PRKCQ (Protein kinase C theta type) is a protein kinase, an enzyme that switches other proteins on by adding phosphate groups. The public catalogues list it as a drug target, and an approved or late-stage drug is recorded against it. Tied to Leukaemia, Myeloproliferative neoplasms, Systemic mastocytosis and 1 more.
Calcium-independent, phospholipid- and diacylglycerol (DAG)-dependent serine/threonine-protein kinase that mediates non-redundant functions in T-cell receptor (TCR) signalling, including T-cells activation, proliferation, differentiation and survival, by mediating activation of multiple transcription factors such as NF-kappa-B, JUN, NFATC1 and NFATC2. In TCR-CD3/CD28-co-stimulated T-cells, is required for the activation of NF-kappa-B and JUN, which in turn are essential for IL2 production, and participates in the calcium-dependent NFATC1 and NFATC2 transactivation. Mediates the activation of the canonical NF-kappa-B pathway (NFKB1) by direct phosphorylation of CARD11 on several serine residues, inducing CARD11 association with lipid rafts and recruitment of the BCL10-MALT1 complex, which then activates IKK complex, resulting in nuclear translocation and activation of NFKB1.
Open Targets scores its association with cancer at 0.61 (direct and indirect evidence; datatypes literature 0.93, animal model 0.80, genetic association 0.17, clinical 0.92).
In plain words · PRKCQ (Protein kinase C theta type) is a protein kinase, an enzyme that switches other proteins on by adding phosphate groups. The public catalogues list it as a drug target, and an approved or late-stage drug is recorded against it. Tied to Leukaemia, Myeloproliferative neoplasms, Systemic mastocytosis and 1 more.
PRKCQ (Protein kinase C theta type) is a protein kinase, an enzyme that switches other proteins on by adding phosphate groups. The public catalogues list it as a drug target, and an approved or late-stage drug is recorded against it. Tied to Leukaemia, Myeloproliferative neoplasms, Systemic mastocytosis and 1 more.
Calcium-independent, phospholipid- and diacylglycerol (DAG)-dependent serine/threonine-protein kinase that mediates non-redundant functions in T-cell receptor (TCR) signalling, including T-cells activation, proliferation, differentiation and survival, by mediating activation of multiple transcription factors such as NF-kappa-B, JUN, NFATC1 and NFATC2.
No product in this corpus aims at PRKCQ yet. Kinases are switched on by binding ATP inside the cell, so most drugs are small molecules shaped to plug that ATP pocket.
Specificity not established: no corpus medicine is aimed at it and the catalogues give it only the role drug-target; HPA finds the RNA group enriched, which says where the protein sits but not whether the tumour differs from normal tissue. HPA PRKCQ: RNA group enriched (lymphoid tissue 31 nTPM, skeletal muscle 115 nTPM, tongue 105 nTPM); blood lineage group enriched (NK-cells 13 nTPM, T-cells 40 nTPM); no normal tissue stained high. Distribution: 2 cancer families in the corpus carry a prevalence row, label threshold or catalogue link for it (Leukaemia, Myeloid neoplasms); Open Targets associates it with 1 specific cancer type at or above 0.5 (acute myeloid leukemia). (No rule of scripts/fetch-target-specificity.ts fired.)
Sources: Human Protein Atlas PRKCQ tissue; Open Targets ENSG00000065675 associations
First described 1993. Earliest sequence paper UniProt cites for the protein: Chang J.D. et al, J. Biol. Chem, 1993, "Molecular cloning and expression of a cDNA encoding a novel isoenzyme of protein kinase C (nPKC). A new member of the nPKC family expressed in skeletal muscle, megakaryoblastic cells, and platelets". Source.
