CODSWALLOP

RAC-alpha serine/threonine-protein kinase

Homo sapiens · seed P31749 · 480 aa · family defined as ≥30% identity to that seed · compiled 07 October 2026

CATH and SCOP identifiers come from the RCSB's own structure annotations, which the Domains panel already reads, so these are looked up rather than guessed at.

1,606Entries 1,616Entities 597Constructs 33Organisms 1,389Ligand-bound
0.98 ÅBest res.
2.20 ÅMedian res.

Every figure here is counted over the whole family rather than quoted from one entry.

The reference structure

3CQW, the structure every other member of this family is superposed onto. Rendered by the RCSB and embedded here: the live app shows an interactive viewport, which a document that fetches nothing cannot.

Rendered structure of 3CQW
3CQW at the RCSB · open it in the 3D viewer

Which residues anyone has ever seen

How many of this family's constructs contain each residue of the seed. A trough is a stretch nobody has put in a construct, which is a construct-design answer rather than a disorder one.

12404801606 constructs

Constructs, most-used first

597 distinct constructs across 1,606 entries. 1,097 polymer entities differ from the UniProt canonical sequence in some way, 92 carry a recognised expression tag and 0 carry a fusion partner.

"Differs from canonical" is not the same as "engineered". The canonical sequence is the full gene product, so a secreted protein whose structures all start after its signal peptide counts every one of them as different: lysozyme's most-used construct, residues 19–147 on 1,239 entities, is simply the mature protein. Read the construct column below for what was actually done, rather than this count.

EntitiesLengthBest (Å)Best entryWhat was made
155 353 1.12 5N1F matches the canonical sequence
40 350 1.55 4HPU residues 2-351
28 484 1.88 3NYV residues 27-507; 3-residue insertion after 29
26 351 1.61 5VHB matches the canonical sequence
24 293 1.40 5AV4 residues 1-293; R286L, K287E, A288H +5 more
23 351 1.58 3OVV matches the canonical sequence
21 265 1.69 5ORL residues 127-391; C290A
19 350 1.60 1XH8 residues 2-351
18 351 1.90 4AXA V105T, V124A, L174M +1 more
17 279 1.85 4J8M residues 123-401; T287D
17 311 1.09 5LVO residues 49-359; P49G, Y288G, Q292A
17 415 2.45 5WNF residues 1-415; M1G, T3L, G4H +1 more
17 598 2.50 8UAP His6; D311N
16 285 1.67 5L8L residues 119-403; K119G, N120A, E121M +2 more
16 310 1.50 4QMT residues 9-315; 1 internal deletion; 6-residue insertion after 9; L10M, L12H, N13S +7 more
14 285 2.25 6Z4Y residues 119-403; K119G, N120A, E121M
14 356 1.55 4IAI His5; M1H
13 294 1.40 4YPD residues 2-295; R286S, K287A, A288W +4 more
12 268 1.85 6X5G residues 7-274; D135N, Q223K
12 306 1.47 8QLT residues 3-308; S3M, R302A, Y303H +5 more
12 445 1.90 9TMV residues 1-446; 1 internal deletion; M1G, E114A, E115A +5 more
10 312 1.99 3QD0 residues 48-359
10 327 1.75 6ZJF residues 4-329; 1-residue insertion after 24; R4M, R5H, F6H +15 more
10 446 1.90 7NH5 residues 1-446; M1G, E114A, E115A +1 more
9 503 3.27 6E4U residues 10-559; 1 internal deletion; M10G, I481A, T482S +5 more

Showing the 25 most-used of 597.

Positions people deliberately mutate

Columns where the wild-type residue still dominates but a real minority carries something else, which is a different question from "what varies across species".

P423A 70% E365K 69% Q203S 68% V270I 68% K189L 67% L210I 67% A329K 67% G327D 66% L321I 66% K168R 66% L295F 65% R241K 65% E359K 65% K268L 65% R367T 65% K140D 64% L392F 64% R200E 63% H238E 63% T195Q 63% K301S 63% S216V 62% V320I 62% K158T 62% E314D 61% F407W 61% V167A 61% M178L 60% W332L 59% Y417N 59%

What it assembles into

Oligomeric stateChainsEntriesShare
monomeric1 897 55.9%
dimeric2 591 36.8%
trimeric3 67 4.2%
tetrameric4 27 1.7%
dodecameric12 8 0.5%
pentameric5 3 0.2%
heptameric7 3 0.2%
hexameric6 2 0.1%

