Gene Information
Gene NamePLK5
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length336
Protein NamesInactive serine/threonine-protein kinase PLK5 (Polo-like kinase 5) (PLK-5)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age424 ( ENSG00000185988 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBQ496M5
Gene CardPLK5
Uniprot IDQ496M5
PfamNA
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.821724167)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ PLK5 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ PLK5 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Plk5 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Plk5 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsPLK3, PLK1, PLK2, PLK4
Tissuecerebellar.hemisphere, cerebellum
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in the brain, neurons and glial cells. Also expressed in highly differentiated cells, such as the serous acini in the parotid gland, distal and proximal tubules of the kidney, tubules of the seminal gland, Kupffer cells and some hepatocytes in the liver, and some cells in the germinal center of lymph nodes (at protein level). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21245385}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
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PDB NA 
DBSNP NA 
Subcellular location [CC]Nucleus, nucleolus {ECO:0000250}. Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21245385}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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