Gene Information
Gene NameULK1
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length1050
Protein NamesSerine/threonine-protein kinase ULK1 (EC 2.7.11.1) (Autophagy-related protein 1 homolog) (ATG1) (hATG1) (Unc-51-like kinase 1)
Target Nameserine/threonine-protein kinase ulk1
Target TypeNA
Gene Age987 ( ENSG00000177169 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBO75385
Gene CardULK1
Uniprot IDO75385
PfamPF12063; PF00069
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.106015981)
Ortholog in AnimalsDog_ EP400 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ ULK1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ ULK1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Ulk1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ ULK1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Ulk1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ ULK1 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsULK2
ParalogsULK3, ULK2
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityUbiquitously expressed. Detected in the following adult tissues: skeletal muscle, heart, pancreas, brain, placenta, liver, kidney, and lung.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.002925(Rat);0.051613(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 4WNO  (X-ray  1.56A  4WNP  (X-ray  1.88A  5CI7  (X-ray  1.74A  6HYO  (X-ray  1.07A  6MNH  (X-ray  1.73A  6QAS  (X-ray  1.75A 
DBSNP rs370624303  rs56364352  rs12827141  rs55824543  rs55815560  rs11546871  rs11609348 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm, cytosol {ECO:0000250}. Preautophagosomal structure {ECO:0000250}. Note=Under starvation conditions, is localized to puncate structures primarily representing the isolation membrane that sequesters a portion of the cytoplasm resulting in the formation of an autophagosome. {ECO:0000250}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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