Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot O75385 (ULK1_HUMAN)

Names and origin

Protein names

Recommended name:
    Serine/threonine-protein kinase ULK1
    EC=2.7.11.1
Alternative name(s):
    Unc-51-like kinase 1

Gene names

Name:	ULK1
Synonyms:	KIAA0722

Organism

Homo sapiens (Human)

Taxonomic identifier

9606 [NCBI]

Taxonomic lineage

Eukaryota › Metazoa › Chordata › Craniata › Vertebrata › Euteleostomi › Mammalia › Eutheria › Euarchontoglires › Primates › Haplorrhini › Catarrhini › Hominidae › Homo

Protein attributes

Sequence length	1050 AA.
Sequence status	Complete.
Sequence processing	The displayed sequence is not processed.
Protein existence	Evidence at protein level.

General annotation (Comments)

Function	Involved in axon growth. Plays an essential role in neurite extension of cerebellar granule cells By similarity.
Catalytic activity	ATP + a protein = ADP + a phosphoprotein.
Subunit structure	Interacts with GABARAP and GABARAPL2. Ref.5
Tissue specificity	Ubiquitously expressed. Detected in the following adult tissues: skeletal muscle, heart, pancreas, brain, placenta, liver, kidney, and lung.
Sequence similarities	Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. Ser/Thr protein kinase family. APG1/unc-51/ULK1 subfamily. Contains 1 protein kinase domain.

Ontologies

Keywords
Coding sequence diversity	Polymorphism
Ligand	ATP-binding Nucleotide-binding
Molecular function	Kinase Serine/threonine-protein kinase Transferase
PTM	Phosphoprotein
Gene Ontology (GO)
Biological process	protein localization Inferred from mutant phenotype. Source: UniProtKB regulation of autophagy Inferred from mutant phenotype. Source: UniProtKB
Cellular component	autophagic vacuole Inferred from direct assay. Source: UniProtKB cytosol Ref.5 Inferred from direct assay. Source: UniProtKB
Molecular function	ATP binding Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: UniProtKB-KW protein binding Ref.5 Inferred from physical interaction. Source: UniProtKB protein serine/threonine kinase activity Ref.1 Non-traceable author statement. Source: UniProtKB
Complete GO annotation...

Binary interactions

With	Entry	#Exp.	IntAct	Notes
GABARAP	O95166	1	EBI-908831,EBI-712001

Sequence annotation (Features)

	Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view	Feature identifier
Molecule processing
	Chain	1 – 1050	1050	Serine/threonine-protein kinase ULK1		PRO_0000086780
Regions
	Domain	16 – 278	263	Protein kinase
	Nucleotide binding	22 – 30	9	ATP By similarity
	Region	287 – 416	130	Interaction with GABARAP and GABARAPL2
	Compositional bias	297 – 310	14	Poly-Ser
Sites
	Active site	138	1	Proton acceptor By similarity
	Binding site	46	1	ATP By similarity
Amino acid modifications
	Modified residue	450	1	Phosphoserine Ref.9 Ref.10
	Modified residue	456	1	Phosphothreonine Ref.10
	Modified residue	477	1	Phosphoserine Ref.9
	Modified residue	479	1	Phosphoserine Ref.9
	Modified residue	556	1	Phosphoserine Ref.10 Ref.6
	Modified residue	625	1	Phosphothreonine By similarity
	Modified residue	638	1	Phosphoserine Ref.7 Ref.8
Natural variations
	Natural variant	290	1	V → M in an ovarian mucinous carcinoma sample; somatic mutation. Ref.11		VAR_041274
	Natural variant	298	1	S → L: dbSNP rs56364352. Ref.11		VAR_041275
	Natural variant	478	1	P → L: dbSNP rs12827141. Ref.11		VAR_041276
	Natural variant	503	1	T → M: dbSNP rs55824543. Ref.11		VAR_041277
	Natural variant	665	1	S → L: dbSNP rs55815560. Ref.11		VAR_041278
	Natural variant	714	1	P → L: dbSNP rs11546871. Ref.11		VAR_041279
	Natural variant	784	1	S → C in a lung adenocarcinoma sample; somatic mutation. Ref.11		VAR_041280
	Natural variant	816	1	A → T: dbSNP rs11609348. Ref.4		VAR_054892

