NCBI Accession #
NP_179890.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_127872.4
NCBI Official Full Name
Protein kinase superfamily protein
NCBI Official Symbol
CKA3
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
alpha chain 3; casein kinase II; F21P24.14; F21P24_14
NCBI Protein Information
Protein kinase superfamily protein
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
CK II
UniProt Protein Name
Casein kinase II subunit alpha-3
UniProt Primary Accession #
O64817
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q8L5T7; F4ILF5
UniProt Related Accession #
O64817
UniProt Comments
Casein kinases are operationally defined by their preferential utilization of acidic proteins such as caseins as substrates. The alpha chain contains the catalytic site. The tetrameric holoenzyme CK2 is composed of two alpha and two beta subunits . Acts as circadian clock component that maintains the correct period length through phosphorylation of CCA1 (PubMed:21900482).