GCN2 Products

Description

GCN2 is a sensor of amino acid deprivation. GCN2 was recently found to regulate lipid metabolism during leucine deprivation in addition to regulating amino acid metabolism.

Bioinformatics

Entrez	440275 Human
Uniprot	AAH09350 Human NM_001013703 Human NP_001013725 Human NP_001013725 Human Q9P2K8 Human Q9P2K8 Human
Product By Gene ID	440275
Alternate Names	eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha kinase 4 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 4 GCN2GCN2 eIF2alpha kinase GCN2-like protein KIAA1338EC 2.7.11.1

Research Areas for GCN2

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Phospho-Specific
Protein Kinase

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eIF2alpha - a regulator of global translation in response to cellular stress Eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2) regulates global protein translation by binding to Met-tRNA and the 40S ribosome to form the pre-initiation complex. eIF2 is a heterotrimer consisting of alpha, beta, and gamma subunits. The 36kDA eIF2a subuni...    Read more.

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