PIKFYVE Proteins

Protein Information

PIKFYVE belongs to a large family of lipid kinases that alter the phosphorylation status of intracellular phosphatidylinositol. The content of phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphateP2) in endosomal membranes changes dynamically with fission and fusion events that generate or absorb intracellular transport vesicles. PIKFYVE is the PtdIns(3,5)P2-producing component of a trimolecular complex that tightly regulates the level of PtdIns(3,5)P2. Other components of this complex are the PIKFYVE activator VAC14 and the PtdIns(3,5)P2 phosphatase FIG4. In addition to its phosphoinositide 5-kinase activity, PIKFYVE also has protein kinase activity. For a review, see Shisheva.

Synonyms

1-phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate 5-kinase; 1-phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate 5-kinase; 5230400C17Rik; CFD; epididymis luminal protein 37; FAB1; FYVE finger-containing phosphoinositide kinase; HEL37; Kiaa0981; p235; Phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate 5-kinase; Phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate 5-kinase type III; phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate 5-kinase type III; phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate/phosphatidylinositol 5-kinase, type III; phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase, type III; phosphoinositide kinase, FYVE finger containing; phosphoinositide kinase, FYVE-type zinc finger containing; PIKFYVE; Pip5k; PIP5K3; Pipk5k3; PipkIII; PIPkin-III; PtdIns(4)P-5-kinase; type III PIP kinase; ZFYVE29; zinc finger, FYVE domain containing 29