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Description

Protein kinase R (PKR) is a serine/threonine kinase that is induced by interferon and activated by double-stranded RNA. Upon activation, PKR is autophosphorylated at multiple sites and phosphorylates the

Bioinformatics

Entrez	5610 Human
Uniprot	AAP57628 Human NM_002759 Human NP_001129123 Human NP_002750 Human NP_002750.1 Human P19525 Human
Product By Gene ID	5610
Alternate Names	double stranded RNA activated protein kinase EC 2.7.11.1 eIF-2A protein kinase 2 EIF2AK1 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 2P1/eIF-2A protein kinase interferon-induced, double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase interferon-inducible double stranded RNA dependent interferon-inducible elF2alpha kinase Interferon-inducible RNA-dependent protein kinase PKRp68 kinase PRKRMGC126524 Protein kinase RNA-activated

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PKR - Mediating cellular stress responses through multiple signaling pathways Protein kinase R (PKR) is an intracellular stress-sensing protein that is able to detect and respond to viral infections. While PKR is able to sense and respond to a variety of signals, dsRNA is a well-characterized ligand. dsRNA produced during v...    Read more.

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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