Human Gene MELK (uc011lpp.3)
  Description: Homo sapiens maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (MELK), transcript variant 3, mRNA.
Transcript (Including UTRs)
   Position: hg19 chr9:36,572,859-36,677,680 Size: 104,822 Total Exon Count: 17 Strand: +
Coding Region
   Position: hg19 chr9:36,581,679-36,677,334 Size: 95,656 Coding Exon Count: 16 

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Data last updated at UCSC: 2013-06-14

-  Sequence and Links to Tools and Databases
 
Genomic Sequence (chr9:36,572,859-36,677,680)mRNA (may differ from genome)Protein (603 aa)
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-  Comments and Description Text from UniProtKB
  ID: F5H0Y0_HUMAN
DESCRIPTION: SubName: Full=Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase;
CAUTION: The sequence shown here is derived from an Ensembl automatic analysis pipeline and should be considered as preliminary data.

-  Primer design for this transcript
 

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-  Genetic Association Studies of Complex Diseases and Disorders
  Genetic Association Database (archive): MELK
CDC HuGE Published Literature: MELK
Positive Disease Associations: Body Weights and Measures , C-Reactive Protein , Cholesterol , Cholesterol, LDL , Forced Vital Capacity
Related Studies:
  1. Body Weights and Measures
    Caroline S Fox et al. BMC medical genetics 2007, Genome-wide association to body mass index and waist circumference: the Framingham Heart Study 100K project., BMC medical genetics. [PubMed 17903300]
    Adiposity traits are associated with SNPs on the Affymetrix 100K SNP GeneChip. Replication of these initial findings is necessary. These data will serve as a resource for replication as more genes become identified with BMI and WC.
  2. C-Reactive Protein
    Emelia J Benjamin et al. BMC medical genetics 2007, Genome-wide association with select biomarker traits in the Framingham Heart Study., BMC medical genetics. [PubMed 17903293]
    The Framingham GWAS represents a resource to describe potentially novel genetic influences on systemic biomarker variability. The newly described associations will need to be replicated in other studies.
  3. Cholesterol
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-  Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD)
  The following chemicals interact with this gene           more ... click here to view the complete list

+  Common Gene Haplotype Alleles
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-  RNA-Seq Expression Data from GTEx (53 Tissues, 570 Donors)
  Highest median expression: 16.48 RPKM in Cells - EBV-transformed lymphocytes
Total median expression: 42.17 RPKM



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+  Microarray Expression Data
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-  mRNA Secondary Structure of 3' and 5' UTRs
 
RegionFold EnergyBasesEnergy/Base
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5' UTR -66.34184-0.361 Picture PostScript Text
3' UTR -73.80346-0.213 Picture PostScript Text

The RNAfold program from the Vienna RNA Package is used to perform the secondary structure predictions and folding calculations. The estimated folding energy is in kcal/mol. The more negative the energy, the more secondary structure the RNA is likely to have.

-  Protein Domain and Structure Information
  InterPro Domains: Graphical view of domain structure
IPR001772 - Kinase-assoc_KA1
IPR011009 - Kinase-like_dom
IPR000719 - Prot_kinase_cat_dom
IPR017441 - Protein_kinase_ATP_BS

Pfam Domains:
PF00069 - Protein kinase domain
PF02149 - Kinase associated domain 1
PF07714 - Protein tyrosine kinase

SCOP Domains:
103243 - Kinase associated domain 1, KA1
56112 - Protein kinase-like (PK-like)

ModBase Predicted Comparative 3D Structure on F5H0Y0
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-  Orthologous Genes in Other Species
  Orthologies between human, mouse, and rat are computed by taking the best BLASTP hit, and filtering out non-syntenic hits. For more distant species reciprocal-best BLASTP hits are used. Note that the absence of an ortholog in the table below may reflect incomplete annotations in the other species rather than a true absence of the orthologous gene.
MouseRatZebrafishD. melanogasterC. elegansS. cerevisiae
No orthologNo orthologNo orthologNo orthologNo orthologNo ortholog
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-  Descriptions from all associated GenBank mRNAs
  KJ904636 - Synthetic construct Homo sapiens clone ccsbBroadEn_14030 MELK-like gene, encodes complete protein.
AK296820 - Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ51888 complete cds, highly similar to Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (EC 2.7.11.1).
AK222811 - Homo sapiens mRNA for maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase variant, clone: HEP06833.
D79997 - Homo sapiens KIAA0175 mRNA.
JD114621 - Sequence 95645 from Patent EP1572962.
AK302374 - Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ55288 complete cds, highly similar to Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (EC2.7.11.1).
AK293423 - Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ50443 complete cds, highly similar to Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (EC 2.7.11.1).
AK300761 - Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ50690 complete cds, highly similar to Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (EC 2.7.11.1).
AK293284 - Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ50438 complete cds, highly similar to Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (EC 2.7.11.1).
AK309470 - Homo sapiens cDNA, FLJ99511.
AK293447 - Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ50445 complete cds, highly similar to Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (EC 2.7.11.1).
BC014039 - Homo sapiens maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase, mRNA (cDNA clone MGC:20350 IMAGE:4547136), complete cds.
LF383865 - JP 2014500723-A/191368: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
AB183428 - Homo sapiens MELKv3 mRNA for maternal embryonic luecine zipper kinase v3, complete cds.
AK300821 - Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ54386 complete cds, highly similar to Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (EC 2.7.11.1).
AK299164 - Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ61344 complete cds, highly similar to Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (EC 2.7.11.1).
AB183427 - Homo sapiens MELKv2 mRNA for maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase v2, complete cds.
AK301131 - Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ55799 complete cds, highly similar to Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (EC 2.7.11.1).
JD317308 - Sequence 298332 from Patent EP1572962.
LF354423 - JP 2014500723-A/161926: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
LF354434 - JP 2014500723-A/161937: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
AB267395 - Homo sapiens MELKV4 mRNA for maternal embryonic luecine zipper kinase v4, complete cds.
LF354442 - JP 2014500723-A/161945: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
JD458881 - Sequence 439905 from Patent EP1572962.
MA619442 - JP 2018138019-A/191368: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
MA590000 - JP 2018138019-A/161926: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
MA590011 - JP 2018138019-A/161937: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.
MA590019 - JP 2018138019-A/161945: Polycomb-Associated Non-Coding RNAs.

-  Other Names for This Gene
  Alternate Gene Symbols: F5H0Y0, F5H0Y0_HUMAN, NM_001256687, NP_001243622, uc011lpp.2
UCSC ID: uc011lpp.3
RefSeq Accession: NM_001256687
Protein: F5H0Y0 CCDS: CCDS59124.1, CCDS59125.1

-  Gene Model Information
 
category: coding nonsense-mediated-decay: no RNA accession: NM_001256687.1
exon count: 17CDS single in 3' UTR: no RNA size: 2342
ORF size: 1812CDS single in intron: no Alignment % ID: 100.00
txCdsPredict score: 3791.00frame shift in genome: no % Coverage: 100.00
has start codon: yes stop codon in genome: no # of Alignments: 1
has end codon: yes retained intron: no # AT/AC introns 0
selenocysteine: no end bleed into intron: 0# strange splices: 0
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