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Facts about Aurora kinase A.
Required for initial activation of CDK1 in centrosomes. Phosphorylates numerous target proteins, such as ARHGEF2, BORA, BRCA1, CDC25B, DLGP5, HDAC6, KIF2A, LATS2, NDEL1, PARD3, PPP1R2, PLK1, RASSF1, TACC3, p53/TP53 and TPX2.
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Gene Name: | AURKA |
Uniprot: | O14965 |
Entrez: | 6790 |
Belongs to: |
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protein kinase superfamily |
AIK; AIKAurA; ARK1; ARK-1; ARK1EC 2.7.11.1; AURA; AURKA; Aurora A; aurora kinase AhARK1; aurora/IPL1-like kinase; Aurora/IPL1-related kinase 1; Aurora-related kinase 1; Breast tumor-amplified kinase; breast-tumor-amplified kinase; BTAK; BTAKAURORA2; EC 2.7.11; IPL1-related kinase; serine/threonine kinase 6; serine/threonine protein kinase 15; Serine/threonine-protein kinase 15; serine/threonine-protein kinase 6; Serine/threonine-protein kinase aurora-A; STK15; STK15serine/threonine kinase 15; STK6; STK6MGC34538; STK7
Mass (kDA):
45.809 kDA
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Location: | 20q13.2 |
Sequence: | 20; NC_000020.11 (56369389..56392337, complement) |
Highly expressed in testis and weakly in skeletal muscle, thymus and spleen. Also highly expressed in colon, ovarian, prostate, neuroblastoma, breast and cervical cancer cell lines.
Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, microtubule organizing center, centrosome. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, spindle pole. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, cilium basal body. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, microtubule organizing center, centrosome, centriole. Cell projection, neuron projection. Detected at the neurite hillock in developing neurons (By similarity). Localizes at the centrosome in mitotic cells from early prophase until telophase, but also localizes to the spindle pole MTs from prophase to anaphase (PubMed:9606188, PubMed:17229885, PubMed:21225229). Colocalized with SIRT2 at centrosome (PubMed:22014574). Move
PMID: 9153231 by Kimura M., et al. Cell cycle-dependent expression and spindle pole localization of a novel human protein kinase, Aik, related to Aurora of Drosophila and yeast Ipl1.
PMID: 9514916 by Shindo M., et al. cDNA cloning, expression, subcellular localization, and chromosomal assignment of mammalian aurora homologues, aurora-related kinase (ARK) 1 and 2.