UCKL1

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Also known as FLJ20517

Summary

UCKL1 (uridine-cytidine kinase 1 like 1, HGNC:15938) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 20q13.33, encoding Uridine-cytidine kinase-like 1 (Q9NWZ5). May contribute to UTP accumulation needed for blast transformation and proliferation.

The protein encoded by this gene is a uridine kinase. Uridine kinases catalyze the phosphorylation of uridine to uridine monophosphate. This protein has been shown to bind to Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen 3 as well as natural killer lytic-associated molecule. Ubiquitination of this protein is enhanced by the presence of natural killer lytic-associated molecule. In addition, protein levels decrease in the presence of natural killer lytic-associated molecule, suggesting that association with natural killer lytic-associated molecule results in ubiquitination and subsequent degradation of this protein. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.

Source: NCBI Gene 54963 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • GWAS associations: 1
  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 83 total
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_017859

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:15938
Approved symbolUCKL1
Nameuridine-cytidine kinase 1 like 1
Location20q13.33
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
AliasesFLJ20517
Ensembl geneENSG00000198276
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM610866
Entrez54963

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 32 — 28 protein_coding, 2 retained_intron, 2 protein_coding_CDS_not_defined

ENST00000354216, ENST00000358711, ENST00000369908, ENST00000430743, ENST00000483710, ENST00000492660, ENST00000632800, ENST00000883267, ENST00000883268, ENST00000883269, ENST00000883270, ENST00000883271, ENST00000883272, ENST00000929520, ENST00000969433, ENST00000969434, ENST00000969435, ENST00000969436, ENST00000969437, ENST00000969438, ENST00000969439, ENST00000969440, ENST00000969441, ENST00000969442, ENST00000969443, ENST00000969444, ENST00000969445, ENST00000969446, ENST00000969447, ENST00000969448, ENST00000969449, ENST00000969450

RefSeq mRNA: 10 — MANE Select: NM_017859 NM_001193379, NM_001353475, NM_001353476, NM_001353477, NM_001353478, NM_001353479, NM_001353480, NM_001353481, NM_001353482, NM_017859

CCDS: CCDS13547, CCDS54479

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000354216 — 15 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE000016150696394565163945722
ENSE000016497386394580563945975
ENSE000016508206394111063941208
ENSE000016688326394095063941043
ENSE000016907226394439763944458
ENSE000016987046394616163946267
ENSE000017144456393982963940055
ENSE000017361836394454563944734
ENSE000018964896395626063956416
ENSE000025285956394365363943669
ENSE000034679146394059463940716
ENSE000035531446394645363946643
ENSE000035726406394079463940856
ENSE000036259506394015063940306
ENSE000037863136394037863940485

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 275 present calls, max score 98.25.

FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth ubiquitous, TPM avg 30.7884 / max 208.5998, expressed in 1812 samples.

FANTOM5 promoters (8 alternative TSS)

Promoter IDTPM avgSamples expressed
18843529.30921809
1884360.9996614
1884270.2139104
1884310.119430
1884320.053124
1884330.039520
1884300.034812
1884340.01888

Top tissues by expression

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

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
right hemisphere of cerebellumUBERON:001489098.25gold quality
cerebellar hemisphereUBERON:000224598.00gold quality
cerebellar cortexUBERON:000212997.72gold quality
right uterine tubeUBERON:000130297.37gold quality
apex of heartUBERON:000209897.34gold quality
left ovaryUBERON:000211997.32gold quality
right ovaryUBERON:000211897.15gold quality
cerebellumUBERON:000203796.46gold quality
endocervixUBERON:000045896.45gold quality
metanephros cortexUBERON:001053396.44gold quality
hindlimb stylopod muscleUBERON:000425296.29gold quality
lower esophagus mucosaUBERON:003583496.28gold quality
right lobe of thyroid glandUBERON:000111996.22gold quality
left lobe of thyroid glandUBERON:000112096.17gold quality
ectocervixUBERON:001224996.07gold quality
small intestine Peyer’s patchUBERON:000345496.05gold quality
body of uterusUBERON:000985395.98gold quality
right atrium auricular regionUBERON:000663195.89gold quality
tibial nerveUBERON:000132395.84gold quality
muscle layer of sigmoid colonUBERON:003580595.82gold quality
left uterine tubeUBERON:000130395.81gold quality
transverse colonUBERON:000115795.71gold quality
adenohypophysisUBERON:000219695.62gold quality
pituitary glandUBERON:000000795.42gold quality
esophagogastric junction muscularis propriaUBERON:003584195.28gold quality
minor salivary glandUBERON:000183095.21gold quality
lower esophagusUBERON:001347395.15gold quality
lower esophagus muscularis layerUBERON:003583395.15gold quality
mucosa of stomachUBERON:000119995.13gold quality
mucosa of transverse colonUBERON:000499195.09gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 2 experiment(s), a significant marker in 1.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-ANND-3yes4.86
E-GEOD-110499no244.53