1,159 entries have the depositor's assembly corroborated by PISA, 352 carry the depositor's word alone and 94 were assigned by PISA where the depositor gave none. The middle figure is not a disagreement: PISA may have returned nothing or never run. 85 entries carry more than one assembly with different chain counts, so they have no single answer to quote: 1KWP, 1NXK, 1NY3, 2H9V, 2HAK, 2I0E, 2OU7, 2OWB, 2PE2, 2PZY, 2R5T, 2RKU, 3A7G, 3A7H, 3A8W, 3A8X, 3AG9, 3D0E, 3DAE, 3DJ5.

Domain architecture

Every source's own domains on the seed axis, one row each. They are not merged: Pfam, CATH, SCOP and InterPro disagree about boundaries, and a merged track would state a consensus none of them gave.

CATHPhosphorylase Kinase; domaRegulator of G-protein SigTransferase(PhosphotransfeJelly RollsSCOP2BPH domain-likeProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liProtein kinase-like (PK-liUBA-like1240480
DomainSourceSpan (seed)Chains
Phosphorylase Kinase; domain 1CATH 3.30.200.20 179–272 1,483
Regulator of G-protein Signalling 4, domain 2CATH 1.10.167.10 223–302 54
Transferase(Phosphotransferase) domain 1CATH 1.10.510.10 247–436 1,404
Jelly RollsCATH 2.60.120.10 293–414 35
1.10.287.1270CATH 303–329 75
PH domain-likeSCOP2B 8040941 4–117 24
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8034489 138–428 35
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8062547 145–445 32
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8042948 146–408 199
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8040369 146–477 16
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8062446 149–437 19
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8099168 152–429 31

What binds it

ADP ADP130 entries ANP ANP95 entries ATP ATP80 entries STU STU43 entries AMP AMP37 entries M77 M7714 entries RIP RIP13 entries SGV SGV10 entries ACP ACP9 entries DTD DTD9 entries 5FI 5FI8 entries T5L T5L8 entries
ComponentClassNameEntriesBest (Å)
MGion Magnesium Ion 213 1.13
SO4ion Sulfate Ion 186 1.13
EDOcryoprotectant 1,2-Ethanediol 131 1.47
ADPcofactor Adenosine-5'-Diphosphate 130 1.24
CLion Chloride Ion 129 1.09
GOLcryoprotectant Glycerol 129 1.13
DMScryoprotectant Dimethyl Sulfoxide 118 1.09
ANPcofactor Phosphoaminophosphonic Acid-Adenylate Ester 95 1.35
MPDcryoprotectant (4s)-2-Methyl-2,4-Pentanediol 86 1.12
ATPcofactor Adenosine-5'-Triphosphate 80 1.09
STUligand Staurosporine 43 1.78
ZNion Zinc Ion 40 1.85
AMPcofactor Adenosine Monophosphate 37 1.31
CAion Calcium Ion 31 1.55
ACTcryoprotectant Acetate Ion 31 1.30
MNion Manganese (Ii) Ion 28 1.50
PO4ion Phosphate Ion 25 1.26
PEGcryoprotectant Di(Hydroxyethyl)ether 25 1.41
NAion Sodium Ion 24 1.13
MESbuffer 2-(N-Morpholino)-Ethanesulfonic Acid 16 1.40

How it crystallises

Parsed from the free text 1,465 depositors typed into _exptl_crystal_grow.pdbx_details, out of 1,481 entries that recorded anything at all. Median pH 7.0 (range 3.8 to 10.5).

Precipitants

PEG × Ammonium sulfate × Sodium chloride × Magnesium chloride × Sodium citrate × Lithium sulfate × MPD × Sodium malonate × Calcium chloride × Sodium formate × Tacsimate × Isopropanol × Ethanol × PEG (unspecified) ×

Buffers

MES × Bis-Tris × Tris × HEPES × Citrate × Sodium acetate × Bis-Tris propane × Imidazole × Sodium cacodylate × Phosphate × Glycine × Succinate × ADA × CAPS ×

Which entries to trust

1,602 entries carry a wwPDB validation report: 623 clean, 601 worth a check and 378 with something to explain. Median clashscore 4.62, median RSRZ outliers 3.76%, median R-free minus R-work 0.041. 1,544 have released structure factors.