Sources: HGNC HGNC:9410 (approved symbol, name, aliases, locus and cross-references (hgnc_complete_set.txt)); UniProt Q04759 (protein name, function text, keywords and locations (REST API)); Open Targets ENSG00000065675 (association with cancer (MONDO_0004992) 0.61; per-cancer scores at or above 0.5: acute myeloid leukaemia 0.56, myeloproliferative neoplasm 0.56, systemic mastocytosis 0.54, leukaemia 0.57 (GraphQL API, CC0))
Calcium-independent, phospholipid- and diacylglycerol (DAG)-dependent serine/threonine-protein kinase that mediates non-redundant functions in T-cell receptor (TCR) signalling, including T-cells activation, proliferation, differentiation and survival, by mediating activation of multiple transcription factors such as NF-kappa-B, JUN, NFATC1 and NFATC2. In TCR-CD3/CD28-co-stimulated T-cells, is required for the activation of NF-kappa-B and JUN, which in turn are essential for IL2 production, and participates in the calcium-dependent NFATC1 and NFATC2 transactivation. Mediates the activation of the canonical NF-kappa-B pathway (NFKB1) by direct phosphorylation of CARD11 on several serine residues, inducing CARD11 association with lipid rafts and recruitment of the BCL10-MALT1 complex, which then activates IKK complex, resulting in nuclear translocation and activation of NFKB1. May also play an indirect role in activation of the non-canonical NF-kappa-B (NFKB2) pathway. In the signalling pathway leading to JUN activation, acts by phosphorylating the mediator STK39/SPAK and may not act through MAP kinases signalling. Plays a critical role in TCR/CD28-induced NFATC1 and NFATC2 transactivation by participating in the regulation of reduced inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate generation and intracellular calcium mobilisation. Location: Cytoplasm; Cell membrane (UniProt). Locus 10p15.1 (HGNC).
RNA: group enriched (lymphoid tissue 31 nTPM, skeletal muscle 115 nTPM, tongue 105 nTPM), detected in many normal tissues. Blood: group enriched (NK-cells 13 nTPM, T-cells 40 nTPM).
No normal tissue stained high.
No cancer sample stained medium or high.
HPA PRKCQ tissue · HPA PRKCQ pathology · HPA protein class: FDA approved drug targets
Human Protein Atlas version 25.1, antibody staining at reliability approved, enhanced or supported; used under CC BY-SA 3.0. Staining counts are patients per level in the atlas cohort, not population prevalence.
Query for this target: (TITLE:"PRKCQ" OR ABSTRACT:"PRKCQ" OR TITLE:"protein kinase C theta" OR ABSTRACT:"protein kinase C theta" OR TITLE:"Protein kinase C theta type" OR ABSTRACT:"Protein kinase C theta type") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about PRKCQ, not a curated reading list.
Shares Systemic mastocytosis, Myeloproliferative neoplasms (PV, ET, myelofibrosis), Leukaemia (all types), Acute myeloid leukaemia.
Shares Systemic mastocytosis, Myeloproliferative neoplasms (PV, ET, myelofibrosis), Leukaemia (all types), Acute myeloid leukaemia.
Shares Systemic mastocytosis, Myeloproliferative neoplasms (PV, ET, myelofibrosis), Leukaemia (all types), Acute myeloid leukaemia.
Shares Systemic mastocytosis, Myeloproliferative neoplasms (PV, ET, myelofibrosis), Leukaemia (all types), Acute myeloid leukaemia.
Shares Systemic mastocytosis, Myeloproliferative neoplasms (PV, ET, myelofibrosis), Leukaemia (all types), Acute myeloid leukaemia.
Shares Systemic mastocytosis, Myeloproliferative neoplasms (PV, ET, myelofibrosis), Leukaemia (all types), Acute myeloid leukaemia.
Shares Systemic mastocytosis, Myeloproliferative neoplasms (PV, ET, myelofibrosis), Leukaemia (all types), Acute myeloid leukaemia.
Shares Myeloproliferative neoplasms (PV, ET, myelofibrosis), Leukaemia (all types), Acute myeloid leukaemia, Open Targets Platform.