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

miRNA regulators (miRDB)

14 targeting UCKL1, 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-3163100.0077.238605
HSA-MIR-366299.9973.825684
HSA-MIR-314399.9371.963104
HSA-MIR-153-5P99.8973.866317
HSA-MIR-684499.8270.692423
HSA-MIR-92A-2-5P99.7567.012164
HSA-MIR-570099.6469.882280
HSA-MIR-80299.6167.701254
HSA-MIR-392399.5269.21446
HSA-MIR-429199.2068.882969
HSA-MIR-628-3P99.0468.37814
HSA-MIR-153-3P98.9672.511644
HSA-MIR-10395-3P98.1066.701726
HSA-MIR-6742-3P97.9564.501490

Literature-anchored findings (GeneRIF, showing 3)

  • These results indicate a role for UCKL-1 in tumor cell survival. (PMID:19653100)
  • The presence of IL28B rs8099917 TT and rs12979860 CC SNPs, but not the intensity of UCKL-1 expression, is strongly associated with increased chances of Hepatocellular Carcinoma development in hepatitis C virus -positive cirrhotic patients. (PMID:30344298)
  • Characterization of uridine-cytidine kinase like-1 nucleoside kinase activity and its role in tumor growth. (PMID:35583288)

Cross-species orthologs

5 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
danio_reriouckl1aENSDARG00000001686
danio_reriouckl1bENSDARG00000078973
mus_musculusUckl1ENSMUSG00000089917
rattus_norvegicusUckl1ENSRNOG00000050277
drosophila_melanogasterl(2)k01209FBGN0022029

Paralogs (3): UPRT (ENSG00000094841), UCK1 (ENSG00000130717), UCK2 (ENSG00000143179)

Protein

Protein identifiers

Uridine-cytidine kinase-like 1Q9NWZ5 (reviewed: Q9NWZ5)

All UniProt accessions (2): Q9NWZ5, Q5JWV1

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Function. May contribute to UTP accumulation needed for blast transformation and proliferation.

Subunit / interactions. Interacts with RNF19B. (Microbial infection) Interacts with Epstein-Barr virus/EBV EBNA3.

Subcellular location. Cytoplasm. Nucleus.

Tissue specificity. Ubiquitous.

Post-translational modifications. Ubiquitinated by RNF19B; which induces proteasomal degradation.

Pathway. Pyrimidine metabolism; CTP biosynthesis via salvage pathway; CTP from cytidine: step 1/3. Pyrimidine metabolism; UMP biosynthesis via salvage pathway; UMP from uridine: step 1/1.

Similarity. Belongs to the uridine kinase family.

Isoforms (4)

UniProt IDNamesCanonical?
Q9NWZ5-11yes
Q9NWZ5-22
Q9NWZ5-33
Q9NWZ5-44

RefSeq proteins (10): NP_001180308, NP_001340404, NP_001340405, NP_001340406, NP_001340407, NP_001340408, NP_001340409, NP_001340410, NP_001340411, NP_060329* (*=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR000764Uridine_kinase-likeFamily
IPR000836PRTase_domDomain
IPR006083PRK/URKDomain
IPR027417P-loop_NTPaseHomologous_superfamily
IPR029057PRTase-likeHomologous_superfamily

Pfam: PF00485, PF14681

Enzyme classification (BRENDA):

  • EC 2.7.1.48 — uridine/cytidine kinase (BRENDA: 11 organisms, 140 substrates, 53 inhibitors, 88 Km, 32 kcat entries)

Substrate kinetics (BRENDA)

7 substrates with measured Km, best-characterized 7. Km ranges are aggregated across organisms/conditions.

