Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 440275
Gene name Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha kinase 4
Gene symbol EIF2AK4
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
GCN2PVOD2
Chromosome 15
Chromosome location 15q15.1
Summary This gene encodes a member of a family of kinases that phosphorylate the alpha subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor-2 (EIF2), resulting in the downregulaton of protein synthesis. The encoded protein responds to amino acid deprivation by bin
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs35480871 A>G Conflicting-interpretations-of-pathogenicity Missense variant, coding sequence variant
rs202140402 C>T Pathogenic Coding sequence variant, stop gained
rs371276330 A>C Likely-pathogenic Intron variant
rs376877634 C>A,T Pathogenic Intron variant
rs587777102 T>- Pathogenic-likely-pathogenic Frameshift variant, coding sequence variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT572593 hsa-miR-4282 PAR-CLIP 20371350
MIRT572594 hsa-miR-3617-5p PAR-CLIP 20371350
MIRT572592 hsa-miR-641 PAR-CLIP 20371350
MIRT572591 hsa-miR-208a-3p PAR-CLIP 20371350
MIRT572590 hsa-miR-208b-3p PAR-CLIP 20371350
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0000049 Function TRNA binding IEA
GO:0000049 Function TRNA binding ISS
GO:0000077 Process DNA damage checkpoint signaling IEA
GO:0000166 Function Nucleotide binding IEA
GO:0002230 Process Positive regulation of defense response to virus by host ISS
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
609280 19687 ENSG00000128829
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
Q9P2K8
Protein name eIF-2-alpha kinase GCN2 (EC 2.7.11.1) (Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 4) (GCN2-like protein)
Protein function Metabolic-stress sensing protein kinase that phosphorylates the alpha subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (EIF2S1/eIF-2-alpha) in response to low amino acid availability (PubMed:25329545, PubMed:32610081). Plays a role as an ac
PDB 6N3L , 6N3N , 6N3O , 7E2K , 7E2M , 7QQ6 , 7QWK , 8T7T
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF05773 RWD 21 134 RWD domain Domain
PF00069 Pkinase 325 539 Protein kinase domain Domain
PF00069 Pkinase 590 662 Protein kinase domain Domain
PF00069 Pkinase 788 1001 Protein kinase domain Domain
PF13393 tRNA-synt_His 1056 1381 Histidyl-tRNA synthetase Domain
PF12745 HGTP_anticodon2 1393 1648 Anticodon binding domain of tRNAs Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Widely expressed (PubMed:10504407). Expressed in lung, smooth muscle cells and macrophages (PubMed:24292273). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10504407, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24292273}.
Sequence
MAGGRGAPGRGRDEPPESYPQRQDHELQALEAIYGADFQDLRPDACGPVKEPPEINLVLY
PQGLTGEEVYVKVDLRVKCPPTYPDVVPEIELKNAKGLSNESVNLLKSRLEELAKKHCGE
VMIFELAYHVQSFL
SEHNKPPPKSFHEEMLERRAQEEQQRLLEAKRKEEQEQREILHEIQ
RRKEEIKEEKKRKEMAKQERLEIASLSNQDHTSKKDPGGHRTAAILHGGSPDFVGNGKHR
ANSSGRSRRERQYSVCNSEDSPGSCEILYFNMGSPDQLMVHKGKCIGSDEQLGKLVYNAL
ETATGGFVLLYEWVLQWQKKMGPFLTSQEKEKIDKCKKQIQGTETEFNSLVKLSHPNVVR
YLAMNLKEQDDSIVVDILVEHISGVSLAAHLSHSGPIPVHQLRRYTAQLLSGLDYLHSNS
VVHKVLSASNVLVDAEGTVKITDYSISKRLADICKEDVFEQTRVRFSDNALPYKTGKKGD
VWRLGLLLLSLSQGQECGEYPVTIPSDLPADFQDFLKKCVCLDDKERWSPQQLLKHSFI
N
PQPKMPLVEQSPEDSEGQDYVETVIPSNRLPSAAFFSETQRQFSRYFIEFEELQLLGKGA
FGAVIKVQNKLDGCCYAVKRIPINPASRQFRRIKGEVTLLSRLHHENIVRYYNAWIERHE
RP
AGPGTPPPDSGPLAKDDRAARGQPASDTDGLDSVEAAAPPPILSSSVEWSTSGERSAS
ARFPATGPGSSDDEDDDEDEHGGVFSQSFLPASDSESDIIFDNEDENSKSQNQDEDCNEK
NGCHESEPSVTTEAVHYLYIQMEYCEKSTLRDTIDQGLYRDTVRLWRLFREILDGLAYIH
EKGMIHRDLKPVNIFLDSDDHVKIGDFGLATDHLAFSADSKQDDQTGDLIKSDPSGHLTG
MVGTALYVSPEVQGSTKSAYNQKVDLFSLGIIFFEMSYHPMVTASERIFVLNQLRDPTSP
KFPEDFDDGEHAKQKSVISWLLNHDPAKRPTATELLKSELL
PPPQMEESELHEVLHHTLT
NVDGKAYRTMMAQIFSQRISPAIDYTYDSDILKGNFSIRTAKMQQHVCETIIRIFKRHGA
VQLCTPLLLPRNRQIYEHNEAALFMDHSGMLVMLPFDLRIPFARYVARNNILNLKRYCIE
RVFRPRKLDRFHPKELLECAFDIVTSTTNSFLPTAEIIYTIYEIIQEFPALQERNYSIYL
NHTMLLKAILLHCGIPEDKLSQVYIILYDAVTEKLTRREVEAKFCNLSLSSNSLCRLYKF
IEQKGDLQDLMPTINSLIKQKTGIAQLVKYGLKDLEEVVGLLKKLGIKLQVLINLGLVYK
VQQHNGIIFQFVAFIKRRQRAVPEILAAGGRYDLLIPQFRGPQALGPVPTAIGVSIAIDK
