Dependent, Late Onset

  • Hypertension, Insulin Resistance-Related, Susceptibility To

  • Insulin Resistance, Susceptibility To

  • Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

  • Type Ii Diabetes Mellitus

  • Adult-Onset Diabetes Mellitus

  • Maturity-Onset Diabetes Mellitus

  • Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

  • Type Ii Diabetes

  • Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Susceptibility To

  • Diabetes, Type 2

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Noninsulin-Dependent, Susceptibility To

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent, Susceptibility To

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Susceptibility To

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Noninsulin-Dependent, 2

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type Ii, Susceptibility To

  • Hypertension, Insulin Resistance-Related

  • Adult-Onset Diabetes

  • Aodm

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Adult-Onset

  • Diabetes Mellitus Type Ii

  • Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Susceptibility To

  • Diabetes, Type Ii, Susceptibility To

  • Diabetes Type 2

  • Diabetes Mellitus

  • Adult Onset Diabetes

  • Maturity Onset Diabetes

  • Nonketotic Diabetes

  • Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

  • T2dm - [Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus]

  • Niddm - [Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus]

  • Dm2

  • Dm Type Ii

  • Diabetic Type 2

  • Insulin Requiring Type 2 Diabetes

  • Noninsulin Dependent Diabetes

  • Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Without Complications

  • Diabetes Due To Insulin Secretory Defect

  • Diabetes Mellitus Due To Insulin Secretory Defect

  • Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Of The Young

  • Senile Diabetes

  • Nonketotic Hyperglycaemia

  • Stable Diabetes

Leukoencephalopathy With Vanishing White Matter
  • Cree Leukoencephalopathy

  • Vanishing White Matter Disease

  • Ovarioleukodystrophy

  • Vanishing White Matter Leukodystrophy

  • Childhood Ataxia With Central Nervous System Hypomyelinization

  • Cach

  • Cach Syndrome

  • Myelinosis Centralis Diffusa

  • VWM

  • Cle

  • Childhood Ataxia With Central Nervous System Hypomyelination

  • Childhood Ataxia With Diffuse Central Nervous System Hypomyelination

  • Cach/Vwm

  • Cach/Vwm Syndrome

  • Childhood Ataxia With Central Nervous System Hypomyelination/Vanishing White Matter

  • Cree Leukoencehalopathy

  • Late Infantile Cach Syndrome

  • Juvenile Or Adult Cach Syndrome

  • Congenital Or Early Infantile Cach Syndrome

  • Leukodystrophy With Vanishing White Matter

Glioblastoma
  • Glioblastoma Multiforme

  • Gbm

  • Adult Glioblastoma Multiforme

  • Grade Iv Adult Astrocytic Tumor

  • Primary Glioblastoma Multiforme

  • Spongioblastoma Multiforme

  • Adult Glioblastoma

  • Primary Glioblastoma

Retinitis Pigmentosa
  • RP

  • Rod-Cone Dystrophy

  • Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa

  • Non-Syndromic Retinitis Pigmentosa

  • Pericentral Pigmentary Retinopathy

  • Pigmentary Retinopathy

  • Tapetoretinal Degeneration

  • Rcd

  • Retinitis Pigmentosa Autosomal Recessive

  • ARRP

  • Retinitis Pigmentosa, Autosomal Recessive

  • Retinitis Pigmentosa 1

Retinal Degeneration
  • Degeneration Of Retina

Epiphyseal Dysplasia, Multiple, With Early-Onset Diabetes Mellitus
  • Wolcott-Rallison Syndrome

  • Med-Iddm Syndrome

  • Iddm-Med Syndrome

  • Wolcott Rallison Syndrome

  • WRS

  • Epiphyseal Dysplasia Multiple With Early-Onset Diabetes Mellitus

  • Early-Onset Diabetes Mellitus With Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia

  • Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia With Early-Onset Diabetes Mellitus