SubstrateKm (mM)Measurements
CYTIDINE0.023–438
URIDINE0.04–11.531
ATP0.062–510
5-FLUOROURIDINE0.03–0.0692
3-DEAZAURIDINE0.21
5-AZACYTIDINE111
6-AZAURIDINE0.341

Catalyzed reactions (Rhea), 2 shown:

  • uridine + ATP = UMP + ADP + H(+) (RHEA:16825)
  • cytidine + ATP = CMP + ADP + H(+) (RHEA:24674)

UniProt features (14 total): splice variant 4, modified residue 4, compositionally biased region 2, chain 1, region of interest 1, sequence conflict 1, binding site 1

Structure

Experimental structures (PDB)

0 structures.

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-Q9NWZ5-F181.240.60

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 (1): 105–112

Post-translational modifications (4): 16, 56, 63, 539

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

1 pathways

IDPathway
R-HSA-73614Pyrimidine salvage

MSigDB gene sets: 162 (showing top): RNGTGGGC_UNKNOWN, GOBP_PYRIMIDINE_NUCLEOSIDE_TRIPHOSPHATE_BIOSYNTHETIC_PROCESS, GOBP_ORGANOPHOSPHATE_METABOLIC_PROCESS, GOBP_NUCLEOSIDE_PHOSPHATE_BIOSYNTHETIC_PROCESS, GOBP_ORGANOPHOSPHATE_BIOSYNTHETIC_PROCESS, GOBP_CARBOHYDRATE_DERIVATIVE_METABOLIC_PROCESS, AACWWCAANK_UNKNOWN, GOBP_NUCLEOBASE_CONTAINING_SMALL_MOLECULE_METABOLIC_PROCESS, EVI1_05, BROWNE_HCMV_INFECTION_48HR_DN, GOBP_SMALL_MOLECULE_BIOSYNTHETIC_PROCESS, GOBP_PYRIMIDINE_NUCLEOTIDE_METABOLIC_PROCESS, GOBP_CARBOHYDRATE_DERIVATIVE_BIOSYNTHETIC_PROCESS, GOBP_NUCLEOSIDE_TRIPHOSPHATE_METABOLIC_PROCESS, GOBP_NUCLEOSIDE_TRIPHOSPHATE_BIOSYNTHETIC_PROCESS

GO Biological Process (8): pyrimidine nucleoside salvage (GO:0043097), UMP salvage (GO:0044206), CTP salvage (GO:0044211), pyrimidine-containing compound salvage (GO:0008655), CMP biosynthetic process (GO:0009224), nucleobase-containing compound biosynthetic process (GO:0034654), nucleobase-containing small molecule metabolic process (GO:0055086), carbohydrate derivative biosynthetic process (GO:1901137)

GO Molecular Function (7): uridine kinase activity (GO:0004849), ATP binding (GO:0005524), cytidine kinase activity (GO:0043771), nucleotide binding (GO:0000166), protein binding (GO:0005515), kinase activity (GO:0016301), transferase activity (GO:0016740)

GO Cellular Component (3): nucleus (GO:0005634), cytoplasm (GO:0005737), cytosol (GO:0005829)

Reactome top-level categories

Rollup of top-1 pathways:

CategoryPathways
Nucleotide salvage1

GO top-level categories

Rollup of top GO terms by namespace:

CategoryTerms
UMP biosynthetic process2
pyrimidine ribonucleotide salvage2
nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process2
biosynthetic process2
nucleoside kinase activity2
cellular anatomical structure2
pyrimidine-containing compound salvage1
nucleoside salvage1
pyrimidine nucleoside biosynthetic process1
CTP biosynthetic process1
metabolic compound salvage1
pyrimidine-containing compound biosynthetic process1
pyrimidine ribonucleoside monophosphate biosynthetic process1
pyrimidine ribonucleotide biosynthetic process1
CMP metabolic process1
small molecule metabolic process1
carbohydrate derivative metabolic process1
adenyl ribonucleotide binding1
purine ribonucleoside triphosphate binding1
CMP biosynthetic process1
nucleoside phosphate binding1
heterocyclic compound binding1
binding1
transferase activity, transferring phosphorus-containing groups1
catalytic activity1
intracellular membrane-bounded organelle1
intracellular anatomical structure1
cytoplasm1

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

2184 interactions, top by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
UCKL1RNF19BQ6ZMZ0938
UCKL1UPP2O95045829
UCKL1UPP1Q16831815
UCKL1UMPSP11172811
UCKL1RNF19AQ9NV58695
UCKL1TYMSP04818626
UCKL1TK2O00142608
UCKL1TYMPP19971591
UCKL1UBE2L6O14933582
UCKL1DPYDQ12882571
UCKL1CDAP32320535
UCKL1DTYMKP23919514
UCKL1CTPS2Q9NRF8512
UCKL1CMPK1P30085506
UCKL1CTPS1P17812486