Across species

OrganismEntriesBest (Å)Ligand-boundSeed covered
Homo sapiens1,043 0.98 917 100%
Cricetulus griseus159 1.12 151 61%
Bos taurus129 1.55 119 62%
Mus musculus109 1.26 89 72%
Toxoplasma gondii45 1.80 42 57%
Rattus norvegicus22 1.70 13 66%
Xenopus laevis14 1.49 12 59%
Arabidopsis thaliana9 1.90 2 56%
Saccharomyces cerevisiae9 2.20 2 63%
Danio rerio7 2.30 4 55%
Plasmodium vivax Sal-17 2.30 7 58%
Caenorhabditis elegans6 1.72 0 52%

Seed sequence

480 residues, numbered every ten. Every identity figure in this document is measured against this sequence.

active or binding site modified residue or glycosylation disulphide cysteine transmembrane or signal the 15 most-substituted positions

1MSDVAIVKEG WLHKRGEYIK TWRPRYFLLK NDGTFIGYKE RPQDVDQREA PLNNFSVAQC
61QLMKTERPRP NTFIIRCLQW TTVIERTFHV ETPEEREEWT TAIQTVADGL KKQEEEEMDF
121RSGSPSDNSG AEEMEVSLAK PKHRVTMNEF EYLKLLGKGT FGKVILVKEK ATGRYYAMKI
181LKKEVIVAKD EVAHTLTENR VLQNSRHPFL TALKYSFQTH DRLCFVMEYA NGGELFFHLS
241RERVFSEDRA RFYGAEIVSA LDYLHSEKNV VYRDLKLENL MLDKDGHIKI TDFGLCKEGI
301KDGATMKTFC GTPEYLAPEV LEDNDYGRAV DWWGLGVVMY EMMCGRLPFY NQDHEKLFEL
361ILMEEIRFPR TLGPEAKSLL SGLLKKDPKQ RLGGGSEDAK EIMQHRFFAG IVWQHVYEKK
421LSPPFKPQVT SETDTRYFDE EFTAQMITIT PPDQDDSMEC VDSERRPHFP QFSYSASGTA

Sites are UniProt's curated features where the seed is a UniProt accession; the substituted positions are measured from this family's own alignment rather than annotated, and only the fifteen most substituted are marked: every position carrying a minority substitution would be most of the protein, because the family holds orthologues. A residue can carry more than one and is drawn with the first that applies, in the order of the key above.

Primary citations

One record per paper, not per entry.

