Protein Name eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 3
Organism Danio rerio
Gene ID 559564
Gene Symbol

eif2ak3

UniProt B8JI14 (B8JI14_DANRE)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 6
Total Number of Articles : 6
Description

eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 3

Gene Summary

Predicted to enable eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2alpha kinase activity. Acts upstream of or within response to endoplasmic reticulum stress and response to hypoxia. Predicted to be located in endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm and nucleus. Is expressed in brain; liver; and male organism. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Wolcott-Rallison syndrome and type 1 diabetes mellitus. Orthologous to human EIF2AK3 (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha kinase 3). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2025]

synonyms
  • eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 3
  • PERK
  • PEK
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