ULK2

This gene encodes a protein that is similar to a serine/threonine kinase in C. elegans which is involved in axonal elongation. The structure of this protein is similar to the C. elegans protein in that both proteins have an N-terminal kinase domain, a central proline/serine rich (PS) domain, and a C-terminal (C) domain. The gene is located within the Smith-Magenis syndrome region on chromosome 17. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2008]

Description

Unc-51 like autophagy activating kinase 2

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Enzymes
Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Metabolic proteins
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)

Chromosome

17 (19770829 - 19867936)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000083290  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Ulk2: ENSMUSG00000004798

UniProt

Q8IYT8

neXtProt

NX_Q8IYT8

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure