Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-related kinases (PIKKs) are a family of Ser/Thr-protein kinases with sequence similarity to phosphatidylinositol-3 kinases (PI3Ks).

Members

The human PIKK family includes six members:

GeneProteinFunction
ATMataxia-telangiectasia mutatedresponse to DNA damage
ATRataxia- and Rad3-related"
PRKDCDNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs)"
MTORmammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)nutrient-regulated kinase that controls metabolism and cell growth
SMG1suppressor of morphogenesis in genitaliaregulates nonsense-mediated mRNA decay
TRRAPtransformation/transcription domain-associated proteintranscription factor co-activator

Structure

PIKKs proteins contain the following four domains:

  1. N-terminus FRAP-ATM- TRRAP (FAT) domain, Pfam
  2. kinase domain (KD; PI3_PI4_kinase),
  3. PIKK- regulatory domain (PRD), and
  4. C-terminus FAT-C-terminal (FATC) domain Pfam

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