Sequences

	Sequence		Length	Mass (Da)
	O75385-1 [UniParc]. Last modified November 1, 1998. Version 1. Checksum: 4ED9B94028E3C138	FASTA	1,050	112,601
	10 20 30 40 50 60 MEPGRGGTET VGKFEFSRKD LIGHGAFAVV FKGRHREKHD LEVAVKCINK KNLAKSQTLL 70 80 90 100 110 120 GKEIKILKEL KHENIVALYD FQEMANSVYL VMEYCNGGDL ADYLHAMRTL SEDTIRLFLQ 130 140 150 160 170 180 QIAGAMRLLH SKGIIHRDLK PQNILLSNPA GRRANPNSIR VKIADFGFAR YLQSNMMAAT 190 200 210 220 230 240 LCGSPMYMAP EVIMSQHYDG KADLWSIGTI VYQCLTGKAP FQASSPQDLR LFYEKNKTLV 250 260 270 280 290 300 PTIPRETSAP LRQLLLALLQ RNHKDRMDFD EFFHHPFLDA SPSVRKSPPV PVPSYPSSGS 310 320 330 340 350 360 GSSSSSSSTS HLASPPSLGE MQQLQKTLAS PADTAGFLHS SRDSGGSKDS SCDTDDFVMV 370 380 390 400 410 420 PAQFPGDLVA EAPSAKPPPD SLMCSGSSLV ASAGLESHGR TPSPSPPCSS SPSPSGRAGP 430 440 450 460 470 480 FSSSRCGASV PIPVPTQVQN YQRIERNLQS PTQFQTPRSS AIRRSGSTSP LGFARASPSP 490 500 510 520 530 540 PAHAEHGGVL ARKMSLGGGR PYTPSPQVGT IPERPGWSGT PSPQGAEMRG GRSPRPGSSA 550 560 570 580 590 600 PEHSPRTSGL GCRLHSAPNL SDLHVVRPKL PKPPTDPLGA VFSPPQASPP QPSHGLQSCR 610 620 630 640 650 660 NLRGSPKLPD FLQRNPLPPI LGSPTKAVPS FDFPKTPSSQ NLLALLARQG VVMTPPRNRT 670 680 690 700 710 720 LPDLSEVGPF HGQPLGPGLR PGEDPKGPFG RSFSTSRLTD LLLKAAFGTQ APDPGSTESL 730 740 750 760 770 780 QEKPMEIAPS AGFGGSLHPG ARAGGTSSPS PVVFTVGSPP SGSTPPQGPR TRMFSAGPTG 790 800 810 820 830 840 SASSSARHLV PGPCSEAPAP ELPAPGHGCS FADPIAANLE GAVTFEAPDL PEETLMEQEH 850 860 870 880 890 900 TEILRGLRFT LLFVQHVLEI AALKGSASEA AGGPEYQLQE SVVADQISLL SREWGFAEQL 910 920 930 940 950 960 VLYLKVAELL SSGLQSAIDQ IRAGKLCLSS TVKQVVRRLN ELYKASVVSC QGLSLRLQRF 970 980 990 1000 1010 1020 FLDKQRLLDR IHSITAERLI FSHAVQMVQS AALDEMFQHR EGCVPRYHKA LLLLEGLQHM 1030 1040 1050 LSDQADIENV TKCKLCIERR LSALLTGICA

