Protein: KAPCA_RAT
Sequence: MGNAAAAKKGSEQESVKEFLAKAKEDFLKKWEDPSQNTAQLDHFDRIKTLGTGSFGRVMLVKHKESGNHYAMKILDKQKVVKLKQIEHTLNEKRILQAVNFPFLVKLEFSFKDNSNLYMVMEYVPGGEMFSHLRRIGRFSEPHARFYAAQIVLTFEYLHSLDLIYRDLKPENLLIDQQGYIQVTDFGFAKRVKGRTWTLCGTPEYLAPEIILSKGYNKAVDWWALGVLIYEMAAGYPPFFADQPIQIYEKIVSGKVRFPSHFSSDLKDLLRNLLQVDLTKRFGNLKNGVNDIKNHKWFATTDWIAIYQRKVEAPFIPKFKGPGDTSNFDDYEEEEIRVSINEKCGKEFTEF
What is the function of this protein?
Phosphorylates a large number of substrates in the cytoplasm and the nucleus (By similarity).  Phosphorylates CDC25B, ABL1, NFKB1, CLDN3, PSMC5/RPT6, PJA2, RYR2, RORA, SOX9 and VASP (By similarity).  Regulates the abundance of compartmentalized pools of its regulatory subunits through phosphorylation of PJA2 which binds and ubiquitinates these subunits, leading to their subsequent proteolysis.  RORA is activated by phosphorylation.  Required for glucose-mediated adipogenic differentiation increase and osteogenic differentiation inhibition from osteoblasts (By similarity).  Involved in chondrogenesis by mediating phosphorylation of SOX9 (By similarity).  Involved in the regulation of platelets in response to thrombin and collagen; maintains circulating platelets in a resting state by phosphorylating proteins in numerous platelet inhibitory pathways when in complex with NF-kappa-B (NFKB1 and NFKB2) and I-kappa-B-alpha (NFKBIA), but thrombin and collagen disrupt these complexes and free active PRKACA stimulates platelets and leads to platelet aggregation by phosphorylating VASP.  RYR2 channel activity is potentiated by phosphorylation in presence of luminal Ca(2+), leading to reduced amplitude and increased frequency of store overload-induced Ca(2+) release (SOICR) characterized by an increased rate of Ca(2+) release and propagation velocity of spontaneous Ca(2+) waves, despite reduced wave amplitude and resting cytosolic Ca(2+).  PSMC5/RPT6 activation by phosphorylation stimulates proteasome.  Negatively regulates tight junctions (TJs) in ovarian cancer cells via CLDN3 phosphorylation.  NFKB1 phosphorylation promotes NF-kappa-B p50-p50 DNA binding.  Required for phosphorylation of GLI transcription factors which inhibits them and prevents transcriptional activation of Hedgehog signaling pathway target genes (By similarity).  GLI transcription factor phosphorylation is inhibited by interaction of PRKACA with SMO which sequesters PRKACA at the cell membrane (By similarity).  Involved in embryonic development by down-regulating the Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway that determines embryo pattern formation and morphogenesis most probably through the regulation of OFD1 in ciliogenesis (By similarity).  Prevents meiosis resumption in prophase-arrested oocytes via CDC25B inactivation by phosphorylation (By similarity).  May also regulate rapid eye movement (REM) sleep in the pedunculopontine tegmental (PPT) (PubMed:20844122).  Phosphorylates APOBEC3G and AICDA.  Phosphorylates HSF1; this phosphorylation promotes HSF1 nuclear localization and transcriptional activity upon heat shock (By similarity).
What are the official names of this protein?
cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit alpha, PKA C-alpha.
What is the protein family that this protein belongs to?
Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. AGC Ser/Thr protein kinase family. cAMP subfamily.
What are the subcellular locations of this protein?
Cytoplasm. Cell membrane. Nucleus. Mitochondrion. Membrane; Lipid-anchor. Note=Translocates into the nucleus (monomeric catalytic subunit). The inactive holoenzyme is found in the cytoplasm. Distributed throughout the cytoplasm in meiotically incompetent oocytes. Associated to mitochondrion as meiotic competence is acquired. Aggregates around the germinal vesicles (GV) at the immature GV stage oocytes (By similarity). Colocalizes with HSF1 in nuclear stress bodies (nSBs) upon heat shock (By similarity). SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 2]: Cell projection, cilium, flagellum. Cytoplasmic vesicle, secretory vesicle, acrosome. Note=Expressed in the midpiece region of the sperm flagellum. Expressed in the midpiece region of the sperm flagellum. Colocalizes with MROH2B and TCP11 on the acrosome and tail regions in round spermatids and spermatozoa regardless of the capacitation status of the sperm.