IntAct

66 interactions, top by confidence:

ABTypeScore
RFXANKRFXAPpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.780
MPPED1TXNDC9psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.640
UCKL1RNF19Bpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.600
RNF19BUCKL1psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.600
UCKL1RNF19Bpsi-mi:“MI:0403”(colocalization)0.600
EBNA3UCKL1psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.540
UCKL1EBNA3psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.540
EBNA3UCKL1psi-mi:“MI:0403”(colocalization)0.540
IL13RA2METTL15psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
LAMP3METTL15psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
KAT5YEATS4psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
UPRTSERPINB4psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
UCK2IAH1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
TMEM9ESYT2psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
CD70METTL15psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
FAM174ABLTP3Bpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
ZNRD2MYO9Apsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
UPRTUCK2psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
UCKL1CCR8psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.370
METTL3TUBAL3psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
CD70GXYLT2psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
VWA5APIPSLpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
KLHL2DCTN6psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350

BioGRID (68): UCKL1 (Affinity Capture-MS), UCKL1 (Affinity Capture-MS), UCKL1 (Affinity Capture-MS), UCKL1 (Affinity Capture-MS), BCS1L (Co-fractionation), UCKL1 (Affinity Capture-MS), UCKL1 (Affinity Capture-MS), UCKL1 (Affinity Capture-MS), UCKL1 (Affinity Capture-MS), UCKL1 (Affinity Capture-MS), UCKL1 (Affinity Capture-MS), UCKL1 (Affinity Capture-MS), UCKL1 (Affinity Capture-MS), UCKL1 (Affinity Capture-MS), UCKL1 (Affinity Capture-RNA)

ESM2 similar proteins: A0A0J9UVG7, A0A250YGJ5, A0A2K5TU92, A8NWP2, A9UVV1, B0X4N8, B2RZ55, C8V3W5, E1BRE2, E2RDZ6, E9GD30, F4P804, F7DKV7, F7EZ75, J4W6X9, P16081, P17571, P22944, P27967, P27968, P27969, P36842, P38681, P43100, P49102, P59941, Q0P595, Q0UI56, Q1JQC6, Q3ZBQ0, Q4PEJ3, Q5AW69, Q5HZN8, Q5R6G3, Q5RBF1, Q5RJQ4, Q68FX9, Q6DHI5, Q7ZVK3, Q8BKJ9

Diamond homologs: A0ALM3, A2RG73, A3CPK9, A4VWM9, A5H0J4, A5IE48, A5N3J1, A5VIQ0, A5VVW9, A6UET4, A8AYQ0, A8FIC0, A9KIB0, A9MCZ3, A9WW75, B0K1G2, B0K7G1, B1AVZ0, B2G680, B2GAT5, B2SC51, B2U8Z0, B3PXN0, B3WDL1, B5XJZ7, B5YDB8, B5ZXI2, B6IW12, B7GMG3, B8DBH1, B8E009, B9DX75, B9J6V7, C0RMK4, C0Z818, C1KYV5, C3MBH2, C4Z9S1, C5D9M4, O13867

SIGNOR signaling

7 interactions.

AEffectBMechanism
RNF19B“down-regulates quantity by destabilization”UCKL1ubiquitination
UCKL1“down-regulates quantity”ATP(4-)“chemical modification”
UCKL1“up-regulates quantity”ADP(3-)“chemical modification”
UCKL1“down-regulates quantity”cytidine“chemical modification”
UCKL1“up-regulates quantity”“cytidine 5’-monophosphate(2-)”“chemical modification”
UCKL1“down-regulates quantity”uridine“chemical modification”
UCKL1“up-regulates quantity”“uridine 5’-monophosphate(2-)”“chemical modification”

Disease & clinical

Clinical variants and AI predictions

ClinVar

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

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic0
Uncertain significance63
Likely benign2
Benign4

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (0)

SpliceAI

3068 predictions. Top by Δscore:

