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DGKZ

Diacylglycerol kinase zeta is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DGKZ gene.

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DGKZ
Identifiers
AliasesDGKZ, DAGK5, DAGK6, DGK-ZETA, hDGKzeta, diacylglycerol kinase zeta
External IDsOMIM: 601441; MGI: 1278339; HomoloGene: 37831; GeneCards: DGKZ; OMA:DGKZ - orthologs
Enzyme activity
EC #BRENDAExPASyKEGGMetaCyc
2.7.1.93
2.7.1.107
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001166597
NM_138306

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001160069
NP_612179

Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 46.33 – 46.38 MbChr 2: 91.76 – 91.81 Mb
PubMed search34
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Diacylglycerol kinase zeta is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DGKZ gene.56

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the eukaryotic diacylglycerol kinase family. It may attenuate protein kinase C activity by regulating diacylglycerol levels in intracellular signaling cascade and signal transduction. Alternative splicing occurs at this locus and three transcript variants encoding three distinct isoforms have been identified.6

Interactions

DGKZ has been shown to interact with P110α.7

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000149091Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000040479Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Bunting M, Tang W, Zimmerman GA, McIntyre TM, Prescott SM (Jun 1996). "Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel human diacylglycerol kinase zeta". J Biol Chem. 271 (17): 10230–6. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.17.10230. PMID 8626588.
  6. "Entrez Gene: DGKZ diacylglycerol kinase, zeta 104kDa".
  7. Luo, Bai; Prescott Stephen M; Topham Matthew K (Oct 2003). "Protein kinase C alpha phosphorylates and negatively regulates diacylglycerol kinase zeta". J. Biol. Chem. 278 (41): 39542–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.M307153200. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 12890670.
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