I
SAAVLNMEESVTISSCDLLVVSVGQMSMSRAINLTQKLWTAGITAEIMYDWSQSQEELQ
EYCRHHEITYVALVSDKEGSHVKVKSFEKERQTEKRVLETELVDHVLQKLRTKVTDERNG
REASDNLAVQNLKGSFSNASGLFEIHGATVVPIVSVLAPEKLSASTRRRYETQVQTRLQT
SLANLHQKSSEIEILAVDLPKETILQFLSLEWDADEQAFNTTVKQLLSRLPKQRYLKLVC
DEIYNIKVEKKVSVLFLYSYRDDYYRIL
F
Sequence length 1649
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG 
  Autophagy - animal
Hepatitis C
Measles
Herpes simplex virus 1 infection
 
Associated diseases Disease associations from ClinVar (causal & non-causal) and other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.).
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Evidence Score: ★☆☆☆☆  Gene-disease association found in Text Mining only ★★☆☆☆  Found in Text Mining and Unknown/Other Associations ★★★☆☆  Reported in Unknown/Other Associations across ≥2 Sources ★★★★☆  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants) ★★★★★  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Causal Diseases associated with Pathogenic or Likely Pathogenic variants in ClinVar
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance dbSNP ID RCV Accession Evidence Score
EIF2AK4-related disorder Likely pathogenic; Pathogenic rs2504564381, rs2504537554, rs2034558794 RCV003402103
RCV003402915
RCV003924405
★★★★☆
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants)
Familial pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis Pathogenic; Likely pathogenic rs587777102, rs587777103, rs587777104, rs587777105, rs587777106, rs587777107, rs775819448, rs587777207, rs587777208, rs886037661, rs776140816, rs770279669, rs772487425, rs2504573137, rs1085307439
View all (30 more)
RCV000083306
RCV000083307
RCV000083308
RCV000083309
RCV000083310
View all (41 more)
★★★★★
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Pulmonary arterial hypertension Pathogenic; Likely pathogenic rs2504524056, rs1566988788, rs756315327 RCV002285235
RCV002285245
RCV001003776
★★★★☆
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants)
Pulmonary venoocclusive disease 1 Likely pathogenic rs1327297003 RCV000826105
★★★★☆
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants)
Unknown / Other Associations ClinVar entries with uncertain/conflicting evidence, and associations from other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.) where the gene is not established as causal.
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance Source Evidence Score
Acute myeloid leukemia Benign; Uncertain significance ClinVar
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS CTD, Disgenet
CTD, Disgenet
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Cervical cancer Benign ClinVar
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Cholangiocarcinoma Benign ClinVar
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through text mining
Disease Name Disease (Merged) Source PMID Relationship Type Evidence Score
Acute lymphocytic leukemia Lymphocytic Leukemia BEFREE 30061420, 30364637, 31620240
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Adult Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Lymphocytic Leukemia BEFREE 30061420, 31620240
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Alzheimer Disease Alzheimer disease Pubtator 33798591 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors Disorder of amino acid metabolism CTD_human_DG 21239484
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Amino Acid Metabolism, Inherited Disorders Inherited Errors of Amino Acid Metabolism CTD_human_DG 21239484
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Brain Neoplasms Brain Neoplasms BEFREE 31844909
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Carcinoma Hepatocellular Hepatocellular carcinoma Pubtator 33910445, 35839757 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Carcinoma Renal Cell Renal cell carcinoma Pubtator 29865032 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Cardiomyopathy, Familial Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy BEFREE 30389499
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Lymphoblastic Leukemia BEFREE 30061420, 31620240
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only