Description
Product Characteristics:
GCN2 belongs to a family of kinases that phosphorylate the alpha subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 to downregulate protein synthesis in response to varied cellular stresses.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm
Synonyms: GCN2, PVOD2, Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 4, GCN2-like protein, EIF2AK4, KIAA1338
Target Information: EIF2AK4 belongs to a family of kinases that phosphorylate the alpha subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor-2 (EIF2S1\, MIM 603907) to downregulate protein synthesis in response to varied cellular stresses (Berlanga et al., 1999 [PubMed 10504407]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]