Gene Information
Gene NameSYMPK
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length1274
Protein NamesSymplekin
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age645 ( ENSG00000125755 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBQ92797
Gene CardSYMPK
Uniprot IDQ92797
PfamPF11935; PF12295
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.705766694)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ SYMPK ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ SYMPK ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ SYMPK ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ SYMPK ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Sympk ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ SYMPK ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Sympk ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ SYMPK ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsNA
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityIn testis, expressed in polar epithelia and Sertoli cells but not in vascular endothelia. The protein is detected in stomach, duodenum, pancreas, liver, fetal brain, carcinomas, lens-forming cells, fibroblasts, lymphocytes, lymphoma cells, erythroleukemia cells but not in endothelium of vessels, epidermis, intercalated disks, Purkinje fiber cells of the heart and lymph node. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8769423}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.020396(Rat);0.081211(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 3O2Q  (X-ray  2.40A  3O2S  (X-ray  2.50A  3O2T  (X-ray  1.40A  3ODR  (X-ray  2.20A  3ODS  (X-ray  1.90A  4H3H  (X-ray  2.20A  4H3K  (X-ray  2.00A  6V4X  (EM  3.20A 
DBSNP NA 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Cell junction, tight junction. Cell membrane;
Peripheral membrane protein;
Cytoplasmic side. Cell junction. Nucleus, nucleoplasm. Note=Cytoplasmic face of adhesion plaques (major) and nucleoplasm (minor) (in cells with TJ). Nucleoplasm (in cells without TJ). Nuclear bodies of heat-stressed cells. Colocalizes with HSF1 in nuclear stress bodies upon heat shock (PubMed:14707147). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14707147}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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