Gene Information
Gene NameTLK2
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length772
Protein NamesSerine/threonine-protein kinase tousled-like 2 (EC 2.7.11.1) (HsHPK) (PKU-alpha) (Tousled-like kinase 2)
Target Nameserine/threonine-protein kinase tousled-like 2
Target TypeNA
Gene Age987 ( ENSG00000146872 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBQ86UE8
Gene CardTLK2
Uniprot IDQ86UE8
PfamPF00069
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.220182222)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ TLK2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ TLK2 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ TLK2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ TLK2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Tlk2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ TLK2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Tlk2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ TLK2 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsTLK1
ParalogsTLK1, TTK
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityDetected in placenta, fetal liver, kidney, pancreas, heart and skeletal muscle (PubMed:9427565). Highly expressed in testis (PubMed:9427565, PubMed:9662073). Detected in spleen, thymus, colon, ovary, small intestine, prostate and peripheral blood leukocytes (PubMed:9662073). Almost undetectable in liver and lung (PubMed:9662073). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9427565, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9662073}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.002990(Rat);NULL(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 5O0Y  (X-ray  2.86A  7LO0  (X-ray  2.71A 
DBSNP rs45550140  rs2598147  rs1555617262  rs1331331651  rs762409144  rs1555639254  rs1567948287  rs1567948262  rs1567959483  rs1567974030  rs1567995650  rs1283838287  rs1568006217  rs1568018905 
Subcellular location [CC]Nucleus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10455159, ECO:0000269|PubMed:29955062, ECO:0000269|PubMed:33323470, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9427565}. Nucleus, nucleoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10523312, ECO:0000269|PubMed:33323470}. Cytoplasm, perinuclear region {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10455159, ECO:0000269|PubMed:33323470}. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10455159}. Note=Colocalizes with the cytoplasmic intermediate filament system during the G1 phase of the cell cycle (PubMed:10455159). Present in the perinuclear region at S phase and in the nucleus at late G2 (PubMed:10455159). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10455159}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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