Gene Information
Gene NameALK
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length1620
Protein NamesALK tyrosine kinase receptor (EC 2.7.10.1) (Anaplastic lymphoma kinase) (CD antigen CD246)
Target Namealk tyrosine kinase receptor
Target TypeNA
Gene Age544 ( ENSG00000171094 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBQ9UM73
Gene CardALK
Uniprot IDQ9UM73
PfamPF00629; PF07714
In ASDyes
Allosteric Predictionyes (1.357890111)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ ALK ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ ALK ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ ALK ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ ALK ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Alk ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Alk ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ ALK ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsLTK
ParalogsEPHA7, NTRK1, EPHB3, FGFR3, EPHA2, LMTK2, EPHB1, EPHA3, INSR, PDGFRA, EGFR, CSF1R, ERBB3, KIT, NTRK3, DDR1, ERBB4, EPHA8, TEK, MUSK, MERTK, FGFR4, FLT3, EPHB6, FLT1, DDR2, EPHA6, NTRK2, IGF1R, INSRR, EPHB4, PDGFRB, ERBB2, KDR, EPHA5, FGFR2, TYRO3, MST1R, AXL, EPHB2, ROR1, ROR2, ROS1, EPHA10, EPHA4, RET, LTK, FLT4, TIE1, FGFR1, RYK, EPHA1, MET
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in brain and CNS. Also expressed in the small intestine and testis, but not in normal lymphoid cells. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9174053}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.001657(Rat);NULL(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 2KUP  (NMR  2KUQ  (NMR  2XB7  (X-ray  2.50A  2XBA  (X-ray  1.95A  2XP2  (X-ray  1.90A  2YFX  (X-ray  1.70A  2YHV  (X-ray  1.90A  2YJR  (X-ray  1.90A  2YJS  (X-ray  1.90A  2YS5  (NMR  2YT2  (NMR  3AOX  (X-ray  1.75A  3L9P  (X-ray  1.80A  3LCS  (X-ray  1.95A  3LCT  (X-ray  2.10A  4ANL  (X-ray  1.70A  4ANQ  (X-ray  1.76A  4ANS  (X-ray  1.85A  4CCB  (X-ray  2.03A  4CCU  (X-ray  2.00A  4CD0  (X-ray  2.23A  4CLI  (X-ray  2.05A  4CLJ  (X-ray  1.66A  4CMO  (X-ray  2.05A  4CMT  (X-ray  1.73A  4CMU  (X-ray  1.80A  4CNH  (X-ray  1.90A  4CTB  (X-ray  1.79A  4CTC  (X-ray  2.03A  4DCE  (X-ray  2.03A  4FNW  (X-ray  1.75A  4FNX  (X-ray  1.70A  4FNY  (X-ray  2.45A  4FNZ  (X-ray  2.60A  4FOB  (X-ray  1.90A  4FOC  (X-ray  1.70A  4FOD  (X-ray  2.00A  4JOA  (X-ray  2.70A  4MKC  (X-ray  2.01A  4TT7  (X-ray  2.10A  4Z55  (X-ray  1.55A  5A9U  (X-ray  1.60A  5AA8  (X-ray  1.86A  5AA9  (X-ray  1.93A  5AAA  (X-ray  1.73A  5AAB  (X-ray  2.20A  5AAC  (X-ray  1.70A  5FTO  (X-ray  2.22A  5FTQ  (X-ray  1.70A  5IMX  (X-ray  2.12A  5IUG  (X-ray  1.93A  5IUH  (X-ray  2.10A  5IUI  (X-ray  1.88A  5KZ0  (X-ray  2.30A  5VZ5  (X-ray  2.59A  6AT9  (X-ray  2.95A  6CDT  (X-ray  1.80A  6E0R  (X-ray  2.30A  6EBW  (X-ray  2.46A  6EDL  (X-ray  2.80A  6MX8  (X-ray  1.96A  7BTT  (X-ray  1.86A  7JY4  (X-ray  2.42A  7JYR  (X-ray  2.32A  7JYS  (X-ray  2.22A  7JYT  (X-ray  2.00A  7LRZ  (X-ray  1.91A  7LS0  (X-ray  3.05A  7MZW  (NMR  7MZY  (X-ray  1.50A  7N00  (EM  2.27A  7NWZ  (X-ray  4.17A  7NX3  (X-ray  2.81A  7NX4  (X-ray  3.00A  7R7K  (X-ray  1.83A  7R7R  (X-ray  1.94A 
DBSNP rs34617074  rs55697431  rs56077855  rs35093491  rs35228363  rs34829159  rs55941323  rs746442213  rs35073634  rs864309584  rs55760835  rs113994088  rs113994091  rs1057520019  rs1057519698  rs1057519697  rs281864719  rs863225281  rs281864719  rs113994089  rs863225283  rs281864720  rs113994092  rs45502292  rs113994087  rs113994087  rs863225285  rs56160491  rs17694720  rs55782189  rs56181542  rs55906201  rs1670283  rs1881420  rs1881421  rs1881423 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:34819673, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9174053};
Single-pass type I membrane protein {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16317043, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9174053}. Note=Membrane attachment is essential for promotion of neuron-like differentiation and cell proliferation arrest through specific activation of the MAP kinase pathway. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16317043}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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