Permanent Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus
  • Pndm

  • Permanent Diabetes Mellitus Of Infancy

  • Pdmi

  • Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus, Permanent

Menkes Disease
  • Menkes Syndrome

  • Copper Transport Disease

  • MNK

  • Kinky Hair Disease

  • Steely Hair Disease

  • Menkes Kinky-Hair Syndrome

  • Mk

  • Steely Hair Syndrome

  • Menkea Syndrome

  • Md

  • Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome

  • Hypocupremia, Congenital

  • Kinky Hair Syndrome

  • X-Linked Copper Deficiency

  • Menkes Kinky Hair Disease

Osteoporosis
  • Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

  • Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal

  • Bone Mineral Density Quantitative Trait Locus

  • Bmnd

  • Osteoporosis, Involutional

  • Osteoporosis, Susceptibility To

  • Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal, Susceptibility

  • Bone Mineral Density Variation Qtl, Osteoporosis

  • OSTEOP

  • Involutional Osteoporosis

  • Senile Osteoporosis

  • Osteoporosis Postmenopausal

  • Bone Mineral Density, Quantitative Trait Locus

  • Osteoporosis, Senile

  • Idiopathic Osteoporosis

  • Bone Rarefaction Nos

  • Type 1 Osteoporosis

Retinitis Pigmentosa 58
  • RP58

  • Retinitis Pigmentosa, Type 58

Ovarian Cancer
  • Ovarian Carcinoma

  • Ovarian Neoplasm

  • Malignant Tumour Of Ovary

  • Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

  • Neoplasm Of Ovary

  • Ovarian Neoplasms

  • Ovarian Cancers

  • Malignant Neoplasm Of Ovary

  • Primary Malignant Neoplasm Of Ovary

  • Ovarian Cancer, Somatic

  • Malignant Ovarian Tumor

  • Ovary Neoplasm

  • Primary Ovarian Cancer

  • Tumor Of The Ovary

  • Cancer Of The Ovary

  • Malignant Neoplasm Of The Ovary

  • Malignant Tumor Of The Ovary

  • Ovarian Malignant Tumor

  • OC

  • Ovarian Carcinomas

  • Cancer, Ovarian

  • Cancer Of Ovary

  • Ovary Cancer

  • Ca Ovary

Diabetes Mellitus
  • Diabetes

Melanoma
  • Malignant Melanoma

  • Cutaneous Melanoma

  • Naevocarcinoma

  • Malignant Melanomas

Autosomal Dominant Intellectual Developmental Disorder 8
  • Autosomal Dominant Non-Syndromic Intellectual Disability 8

  • Mental Retardation, Autosomal Dominant 8

  • Autosomal Dominant Mental Retardation 8

  • Mrd8

Colorectal Cancer
  • Colon Cancer

  • Colorectal Carcinoma

  • Colon Carcinoma

  • Colorectal Cancer, Susceptibility To

  • Carcinoma Of Colon

  • CRC

  • Colorectal Cancer With Chromosomal Instability, Somatic

  • Colon Cancer, Somatic

  • Colon Cancer, Susceptibility To

  • Colonic Neoplasms

  • Colorectal Neoplasms

  • Colorectal Cancer, Somatic

  • Colon Cancer, Advanced, Somatic

  • Colonic Carcinoma

  • Colorectal Carcinomas

  • Colon Cancers

  • Colorectal Cancers

  • Cancer, Colorectal, Somatic

  • Cancer, Colon

  • Cancer, Colorectal, Susceptibility To

  • Colorectal Neoplasm

  • Colonic Neoplasm

  • Malignant Tumor Of Colon

Maturity-Onset Diabetes Of The Young
  • MODY

  • Maturity Onset Diabetes Mellitus In Young

  • Mason-Type Diabetes

  • Mason Type Diabetes

  • Maturity Onset Diabetes Of The Young

  • Mody Syndrome

  • Diabetes Of The Young, Maturity-Onset

Osteochondrodysplasia
  • Chondrodystrophy

  • Skeletal Dysplasia

  • Congenital Anomaly Of Cartilage

  • Osteochondrodysplasias

  • Cartilage Development Disorder

  • Osteochondrodysplasia Syndrome

  • Dysplasia, Skeletal

  • Mucopolysaccharidosis Iv

Lung Cancer
  • Lung Carcinoma

  • Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma

  • Lung Cancer, Protection Against

  • Lung Cancer, Susceptibility To

  • Adenocarcinoma Of Lung, Somatic

  • Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer

  • Adenocarcinoma Of Lung, Response To Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor In

  • Lung Neoplasm

  • Carcinoma Of Lung

  • Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma

  • Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

  • Nsclc

  • Lung Neoplasms

  • Malignant Neoplasm Of Lung

  • Alveolar Cell Carcinoma

  • Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer, Somatic

  • Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer, Response To Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor In

  • Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer, Susceptibility To

  • Lung Cancer, Somatic

  • Lung Cancer, Resistance To

  • Cancer Of Lung

  • Cancer Of Bronchus

  • Cancer Of The Lung

  • Lung Malignancies

  • Lung Malignant Tumors

  • Malignant Lung Tumor

  • Malignant Tumor Of Lung

  • Pulmonary Cancer

  • Pulmonary Carcinoma

  • Pulmonary Neoplasms

  • Respiratory Carcinoma

  • LNCR

  • Adenocarcinoma Of Lung

  • Neoplasm Of Lung

  • Cancer Lung

  • Carcinoma Non-Small Cell Lung

  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

  • Lung Cancers

  • Lung Carcinomas

  • Cancer, Lung

  • Cancer, Lung, Non-Small Cell

  • Primary Malignant Neoplasm Of Lung

  • Bronchioloalveolar Adenocarcinoma

Deafness, Autosomal Dominant 44
  • DFNA44

  • Autosomal Dominant Nonsyndromic Deafness 44

  • Autosomal Dominant Deafness 44

  • Deafness, Autosomal Dominant, 44

  • Deafness, Autosomal Dominant, Type 44

Acute Salpingo-Oophoritis
  • Acute Salpingitis And Oophoritis

Nervous System Disease
  • Abnormality Of The Nervous System

  • Nervous System Diseases

  • Nervous System Disorder

Glioblastoma Classical Subtype
Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia
  • Med

  • Polyepiphyseal Dysplasia

  • Edm

  • Epiphyseal Dysplasia, Multiple, 1

  • Epiphyseal Dysplasia, Multiple, 2

  • Epiphyseal Dysplasia, Multiple, 3

  • Epiphyseal Dysplasia, Multiple, 4

  • Epiphyseal Dysplasia, Multiple, 5

  • Epiphyseal Dysplasia, Multiple

  • Edm1

  • Edm2

  • Edm3

  • Edm4

  • Edm5

  • Epiphyseal Dysplasia, Fairbank Type

  • Epiphyseal Dysplasia, Ribbing Type

  • Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia, Autosomal Dominant

  • Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia, Autosomal Recessive

  • Rmed

  • Dysplasia, Epiphyseal, Multiple

  • Osteochondrodysplasias

Wolfram Syndrome
  • Didmoad Syndrome

  • Didmoad

  • Diabetes Insipidus And Mellitus With Optic Atrophy And Deafness

  • Wfs

  • Diabetes Insipidus, Diabetes Mellitus, Optic Atrophy, And Deafness

  • Didmoadud

  • Diabetes Insipidus-Diabetes Mellitus-Optic Atrophy-Deafness Syndrome

  • Diabetes Insipidus-Diabetes Mellitus-Optic Atrophy-Hearing Loss Syndrome

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 1
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

  • ALS

  • Lou Gehrig Disease

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Type 1

  • Charcot Disease

  • ALS1

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Susceptibility To

  • Fals

  • Lou Gehrig'S Disease

  • Mnd

  • Motor Neuron Disease

  • Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 1, Familial

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 1, Autosomal Dominant

  • Motor Neuron Disease, Bulbar

  • Motor Neurone Disease

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis With Dementia

  • Dementia With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

  • Motor Neuron Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

  • Sclerosis, Lateral, Amyotrophic

  • Sclerosis, Lateral, Amyotrophic, Type 1

  • Amyotrophic Sclerosis

  • Als - [Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis]

  • Wasting Palsy

  • Amyotrophic Paralysis

  • Amyotrophy Lateral Sclerosis

  • Wasting Paralysis

  • Spinal Progressive Amyotrophy

  • Progressive Atrophic Paralysis

Neonatal Diabetes
  • Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus

  • Diabetes Mellitus Syndrome In Newborn Infant

  • Ndm

Peripheral Nervous System Disease
  • Peripheral Neuropathy

  • Peripheral Nerve Disease

  • Peripheral Nerve Disorders

  • Neuropathy, Peripheral

  • Peripheral Neuropathy Due To Vitamin Pyridoxine Hyperalimentation

Rasopathy
  • Ras/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Syndrome

Mesothelioma, Malignant
  • Malignant Mesothelioma

  • Pleural Mesothelioma

  • MESOM

  • Mesothelioma, Somatic

  • Advanced Malignant Mesothelioma

  • Asbestos-Related Malignant Mesothelioma

  • Diffuse Malignant Mesothelioma

  • Malignant Tumor Of Mesothelium

  • Malignant Mesothelioma, Susceptibility To

  • Mesothelioma Diffuse Malignant

  • Mesothelioma

  • Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Diseases Alias
Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Orthologs Information

Species Symbol Source ID
Macaca mulatta EIF2AK3 VGNC VGNC:72181
Bos taurus EIF2AK3 VGNC VGNC:28382
Felis catus EIF2AK3 VGNC VGNC:61771
Canis familiaris EIF2AK3 VGNC VGNC:40258
Mus musculus EIF2AK3 MGD MGI:1341830
Rattus norvegicus EIF2AK3 RGD RGD:70884
Others EIF2AK3 NCBI