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ALK

GENERAL INFORMATION

Gene name

 ALK

Gene description

 Anaplastic lymphoma receptor tyrosine kinase

Protein class

 Cancer-related genes
CD markers
Disease related genes
Enzymes
FDA approved drug targets
Plasma proteins
Predicted intracellular proteins
Predicted membrane proteins

Predicted localization

 Intracellular,Membrane

Number of transcripts

 4
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HUMAN PROTEIN ATLAS INFORMATION

RNA tissue category
HPA:Tissue enhanced (cerebral cortex, testis)
GTEx:Tissue enhanced (pituitary gland, testis)
FANTOM5:Tissue enhanced (pituitary gland, testis)

Protein evidence

 Evidence at protein level

Protein expression

 Cytoplasmic and nuclear expression in several different tissue types, most abundant in neurons.

DATA RELIABILITY

Data reliability
description

 Antibody staining mainly consistent with RNA expression data. Presumed off target binding observed and disregarded.

Reliability score

 Approved based on 1 antibody.
HPA010694
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RNA AND PROTEIN EXPRESSION SUMMARY
RNA expression (TPM) Protein expression (score)
Brain
Caudate
N/A
Endocrine tissues
Bone marrow & immune system
Muscle tissues
Lung
Bronchus
N/A
Liver & gallbladder
Pancreas
Gastrointestinal tract
Kidney & urinary bladder
Male tissues
Female tissues
Vagina
N/A
Adipose & soft tissue
Skin
Cerebral cortex

Cerebellum

Lymph node

Liver

Colon

Kidney

Testis

PROTEIN EXPRESSION OVERVIEW
Organ
Expression
Alphabetical

RNA EXPRESSION OVERVIEW
HPA dataset
Organ
Expression
Alphabetical
RNA tissue category: Tissue enhanced (cerebral cortex, testis)
GTEx dataset
Organ
Expression
Alphabetical
RNA tissue category: Tissue enhanced (pituitary gland, testis)
FANTOM5 dataset
Organ
Expression
Alphabetical
RNA tissue category: Tissue enhanced (pituitary gland, testis)

GENE INFORMATION

Gene name

 ALK (HGNC Symbol)

Synonyms

 CD246

Description

 Anaplastic lymphoma receptor tyrosine kinase (HGNC Symbol)

Entrez gene summary

 This gene encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase, which belongs to the insulin receptor superfamily. This protein comprises an extracellular domain, an hydrophobic stretch corresponding to a single pass transmembrane region, and an intracellular kinase domain. It plays an important role in the development of the brain and exerts its effects on specific neurons in the nervous system. This gene has been found to be rearranged, mutated, or amplified in a series of tumours including anaplastic large cell lymphomas, neuroblastoma, and non-small cell lung cancer. The chromosomal rearrangements are the most common genetic alterations in this gene, which result in creation of multiple fusion genes in tumourigenesis, including ALK (chromosome 2)/EML4 (chromosome 2), ALK/RANBP2 (chromosome 2), ALK/ATIC (chromosome 2), ALK/TFG (chromosome 3), ALK/NPM1 (chromosome 5), ALK/SQSTM1 (chromosome 5), ALK/KIF5B (chromosome 10), ALK/CLTC (chromosome 17), ALK/TPM4 (chromosome 19), and ALK/MSN (chromosome X).[provided by RefSeq, Jan 2011]

Chromosome

 2

Cytoband

Chromosome location (bp)

 29192774 - 29921566

Protein evidence

 Evidence at protein level (all genes)

Ensembl

 ENSG00000171094 (version 83.38)

Entrez gene

 238

UniProt

 Q9UM73 (UniProt - Evidence at protein level)

neXtProt

 NX_Q9UM73

Antibodypedia

 ALK antibodies

PROTEIN BROWSER
ALK-001
ALK-002
ALK-201
ALK-202

PROTEIN INFORMATION

Splice variant

UniProt

Protein class

Gene ontology

Length & mass

Signal peptide
(predicted)