YearCitation
2026 Natural Product-like Fragments Unlock Novel Chemotypes for a Kinase Target─Exploring Options beyond the Flatland. J.Chem.Inf.Model. doi:10.1021/acs.jcim.5c01952
2026 A PKA-selective inhibitor captures an open but more ordered conformation of the PKA catalytic subunit. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA doi:10.1073/pnas.2536312123
2026 Selective miniprotein inhibitors of Aurora-A kinase designed using interaction-motif scaffolding Biorxiv doi:10.64898/2026.07.12.737516
2026 Lead Optimization of TgCDPK1 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Toxoplasmosis. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6c00065
2026 Isoform-Selective Targeting of Akt Through Covalent Allosteric Inhibition. Angew.Chem.Int.Ed.Engl. doi:10.1002/anie.3567206
2026 Structure-Based Design of Potent and Highly Selective NUAK1 Inhibitors by Exploiting a Unique Glutamate Switch for the Prevention of Tumor Growth, Migration, and Invasion. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c03079
2026 High-throughput discovery and characterisation of pentafluorobenzene sulfonamide modifiers of Aurora A kinase. Rsc Chem Biol doi:10.1039/d5cb00290g
2026 Bacterial ubiquitin ligase engineered for small molecule and protein target identification. Embo J. doi:10.1038/s44318-025-00665-0
2026 Molecular basis of allosteric regulation and pharmaceutical targeting of protein kinase C beta. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-026-73413-5
2026 Structural basis for the recruitment and selective phosphorylation of Akt by mTORC2. Science doi:10.1126/science.adv7111
2026 An orally available PfPKG inhibitor blocks Plasmodium's infection of the liver. Plos Pathog. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1014322
2026 High-resolution cryo-EM structures of small protein-ligand complexes near the theoretical size limit. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-026-71934-7
2026 Selective targeting of endothelial and perivascular angiocrine ROCK2 treats liver fibrosis. Cell doi:10.1016/j.cell.2026.02.001
2025 Structural basis for the Ca 2+ /CaM-mediated regulation of CASK-CaMK. Int.J.Biol.Macromol. doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.148495
2025 Integrating Hydrogen Exchange with Molecular Dynamics for Improved Ligand Binding Predictions. J.Chem.Inf.Model. doi:10.1021/acs.jcim.5c00397
2025 Targeting N-Myc in neuroblastoma with selective Aurora kinase A degraders. Cell Chem Biol doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2024.12.006
2025 Discovery of Potent, Selective and Efficacious Aminopyrazole Inhibitors of PLK4. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c02200
2025 Identification of a p21-activated kinase 1 (PAK1) inhibitor with 10-fold selectivity against PAK2. Bioorg.Med.Chem.Lett. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130307
2025 Mutant-selective AKT inhibition through lysine targeting and neo-zinc chelation. Nature doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08176-4
2025 Probing the Protein Kinases' Cysteinome by Covalent Fragments. Angew.Chem.Int.Ed.Engl. doi:10.1002/anie.202419736
2025 Polo-like kinase 1-inhibitor co-complex structures via the surface-entropy reduction approach and a DARPin-assisted approach. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol doi:10.1107/S2059798325009325
2025 Discovery of RP-1664: A First-in-Class Orally Bioavailable, Selective PLK4 Inhibitor. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c00529
2025 A domain-swapped CaMKII conformation facilitates linker-mediated allosteric regulation. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-025-63249-w
2025 Structural basis for MEKK2 dimerization and substrate recognition. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-025-66884-5
2025 Mechanism and cellular actions of the potent AMPK inhibitor BAY-3827. Sci Adv doi:10.1126/sciadv.adx2434
2025 Cell-Active, Arginine-Targeting Irreversible Covalent Inhibitors for Non-Kinases and Kinases. Angew.Chem.Int.Ed.Engl. doi:10.1002/anie.202422372
2025 Capture, mutual inhibition and release mechanism for aPKC-Par6 and its multisite polarity substrate Lgl. Nat.Struct.Mol.Biol. doi:10.1038/s41594-024-01425-0
2025 Structural insights into the catalytic cycle of G protein-coupled receptor kinase 5 and a possible regulatory site for potassium ion. J.Biol.Chem. doi:10.1016/j.jbc.2025.110309
2025 Crystal structures of PAK2 reveal new insights into its autoinhibitory mechanism. Structure doi:10.1016/j.str.2025.07.008
2025 Harnessing free energy calculations for kinome-wide selectivity in drug discovery campaigns with a Wee1 case study. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-025-62722-w
2025 Design, synthesis, and X-ray structural studies of a series of highly potent, selective, and drug-like G protein-coupled receptor kinase 5 inhibitors. Eur.J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.117024
2025 Chemical Evolution of Aplithianine Class of Serine/Threonine Kinase Inhibitors. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c00649
2025 O -Cyanobenzaldehydes Irreversibly Modify Both Buried and Exposed Lysine Residues in Live Cells. J.Am.Chem.Soc. doi:10.1021/jacs.4c18006
2025 Optimization of Novel Quinazolines as Potent Aurora Kinase Inhibitors for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Treatment. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c00107
2025 Discovery and Optimization of Selective Inhibitors of Large Tumor Suppressor Kinases LATS1 and 2 for In Vivo Investigation of the Hippo-YAP Pathway in Tissue Regeneration. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5c00350
2025 A twist in the tale: shifting from covalent targeting of a tyrosine in JAK3 to a lysine in MK2. Rsc Med Chem doi:10.1039/d5md00440c
2025 Polarity protein Par6 facilitates the processive phosphorylation of Lgl via a dynamic interaction with aPKC. Commun Biol doi:10.1038/s42003-025-08401-4
2025 Penetrant PKC beta mutation in ATLL displays a mixed gain-of-function. Biochem.J. doi:10.1042/BCJ20253384
2025 N3A motifs in RI beta mediate allosteric crosstalk between cAMP and ATP in PKA activation. Protein Sci. doi:10.1002/pro.70332
2025 Multiplicity of Regulatory Subunit Conformations Defines Structural Ensemble of Reset Protein Kinase A Holoenzyme. J.Am.Chem.Soc. doi:10.1021/jacs.4c16269