Gene Information
Gene NamePKACA
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length351
Protein NamescAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit alpha (PKA C-alpha) (EC 2.7.11.11)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene AgeNA
Evolutionary StageNA
AlphaFoldDBP17612
Gene CardPRKACA
Uniprot IDP17612
PfamPF00069
In ASDyes
Allosteric PredictionNA
Ortholog in AnimalsNA
OhnologsNA
ParalogsNA
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityIsoform 1 is ubiquitous. Isoform 2 is sperm-specific and is enriched in pachytene spermatocytes but is not detected in round spermatids. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10906071, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21812984}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 2GU8  (X-ray  2.20A  3AGL  (X-ray  2.10A  3AGM  (X-ray  2.00A  3AMA  (X-ray  1.75A  3AMB  (X-ray  2.25A  3L9L  (X-ray  2.00A  3L9M  (X-ray  1.90A  3L9N  (X-ray  2.00A  3MVJ  (X-ray  2.49A  3NX8  (X-ray  2.00A  3OOG  (X-ray  2.00A  3OVV  (X-ray  1.58A  3OWP  (X-ray  1.88A  3OXT  (X-ray  2.20A  3P0M  (X-ray  2.03A  3POO  (X-ray  1.60A  3VQH  (X-ray  1.95A  4AE6  (X-ray  2.10A  4AE9  (X-ray  2.30A  4UJ1  (X-ray  1.77A  4UJ2  (X-ray  2.02A  4UJ9  (X-ray  1.87A  4UJA  (X-ray  1.93A  4UJB  (X-ray  1.95A  4WB5  (X-ray  1.64A  4WB6  (X-ray  2.10A  4WB7  (X-ray  1.90A  4WB8  (X-ray  1.55A  5BX6  (X-ray  1.89A  5BX7  (X-ray  1.89A  5IZF  (X-ray  2.10A  5IZJ  (X-ray  1.85A  5J5X  (X-ray  2.60A  5N23  (X-ray  2.09A  5UZK  (X-ray  2.30A  6BYR  (X-ray  3.66A  6BYS  (X-ray  4.75A  6C0U  (X-ray  2.65A  6FRX  (X-ray  1.88A  6NO7  (X-ray  3.55A  6QJ7  (X-ray  1.69A  6WJF  (EM  7.50A  6WJG  (EM  6.20A 
DBSNP rs56029020  rs56085217  rs386352352  rs35635531 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm. Cell membrane. Nucleus {ECO:0000250}. Mitochondrion {ECO:0000250}. Membrane {ECO:0000305};
Lipid-anchor {ECO:0000305}. Note=Translocates into the nucleus (monomeric catalytic subunit). The inactive holoenzyme is found in the cytoplasm. Distributed throughout the cytoplasm in meiotically incompetent oocytes. Associated to mitochondrion as meiotic competence is acquired. Aggregates around the germinal vesicles (GV) at the immature GV stage oocytes (By similarity). Colocalizes with HSF1 in nuclear stress bodies (nSBs) upon heat shock (PubMed:21085490). {ECO:0000250, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21085490}.;
[Isoform 2]: Cell projection, cilium, flagellum {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10906071}. Cytoplasmic vesicle, secretory vesicle, acrosome {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P05132}. Note=Expressed in the midpiece region of the sperm flagellum (PubMed:10906071). Colocalizes with MROH2B and TCP11 on the acrosome and tail regions in round spermatids and spermatozoa regardless of the capacitation status of the sperm (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P05132, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10906071}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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