Transmembrane regions
(predicted)
ALK-001
ENSP00000373700
ENST00000389048
Q9UM73 [Direct mapping]
ALK tyrosine kinase receptor
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Enzymes
   ENZYME proteins
   Transferases
   Kinases
   Tyr protein kinases
CD markers
Predicted membrane proteins
   Prediction method-based
   Membrane proteins predicted by MDM
   MEMSAT3 predicted membrane proteins
   MEMSAT-SVM predicted membrane proteins
   Phobius predicted membrane proteins
   SCAMPI predicted membrane proteins
   SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins
   THUMBUP predicted membrane proteins
   # TM segments-based
   1TM proteins predicted by MDM
Plasma proteins
Cancer-related genes
   Mutated cancer genes
   COSMIC somatic mutations in cancer genes
   COSMIC Amplifications
   COSMIC Somatic Mutations
   COSMIC Missense Mutations
   COSMIC Germline Mutations
   COSMIC Translocations
Disease related genes
FDA approved drug targets
   Small molecule drugs
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0000187 [activation of MAPK activity]
GO:0004672 [protein kinase activity]
GO:0004704 [NF-kappaB-inducing kinase activity]
GO:0004713 [protein tyrosine kinase activity]
GO:0004714 [transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase activity]
GO:0005515 [protein binding]
GO:0005524 [ATP binding]
GO:0005622 [intracellular]
GO:0005887 [integral component of plasma membrane]
GO:0006468 [protein phosphorylation]
GO:0007165 [signal transduction]
GO:0007169 [transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase signaling pathway]
GO:0007399 [nervous system development]
GO:0008283 [cell proliferation]
GO:0016020 [membrane]
GO:0016310 [phosphorylation]
GO:0018108 [peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation]
GO:0038061 [NIK/NF-kappaB signaling]
GO:0042802 [identical protein binding]
GO:0042981 [regulation of apoptotic process]
GO:0043234 [protein complex]
GO:0046777 [protein autophosphorylation]
GO:0048666 [neuron development]
GO:0051092 [positive regulation of NF-kappaB transcription factor activity]
GO:0070062 [extracellular exosome]
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 1620 aa
176.4 kDa 		Yes 1
ALK-002
ENSP00000387488
ENST00000453137
H7BZ33 [Direct mapping]
ALK tyrosine kinase receptor
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Predicted intracellular proteins
Cancer-related genes
   Mutated cancer genes
   COSMIC somatic mutations in cancer genes
   COSMIC Amplifications
   COSMIC Somatic Mutations
   COSMIC Missense Mutations
   COSMIC Germline Mutations
   COSMIC Translocations
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0004672 [protein kinase activity]
GO:0005524 [ATP binding]
GO:0006468 [protein phosphorylation]
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 152 aa
16.9 kDa 		No 0
ALK-201
ENSP00000414027
ENST00000431873
E7EPW7 [Direct mapping]
Tyrosine-protein kinase receptor
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   SCAMPI predicted membrane proteins
   SPOCTOPUS predicted secreted proteins
Predicted intracellular proteins
Cancer-related genes
   Mutated cancer genes
   COSMIC somatic mutations in cancer genes
   COSMIC Amplifications
   COSMIC Somatic Mutations
   COSMIC Missense Mutations
   COSMIC Germline Mutations
   COSMIC Translocations
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0000187 [activation of MAPK activity]
GO:0004672 [protein kinase activity]
GO:0004713 [protein tyrosine kinase activity]
GO:0004714 [transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase activity]
GO:0005524 [ATP binding]
GO:0006468 [protein phosphorylation]
GO:0007169 [transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase signaling pathway]
GO:0016020 [membrane]
GO:0016021 [integral component of membrane]
GO:0018108 [peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation]
GO:0048666 [neuron development]
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 580 aa
64.4 kDa 		No 0
ALK-202
ENSP00000482733
ENST00000618119
A0A087WZL3 [Direct mapping]
Tyrosine-protein kinase receptor
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Predicted membrane proteins
   Prediction method-based
   Membrane proteins predicted by MDM
   MEMSAT3 predicted membrane proteins
   MEMSAT-SVM predicted membrane proteins
   Phobius predicted membrane proteins
   SCAMPI predicted membrane proteins
   SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins
   THUMBUP predicted membrane proteins
   # TM segments-based
   1TM proteins predicted by MDM
Cancer-related genes
   Mutated cancer genes
   COSMIC somatic mutations in cancer genes
   COSMIC Amplifications
   COSMIC Somatic Mutations
   COSMIC Missense Mutations
   COSMIC Germline Mutations
   COSMIC Translocations
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0000187 [activation of MAPK activity]
GO:0004672 [protein kinase activity]
GO:0004713 [protein tyrosine kinase activity]
GO:0004714 [transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase activity]
GO:0005515 [protein binding]
GO:0005524 [ATP binding]
GO:0006468 [protein phosphorylation]
GO:0007169 [transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase signaling pathway]
GO:0016020 [membrane]
GO:0016021 [integral component of membrane]
GO:0018108 [peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation]
GO:0048666 [neuron development]
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 1243 aa
135 kDa 		No 1

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