References

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[1]	"Human ULK1, a novel serine/threonine kinase related to UNC-51 kinase of Caenorhabditis elegans: cDNA cloning, expression, and chromosomal assignment." Kuroyanagi H., Yan J., Seki N., Yamanouchi Y., Suzuki Y., Takano T., Muramatsu M., Shirasawa T. Genomics 51:76-85(1998) [PubMed: 9693035] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA].
[2]	"Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. XI. The complete sequences of 100 new cDNA clones from brain which code for large proteins in vitro." Nagase T., Ishikawa K., Suyama M., Kikuno R., Miyajima N., Tanaka A., Kotani H., Nomura N., Ohara O. DNA Res. 5:277-286(1998) [PubMed: 9872452] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA]. Tissue: Brain.
[3]	"Construction of expression-ready cDNA clones for KIAA genes: manual curation of 330 KIAA cDNA clones." Nakajima D., Okazaki N., Yamakawa H., Kikuno R., Ohara O., Nagase T. DNA Res. 9:99-106(2002) [PubMed: 12168954] [Abstract] Cited for: SEQUENCE REVISION.
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[5]	"Interaction of the Unc-51-like kinase and microtubule-associated protein light chain 3 related proteins in the brain: possible role of vesicular transport in axonal elongation." Okazaki N., Yan J., Yuasa S., Ueno T., Kominami E., Masuho Y., Koga H., Muramatsu M.-A. Brain Res. Mol. Brain Res. 85:1-12(2000) [PubMed: 11146101] [Abstract] Cited for: INTERACTION WITH GABARAP AND GABARAPL2.
[6]	"Global, in vivo, and site-specific phosphorylation dynamics in signaling networks." Olsen J.V., Blagoev B., Gnad F., Macek B., Kumar C., Mortensen P., Mann M. Cell 127:635-648(2006) [PubMed: 17081983] [Abstract] Cited for: PHOSPHORYLATION [LARGE SCALE ANALYSIS] AT SER-556, MASS SPECTROMETRY. Tissue: Epithelium.
[7]	"Proteomics analysis of protein kinases by target class-selective prefractionation and tandem mass spectrometry." Wissing J., Jaensch L., Nimtz M., Dieterich G., Hornberger R., Keri G., Wehland J., Daub H. Mol. Cell. Proteomics 6:537-547(2007) [PubMed: 17192257] [Abstract] Cited for: PHOSPHORYLATION [LARGE SCALE ANALYSIS] AT SER-638, MASS SPECTROMETRY.
[8]	"Combining protein-based IMAC, peptide-based IMAC, and MudPIT for efficient phosphoproteomic analysis." Cantin G.T., Yi W., Lu B., Park S.K., Xu T., Lee J.-D., Yates J.R. III J. Proteome Res. 7:1346-1351(2008) [PubMed: 18220336] [Abstract] Cited for: PHOSPHORYLATION [LARGE SCALE ANALYSIS] AT SER-638, MASS SPECTROMETRY.
[9]	"Kinase-selective enrichment enables quantitative phosphoproteomics of the kinome across the cell cycle." Daub H., Olsen J.V., Bairlein M., Gnad F., Oppermann F.S., Korner R., Greff Z., Keri G., Stemmann O., Mann M. Mol. Cell 31:438-448(2008) [PubMed: 18691976] [Abstract] Cited for: PHOSPHORYLATION [LARGE SCALE ANALYSIS] AT SER-450; SER-477 AND SER-479, MASS SPECTROMETRY.
[10]	"A quantitative atlas of mitotic phosphorylation." Dephoure N., Zhou C., Villen J., Beausoleil S.A., Bakalarski C.E., Elledge S.J., Gygi S.P. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 105:10762-10767(2008) [PubMed: 18669648] [Abstract] Cited for: PHOSPHORYLATION [LARGE SCALE ANALYSIS] AT SER-450; THR-456 AND SER-556, MASS SPECTROMETRY.
[11]	"Patterns of somatic mutation in human cancer genomes." Greenman C., Stephens P., Smith R., Dalgliesh G.L., Hunter C., Bignell G., Davies H., Teague J., Butler A., Stevens C., Edkins S., O'Meara S., Vastrik I., Schmidt E.E., Avis T., Barthorpe S., Bhamra G., Buck G. , Choudhury B., Clements J., Cole J., Dicks E., Forbes S., Gray K., Halliday K., Harrison R., Hills K., Hinton J., Jenkinson A., Jones D., Menzies A., Mironenko T., Perry J., Raine K., Richardson D., Shepherd R., Small A., Tofts C., Varian J., Webb T., West S., Widaa S., Yates A., Cahill D.P., Louis D.N., Goldstraw P., Nicholson A.G., Brasseur F., Looijenga L., Weber B.L., Chiew Y.-E., DeFazio A., Greaves M.F., Green A.R., Campbell P., Birney E., Easton D.F., Chenevix-Trench G., Tan M.-H., Khoo S.K., Teh B.T., Yuen S.T., Leung S.Y., Wooster R., Futreal P.A., Stratton M.R. Nature 446:153-158(2007) [PubMed: 17344846] [Abstract] Cited for: VARIANTS [LARGE SCALE ANALYSIS] MET-290; LEU-298; LEU-478; MET-503; LEU-665; LEU-714 AND CYS-784.
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Cross-references

Sequence databases
EMBLGenBankDDBJ	AF045458 mRNA. Translation: AAC32326.1. AB018265 mRNA. Translation: BAA34442.2. Different initiation. AC131009 Genomic DNA. No translation available.
IPI	IPI00289357.
RefSeq	NP_003556.1.
UniGene	Hs.47061
3D structure databases
HSSP	HSSP built from PDB template 1KV1 based on UniProtKB Q16539.
ModBase	Search...
Protein-protein interaction databases
IntAct	O75385. 2 interactions.
PTM databases
PhosphoSite	O75385.
Proteomic databases
PRIDE	O75385.
Genome annotation databases
Ensembl	ENSG00000177169. Homo sapiens. [Contig view]
GeneID	8408.
KEGG	hsa:8408.
Organism-specific databases
GeneCards	GC12P130945.
H-InvDB	HIX0019606.
HGNC	HGNC:12558. ULK1.
MIM	603168. gene.
PharmGKB	PA37198.
HUGE	Search...
GenAtlas	Search...
Phylogenomic databases
HOVERGEN	O75385.
Enzyme and pathway databases
BRENDA	2.7.11.1. 247.
Gene expression databases
ArrayExpress	O75385.
Bgee	O75385.
CleanEx	HS_ULK1.
GermOnline	ENSG00000177169. Homo sapiens.
Family and domain databases
InterPro	IPR000719. Prot_kinase_core. IPR017441. Protein_kinase_ATP_BS. IPR017442. Se/Thr_pkinase-rel. IPR016237. Ser/Thr_prot_kin_STPK_Ulk-1/2. IPR013336. Ser/Thr_prot_kinase_Unc-51/Ulk. IPR008271. Ser_thr_pkin_AS. IPR002290. Ser_thr_pkinase. [Graphical view]
PANTHER	PTHR22982:SF38. Ser/Thr_prot_kinase_Unc-51. 1 hit.
Pfam	PF00069. Pkinase. 1 hit. [Graphical view]
PIRSF	PIRSF000580. Ser/Thr_PK_STPK_ULK-1/2. 1 hit.
ProDom	PD000001. Prot_kinase. 1 hit. [Graphical view] [Entries sharing at least one domain]
SMART	SM00220. S_TKc. 1 hit. [Graphical view]
PROSITE	PS00107. PROTEIN_KINASE_ATP. 1 hit. PS50011. PROTEIN_KINASE_DOM. 1 hit. PS00108. PROTEIN_KINASE_ST. 1 hit. [Graphical view]
ProtoNet	Search...
Other Resources
NextBio	31476.
SOURCE	Search...

Entry information

Entry name

ULK1_HUMAN

Accession

Primary (citable) accession number: O75385
Secondary accession number(s): Q9UQ28

Entry history

Integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:	July 15, 1999
Last sequence update:	November 1, 1998
Last modified:	June 16, 2009
This is version 80 of the entry and version 1 of the sequence. [Complete history]

Entry status

Reviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)

Annotation project

HPI (Human Proteome Initiative)