VariantEffectΔscore
20:63940266:A:Tacceptor_gain1.0000
20:63940372:A:ACdonor_gain1.0000
20:63940373:C:CCdonor_gain1.0000
20:63940375:CA:Cdonor_loss1.0000
20:63940376:A:ACdonor_gain1.0000
20:63940376:AC:Adonor_gain1.0000
20:63940377:C:CCdonor_gain1.0000
20:63940377:CC:Cdonor_gain1.0000
20:63940377:CCAGG:Cdonor_gain1.0000
20:63940481:TGGAG:Tacceptor_gain1.0000
20:63940482:GGAG:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
20:63940483:GAG:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
20:63940483:GAGC:Gacceptor_loss1.0000
20:63940484:AG:Aacceptor_gain1.0000
20:63940484:AGC:Aacceptor_loss1.0000
20:63940486:C:CCacceptor_gain1.0000
20:63940486:CT:Cacceptor_loss1.0000
20:63940602:C:CAdonor_gain1.0000
20:63940603:C:Adonor_gain1.0000
20:63940690:G:Tacceptor_gain1.0000
20:63940948:ACC:Adonor_loss1.0000
20:63940949:C:CTdonor_loss1.0000
20:63941204:CAGCC:Cacceptor_gain1.0000
20:63941205:AGCC:Aacceptor_gain1.0000
20:63941206:GCC:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
20:63941207:CC:Cacceptor_gain1.0000
20:63941207:CCC:Cacceptor_gain1.0000
20:63941208:CC:Cacceptor_gain1.0000
20:63941208:CCTGG:Cacceptor_loss1.0000
20:63941209:C:CCacceptor_gain1.0000

AlphaMissense

3601 scored. Top likely-pathogenic:

VariantProtein changeam_pathogenicity
20:63940033:A:CF530L1.000
20:63940033:A:TF530L1.000
20:63940035:A:GF530L1.000
20:63940395:C:GA465P1.000
20:63940484:A:GL435P1.000
20:63940628:A:GL423P1.000
20:63940996:A:GL357P1.000
20:63941010:G:CF352L1.000
20:63941010:G:TF352L1.000
20:63941012:A:GF352L1.000
20:63941017:A:GF350S1.000
20:63941110:C:AR341M1.000
20:63944431:A:GL291P1.000
20:63944553:A:TV279D1.000
20:63944676:A:GL238P1.000
20:63945686:C:GG207R1.000
20:63945872:A:GL172P1.000
20:63946498:A:GW87R1.000
20:63946498:A:TW87R1.000
20:63940035:A:TF530I0.999
20:63940038:A:CY529D0.999
20:63940040:C:GR528P0.999
20:63940041:G:TR528S0.999
20:63940048:A:CF525L0.999
20:63940048:A:TF525L0.999
20:63940050:A:GF525L0.999
20:63940155:C:TG521D0.999
20:63940156:C:GG521R0.999
20:63940198:C:GA507P0.999
20:63940223:A:CF498L0.999

dbSNP variants (sampled 300 via entrez): RS1000047260 (20:63945156 C>T), RS1000112354 (20:63954094 C>T), RS1000147204 (20:63947333 C>T), RS1000147518 (20:63943090 T>C), RS1000157374 (20:63943255 G>A,C,T), RS1000184544 (20:63955235 G>C), RS1000246414 (20:63951828 C>T), RS1000467124 (20:63954440 TGGAACGGTGGTGGA>T), RS1000485498 (20:63941717 C>G), RS1000495390 (20:63941895 A>G), RS1000528264 (20:63954268 C>T), RS1000711236 (20:63942903 G>T), RS1000771301 (20:63944035 G>A), RS1000844581 (20:63949333 C>T), RS1000988209 (20:63949664 G>C)

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:610866 | 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
GCST001942_22Prostate cancer4.000000e-16

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: no

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

CTD chemical–gene interactions

21 total (human), top 21 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
Tobacco Smoke Pollutiondecreases expression, decreases methylation2
Valproic Acidaffects expression, increases methylation2
aristolochic acid Idecreases expression1
FR900359affects phosphorylation1
beta-lapachonedecreases expression1
sodium arsenitedecreases expression1
di-n-butylphosphoric acidaffects expression1
obeticholic aciddecreases expression1
ICG 001decreases expression1
jinfukangincreases expression1
Caffeinedecreases phosphorylation1
Doxorubicindecreases expression1
Formaldehydedecreases expression1
Hydrogen Peroxideincreases expression1
Potassium Dichromatedecreases expression1
Smokedecreases expression1
Toluenedecreases methylation, increases expression1
Cyclosporineincreases expression1
Antirheumatic Agentsincreases expression1
Copper Sulfatedecreases expression1
Acrylamidedecreases expression1

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

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

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