PRKCI

This gene encodes a member of the protein kinase C (PKC) family of serine/threonine protein kinases. The PKC family comprises at least eight members, which are differentially expressed and are involved in a wide variety of cellular processes. This protein kinase is calcium-independent and phospholipid-dependent. It is not activated by phorbolesters or diacylglycerol. This kinase can be recruited to vesicle tubular clusters (VTCs) by direct interaction with the small GTPase RAB2, where this kinase phosphorylates glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPD/GAPDH) and plays a role in microtubule dynamics in the early secretory pathway. This kinase is found to be necessary for BCL-ABL-mediated resistance to drug-induced apoptosis and therefore protects leukemia cells against drug-induced apoptosis. There is a single exon pseudogene mapped on chromosome X. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Description

Protein kinase C iota

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Subcell location

Microtubules, Cytokinetic bridge, Cytosol

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Cancer-related genes
Enzymes
FDA approved drug targets
Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Metabolic proteins
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)

Chromosome

3 (170222424 - 170305977)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000163558  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Prkci: ENSMUSG00000037643

UniProt

P41743

neXtProt

NX_P41743

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure