AK6

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Also known as CINAP

Summary

AK6 (adenylate kinase 6, HGNC:49151) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 5q13.2, encoding Adenylate kinase isoenzyme 6 (Q9Y3D8). Broad-specificity nucleoside monophosphate (NMP) kinase that catalyzes the reversible transfer of the terminal phosphate group between nucleoside triphosphates and monophosphates.

This gene encodes a protein that belongs to the adenylate kinase family of enzymes. The protein has a nuclear localization and contains Walker A (P-loop) and Walker B motifs and a metal-coordinating residue. The protein may be involved in regulation of Cajal body formation. In human, AK6 and TAF9 (GeneID: 6880) are two distinct genes that share 5’ exons. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.

Source: NCBI Gene 102157402 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • GWAS associations: 1
  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 36 total
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_016283

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:49151
Approved symbolAK6
Nameadenylate kinase 6
Location5q13.2
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
AliasesCINAP
Ensembl geneENSG00000085231
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM619357
Entrez102157402

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 5 — 5 protein_coding

ENST00000380818, ENST00000380822, ENST00000502819, ENST00000512561, ENST00000618980

RefSeq mRNA: 2 — MANE Select: NM_016283 NM_001015891, NM_016283

CCDS: CCDS4001, CCDS43324

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000380822 — 5 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE000014864106935564969355794
ENSE000014864156935589569355953
ENSE000015498396935098469352253
ENSE000020869066936946369369520
ENSE000037191106936650369366595

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 134 present calls, max score 96.15.

FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth ubiquitous, TPM avg 5.1618 / max 107.6608, expressed in 1602 samples.

FANTOM5 promoters (5 alternative TSS)

Promoter IDTPM avgSamples expressed
6201960.01091817
620223.78261344
620210.6954402
620200.6838414
620230.177654

Top tissues by expression

134 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
calcaneal tendonUBERON:000370196.15gold quality
adrenal tissueUBERON:001830395.89gold quality
left adrenal glandUBERON:000123495.87gold quality
right adrenal glandUBERON:000123395.80gold quality
right adrenal gland cortexUBERON:003582795.80gold quality
male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testisCL:0000089 ∩ UBERON:000047395.79gold quality
left adrenal gland cortexUBERON:003582595.72gold quality
endometriumUBERON:000129595.65gold quality
hindlimb stylopod muscleUBERON:000425295.61gold quality
ventricular zoneUBERON:000305395.58gold quality
gastrocnemiusUBERON:000138895.55gold quality
mucosa of transverse colonUBERON:000499195.42gold quality
muscle of legUBERON:000138395.30gold quality
adrenal glandUBERON:000236995.28gold quality
nucleus accumbensUBERON:000188295.19gold quality
right testisUBERON:000453495.18gold quality
caudate nucleusUBERON:000187395.09gold quality
islet of LangerhansUBERON:000000695.08gold quality
omental fat padUBERON:001041495.05gold quality
left testisUBERON:000453394.93gold quality
testisUBERON:000047394.89gold quality
superior frontal gyrusUBERON:000266194.83gold quality
anterior cingulate cortexUBERON:000983594.76gold quality
tibial arteryUBERON:000761094.74gold quality
popliteal arteryUBERON:000225094.73gold quality
putamenUBERON:000187494.68gold quality
dorsolateral prefrontal cortexUBERON:000983494.58gold quality
left coronary arteryUBERON:000162694.50gold quality
muscle layer of sigmoid colonUBERON:003580594.50gold quality
body of pancreasUBERON:000115094.49gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 2 experiment(s), a significant marker in 2.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-CURD-112yes8.32
E-ANND-3yes7.51

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

miRNA regulators (miRDB)

26 targeting AK6, top 30 by miRDB confidence (max_score; target_count = how many genes the miRNA targets in total — lower means more specific):

miRNAMax scoreAvg scoremiRNA target_count
HSA-MIR-453199.9969.703181
HSA-MIR-27A-3P99.9872.132955
HSA-MIR-27B-3P99.9872.132955
HSA-MIR-998599.9872.112939
HSA-MIR-3065-5P99.9771.563281
HSA-MIR-368699.9070.532432
HSA-MIR-806299.8868.43995
HSA-MIR-808499.7369.571760
HSA-MIR-451699.6167.783390
HSA-MIR-888-3P99.5369.771057
HSA-MIR-7159-3P99.5170.171920
HSA-MIR-20A-3P99.4469.101575
HSA-MIR-3160-5P99.2869.071938
HSA-MIR-664A-3P99.2271.082696
HSA-MIR-452899.1869.771936
HSA-MIR-607498.8969.642187
HSA-MIR-4477A98.8369.752952
HSA-MIR-4766-3P98.4867.941347
HSA-MIR-4772-3P98.0465.601203
HSA-MIR-6529-5P97.8566.47673
HSA-MIR-144-5P97.6669.90531
HSA-MIR-56297.6665.63698
HSA-MIR-6730-3P97.0367.54889
HSA-MIR-152-5P96.4266.59960
HSA-MIR-5586-3P95.5167.00805
HSA-MIR-476593.1166.17737

Literature-anchored findings (GeneRIF, showing 8)

  • purification and X ray crystal structure (PMID:15213396)
  • hCINAP is a novel coilin-interacting protein encoded by a transcript from the transcription factor TAFIID32 locus (PMID:16079131)
  • hCINAP determines self-renewal of colorectal cancer stem cells by facilitating LDHA phosphorylation. (PMID:28516914)
  • These results provide mechanistic insight into the function of hCINAP during the DNA-damage response and its role in acute myelocytic leukemia resistance to therapy. (PMID:31444354)
  • The mRNA and protein expressions of AK1, AK6 and AK7 are significantly down-regulated in the sperm of asthenospermia patients, which may be closely related with reduced sperm motility. (PMID:32251557)
  • hCINAP is potentially a direct target gene of HIF-1 and is required for hypoxia-induced EMT and apoptosis in cervical cancer cells. (PMID:32830518)
  • Human adenylate kinase 6 regulates WNK1 (with no lysine kinase-1) phosphorylation states and affects ion homeostasis in NT2 cells. (PMID:33744230)
  • Unique structural features of the adenylate kinase hCINAP/AK6 and its multifaceted functions in carcinogenesis and tumor progression. (PMID:34245011)

Cross-species orthologs

5 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
danio_rerioAK6ENSDARG00000035573
rattus_norvegicusAk6ENSRNOG00000026813
rattus_norvegicusAk6ENSRNOG00000063018
drosophila_melanogasterAk6FBGN0033754
caenorhabditis_elegansWBGENE00008458

Protein

Protein identifiers

Adenylate kinase isoenzyme 6Q9Y3D8 (reviewed: Q9Y3D8)

Alternative names: Adrenal gland protein AD-004, Coilin-interacting nuclear ATPase protein, Dual activity adenylate kinase/ATPase

All UniProt accessions (5): Q9Y3D8, A0A087WVD7, A0A087WY94, A0AAU7BBC0, D6RDH4

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Function. Broad-specificity nucleoside monophosphate (NMP) kinase that catalyzes the reversible transfer of the terminal phosphate group between nucleoside triphosphates and monophosphates. Also has ATPase activity. Involved in the late cytoplasmic maturation steps of the 40S ribosomal particles, specifically 18S rRNA maturation. While NMP activity is not required for ribosome maturation, ATPase activity is. Associates transiently with small ribosomal subunit protein uS11. ATP hydrolysis breaks the interaction with uS11. May temporarily remove uS11 from the ribosome to enable a conformational change of the ribosomal RNA that is needed for the final maturation step of the small ribosomal subunit. Its NMP activity may have a role in nuclear energy homeostasis. AMP and dAMP are the preferred substrates, but CMP and dCMP are also good substrates. IMP is phosphorylated to a much lesser extent. All nucleoside triphosphates ATP, GTP, UTP, CTP, dATP, dCTP, dGTP, and TTP are accepted as phosphate donors. CTP is the best phosphate donor, followed by UTP, ATP, GTP and dCTP. May be involved in regulation of Cajal body (CB) formation.

Subunit / interactions. Monomer and homodimer. Interacts with small ribosomal subunit protein uS11. Not a structural component of 43S pre-ribosomes, but transiently interacts with them by binding to uS11. Interacts with COIL (via C-terminus).

Subcellular location. Cytoplasm. Nucleus. Nucleoplasm. Cajal body.

Tissue specificity. Expressed in heart, brain, placenta, lung, liver, skeletal muscle, kidney, pancreas, chorionic villi and the central nervous system.

Similarity. Belongs to the adenylate kinase family. AK6 subfamily.

Isoforms (2)

UniProt IDNamesCanonical?
Q9Y3D8-11, AK6yes
Q9Y3D8-22

RefSeq proteins (2): NP_001015891, NP_057367* (*=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR020618Adenyl_kinase_AK6Family
IPR027417P-loop_NTPaseHomologous_superfamily

Pfam: PF13238

Enzyme classification (BRENDA):

  • EC 2.7.4.3 — adenylate kinase (BRENDA: 73 organisms, 259 substrates, 134 inhibitors, 192 Km, 47 kcat entries)

Substrate kinetics (BRENDA)

9 substrates with measured Km, best-characterized 9. Km ranges are aggregated across organisms/conditions.

SubstrateKm (mM)Measurements
AMP0.0014–1.959
ATP0.0001–758
ADP0.003–16.827
2 ADP0.006–0.155
DAMP0.507–22
2’-DAMP0.851
7-DEAZAADENOSINE 5’-MONOPHOSPHATE0.731
ADP3-0.031
CMP0.00021

Catalyzed reactions (Rhea), 2 shown:

  • AMP + ATP = 2 ADP (RHEA:12973)
  • ATP + H2O = ADP + phosphate + H(+) (RHEA:13065)

UniProt features (30 total): helix 9, binding site 7, strand 7, region of interest 3, chain 1, splice variant 1, mutagenesis site 1, turn 1

Structure

Experimental structures (PDB)

6 structures.

PDBMethodResolution (Å)
3IIJX-RAY DIFFRACTION1.76
3IIKX-RAY DIFFRACTION1.95
1RKBX-RAY DIFFRACTION2
3IILX-RAY DIFFRACTION2
3IIMX-RAY DIFFRACTION2
5JZVX-RAY DIFFRACTION2.07

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-Q9Y3D8-F197.150.97

Functional residue map

Curated UniProt residues grouped by drug-discovery relevance — catalytic, ligand-binding, modification, and mutation-validated positions. Source: UniProtKB sequence features.

Ligand- & substrate-binding residues (7): 148; 13; 15; 16; 17; 18; 109

Mutagenesis-validated functional residues (1):

PositionPhenotype
79induces homodimerization. reduces adenylate kinase activity by 72% and atpase activity by 76%. significantly changes caj

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

3 pathways

IDPathway
R-HSA-499943Interconversion of nucleotide di- and triphosphates
R-HSA-1430728Metabolism
R-HSA-15869Metabolism of nucleotides

MSigDB gene sets: 92 (showing top): GOBP_RIBOSOME_BIOGENESIS, RODRIGUES_THYROID_CARCINOMA_POORLY_DIFFERENTIATED_UP, GOBP_ORGANOPHOSPHATE_METABOLIC_PROCESS, GOBP_NUCLEOSIDE_PHOSPHATE_BIOSYNTHETIC_PROCESS, GOBP_ORGANOPHOSPHATE_BIOSYNTHETIC_PROCESS, GOBP_NUCLEOBASE_CONTAINING_SMALL_MOLECULE_METABOLIC_PROCESS, MILI_PSEUDOPODIA_HAPTOTAXIS_UP, GOBP_RIBOSOMAL_SMALL_SUBUNIT_BIOGENESIS, GOBP_NUCLEOBASE_CONTAINING_SMALL_MOLECULE_INTERCONVERSION, GOBP_NUCLEOSIDE_MONOPHOSPHATE_METABOLIC_PROCESS, GOBP_RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN_COMPLEX_BIOGENESIS, GOCC_NUCLEAR_SPECK, GOCC_CAJAL_BODY, GOCC_NUCLEAR_BODY, GOCC_RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN_GRANULE

GO Biological Process (5): rRNA processing (GO:0006364), nucleobase-containing small molecule interconversion (GO:0015949), ribosomal small subunit biogenesis (GO:0042274), ribosome biogenesis (GO:0042254), nucleoside monophosphate phosphorylation (GO:0046940)

GO Molecular Function (8): AMP kinase activity (GO:0004017), ATP binding (GO:0005524), ATP hydrolysis activity (GO:0016887), nucleoside monophosphate kinase activity (GO:0050145), nucleotide binding (GO:0000166), protein binding (GO:0005515), kinase activity (GO:0016301), transferase activity (GO:0016740)

GO Cellular Component (7): nucleus (GO:0005634), nucleoplasm (GO:0005654), cytoplasm (GO:0005737), centrosome (GO:0005813), Cajal body (GO:0015030), membrane (GO:0016020), nuclear speck (GO:0016607)

Reactome top-level categories

Rollup of top-2 pathways:

CategoryPathways
Metabolism of nucleotides1
Metabolism1

GO top-level categories

Rollup of top GO terms by namespace:

CategoryTerms
cellular anatomical structure3
ribosome biogenesis2
ribonucleoprotein complex biogenesis2
nuclear ribonucleoprotein granule2
RNA processing1
rRNA metabolic process1
nucleobase-containing small molecule metabolic process1
nucleoside monophosphate metabolic process1
nucleotide biosynthetic process1
nucleoside monophosphate kinase activity1
adenyl ribonucleotide binding1
purine ribonucleoside triphosphate binding1
ribonucleoside triphosphate phosphatase activity1
ATP-dependent activity1
phosphotransferase activity, phosphate group as acceptor1
nucleobase-containing compound kinase activity1
nucleoside phosphate binding1
heterocyclic compound binding1
binding1
transferase activity, transferring phosphorus-containing groups1
catalytic activity1
intracellular membrane-bounded organelle1
nuclear lumen1
intracellular anatomical structure1
centriole1
microtubule organizing center1

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

1252 interactions, top by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
AK6COILP38432661
AK6NOB1Q9ULX3607
AK6SENP8Q96LD8605
AK6AK9Q5TCS8593
AK6RPS14P06366565
AK6AK5Q9Y6K8528
AK6RIOK2Q9BVS4491
AK6RIOK1Q9BRS2475
AK6AK8Q96MA6470
AK6AK1P00568460
AK6ENPP4Q9Y6X5450
AK6QTRT1Q9BXR0447
AK6AK2P54819433
AK6LTV1Q96GA3404
AK6AK7Q96M32399
AK6TSR1Q2NL82399

IntAct

40 interactions, top by confidence:

ABTypeScore
AK6RPS14psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.740
RPS14AK6psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.740
TADA1TAF5Lpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.640
RPS14CCZ1Bpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.640
COILAK6psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.600
AK6COILpsi-mi:“MI:0403”(colocalization)0.600
AK6COILpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.600
AK6NDRG1psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
LAMTOR5AK6psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
AK6LAMTOR5psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
TAF8TAF4psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
TADA2BSUPT3Hpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
LPAR1TMEM223psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
TMEM63AAP3D1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
FBLN1AK6psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.370
AK6GALNT6psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.370
ZW10psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
UNC93B1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
LRRK2psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
ATXN7L3USP27Xpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
TAF7LTAF4psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
MYCLCASKpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
TFEBTFECpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350

BioGRID (30): AK6 (Affinity Capture-MS), AK6 (Affinity Capture-MS), AK6 (Affinity Capture-MS), AK6 (Affinity Capture-MS), AK6 (Affinity Capture-MS), AK6 (Affinity Capture-MS), AK6 (Synthetic Lethality), AK6 (Affinity Capture-MS), AK6 (Affinity Capture-MS), AK6 (Affinity Capture-MS), AK6 (Affinity Capture-MS), AK6 (Negative Genetic), AK6 (Affinity Capture-MS), AK6 (Affinity Capture-MS), AK6 (Proximity Label-MS)

ESM2 similar proteins: A1L1L6, A5PJA1, B9N1F9, B9SQI7, E0CSI1, O43929, O80526, O95045, P08760, P29411, Q05B63, Q28DS0, Q28I42, Q2HJF8, Q2QNG7, Q2QZ86, Q2R483, Q2YDI2, Q5BJZ6, Q5EB68, Q5M939, Q5R4J9, Q5R6Z7, Q5RDZ0, Q5ZID6, Q5ZKF6, Q5ZM73, Q6AY91, Q6N069, Q6NVC5, Q7SYN4, Q7Z4G4, Q80UM3, Q8GYA6, Q8IXI2, Q8JGT5, Q8RWF0, Q8VCP8, Q91W63, Q923S8

Diamond homologs: A4YIQ9, A5PJA1, A6VHC3, B0R4Q3, B6YUL3, C3MQV5, C3MWU3, C3N6L0, C3N6Z8, C3NGL3, C4KI81, C5A628, O27656, O28278, O58998, Q09527, Q12055, Q3IRT0, Q46FV0, Q58450, Q5EB68, Q5JG26, Q7JYV7, Q834S1, Q8PZ69, Q8TG40, Q8TJQ0, Q8TWH4, Q8U1S1, Q8VCP8, Q8ZU30, Q976L5, Q97ZW3, Q9FJI1, Q9HQS1, Q9TTU2, Q9UU88, Q9UZK4, Q9Y3D8, B0R683

SIGNOR signaling

0 interactions.

Enriched among interaction partners

Reactome pathways and GO biological processes over-represented among this gene’s 43 IntAct physical interaction partners (hypergeometric vs the genome-wide background, BH-FDR, gene-set size 15–500, ranked by fold). A functional readout of the neighbourhood — distinct from this gene’s own memberships above, and biased toward well-studied / hub proteins, so read it as themes rather than proof.

Reactome pathways:

PathwayPartnersFoldFDR
Chromatin organization716.8×2e-05
HATs acetylate histones716.3×2e-05
Chromatin modifying enzymes714.9×2e-05

GO biological processes:

GO termPartnersFoldFDR
regulation of DNA repair853.9×5e-10
regulation of RNA splicing737.4×1e-07

Disease & clinical

Clinical variants and AI predictions

ClinVar

36 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic0
Uncertain significance30
Likely benign0
Benign0

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (0)

SpliceAI

0 predictions. Top by Δscore:

AlphaMissense

1134 scored. Top likely-pathogenic:

VariantProtein changeam_pathogenicity
5:69352186:C:GA132P0.997
5:69355658:A:GL106P0.997
5:69355748:A:TV76D0.997
5:69366577:T:AK16I0.997
5:69366578:T:GK16Q0.997
5:69369463:C:GG10R0.997
5:69355740:G:CH79D0.996
5:69366574:G:AT17I0.996
5:69355713:A:GW88R0.995
5:69355713:A:TW88R0.995
5:69369463:C:AG10C0.995
5:69352212:T:AE123V0.994
5:69355660:T:AR105S0.994
5:69355660:T:GR105S0.994
5:69366511:G:TA38D0.994
5:69366565:C:TG20D0.994
5:69366566:C:GG20R0.994
5:69366576:T:AK16N0.994
5:69366576:T:GK16N0.994
5:69366586:C:TG13E0.994
5:69366587:C:AG13W0.994
5:69352185:G:TA132D0.993
5:69355700:A:TV92D0.993
5:69355738:A:CH79Q0.993
5:69355738:A:TH79Q0.993
5:69355746:C:GD77H0.993
5:69366580:C:TG15E0.993
5:69366595:C:AG10V0.993
5:69366595:C:TG10D0.993
5:69369471:A:GL7P0.993

dbSNP variants (sampled 300 via entrez): RS1000028016 (5:69353901 C>T), RS1000101039 (5:69352446 C>G,T), RS1000138339 (5:69353298 C>T), RS1000489369 (5:69353565 G>C), RS1000544145 (5:69359222 C>T), RS1000620327 (5:69359542 GCC>G), RS1000750325 (5:69352621 C>T), RS1000831641 (5:69370747 G>T), RS1000973410 (5:69370684 T>G), RS1001053447 (5:69370924 T>C), RS1001206108 (5:69353979 C>T), RS1001289306 (5:69370536 C>T), RS1001530686 (5:69361396 C>G,T), RS1001573408 (5:69354164 T>C), RS1001867796 (5:69360257 T>C)

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:619357 | disease phenotypes:

GenCC curated gene-disease

Mondo (0):

Orphanet (0):

HPO phenotypes

0 total (0 of 0 shown, HPO-id order):

GWAS associations

1 associations (top):

StudyTraitp-value
GCST008058_305Estimated glomerular filtration rate4.000000e-11

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: no

PharmGKB: 1 entry (VIP=true, CPIC=false)

CTD chemical–gene interactions

8 total (human), top 8 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
aristolochic acid Iincreases expression1
sulforaphaneincreases expression1
di-n-butylphosphoric acidaffects expression1
Doxorubicinincreases expression1
Ivermectindecreases expression1
Tobacco Smoke Pollutionincreases expression1
Aflatoxin M1decreases expression1
Acrylamideincreases expression1

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

0 trials via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.

No linked Atlas pages yet — the cross-entity mesh grows as the corpus expands.