PRKAA1
protein kinase AMP-activated catalytic subunit alpha 1 | AMPKa1

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the ser/thr protein kinase family. It is the catalytic subunit of the 5'-prime-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). AMPK is a cellular energy sensor conserved in all eukaryotic cells. The kinase activity of AMPK is activated by the stimuli that increase the cellular AMP/ATP ratio. AMPK regulates the activities of a number of key metabolic enzymes through phosphorylation. It protects cells from stresses that cause ATP depletion by switching off ATP-consuming biosynthetic pathways. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been observed. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Member of: DE-2
Biological processes 145 terms
AMP-activated protein kinase activity (GO:0004679)AMP-activated protein kinase activity (GO:0004679)AMP-activated protein kinase activity (GO:0004679)AMP-activated protein kinase activity (GO:0004679)ATP binding (GO:0005524)CAMKK-AMPK signaling cascade (GO:0061762)CAMKK-AMPK signaling cascade (GO:0061762)CAMKK-AMPK signaling cascade (GO:0061762)[hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase (NADPH)] kinase activity (GO:0047322)apical plasma membrane (GO:0016324)axon (GO:0030424)axon (GO:0030424)cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity (GO:0004691)cellular response to calcium ion (GO:0071277)cellular response to calcium ion (GO:0071277)cellular response to ethanol (GO:0071361)cellular response to glucose starvation (GO:0042149)cellular response to glucose starvation (GO:0042149)cellular response to glucose starvation (GO:0042149)cellular response to glucose stimulus (GO:0071333)cellular response to glucose stimulus (GO:0071333)cellular response to hydrogen peroxide (GO:0070301)cellular response to hypoxia (GO:0071456)cellular response to nutrient levels (GO:0031669)cellular response to nutrient levels (GO:0031669)cellular response to nutrient levels (GO:0031669)cellular response to oxidative stress (GO:0034599)cellular response to oxidative stress (GO:0034599)cellular response to starvation (GO:0009267)cellular response to stress (GO:0033554)cellular response to xenobiotic stimulus (GO:0071466)chromatin (GO:0000785)chromatin binding (GO:0003682)chromatin binding (GO:0003682)chromatin remodeling (GO:0006338)ciliary basal body (GO:0036064)cold acclimation (GO:0009631)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)cytosol (GO:0005829)cytosol (GO:0005829)cytosol (GO:0005829)dendrite (GO:0030425)dendrite (GO:0030425)endoplasmic reticulum lumen (GO:0005788)energy homeostasis (GO:0097009)energy homeostasis (GO:0097009)energy homeostasis (GO:0097009)fatty acid homeostasis (GO:0055089)fatty acid homeostasis (GO:0055089)glucose homeostasis (GO:0042593)glucose homeostasis (GO:0042593)histone H2BS36 kinase activity (GO:0140823)histone H2BS36 kinase activity (GO:0140823)late endosome (GO:0005770)lipid biosynthetic process (GO:0008610)lipid biosynthetic process (GO:0008610)lipid droplet disassembly (GO:1905691)lipid droplet disassembly (GO:1905691)motor behavior (GO:0061744)negative regulation of TOR signaling (GO:0032007)negative regulation of TOR signaling (GO:0032007)negative regulation of TORC1 signaling (GO:1904262)negative regulation of TORC1 signaling (GO:1904262)negative regulation of TORC1 signaling (GO:1904262)negative regulation of apoptotic process (GO:0043066)negative regulation of apoptotic process (GO:0043066)negative regulation of ferroptosis (GO:0110076)negative regulation of gene expression (GO:0010629)negative regulation of gene expression (GO:0010629)negative regulation of glucosylceramide biosynthetic process (GO:0046318)negative regulation of hepatocyte apoptotic process (GO:1903944)negative regulation of hepatocyte apoptotic process (GO:1903944)negative regulation of insulin receptor signaling pathway (GO:0046627)negative regulation of lipid catabolic process (GO:0050995)negative regulation of lipid catabolic process (GO:0050995)neuron cellular homeostasis (GO:0070050)neuronal cell body (GO:0043025)neuronal cell body (GO:0043025)nuclear speck (GO:0016607)nuclear speck (GO:0016607)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleotide-activated protein kinase complex (GO:0031588)nucleotide-activated protein kinase complex (GO:0031588)nucleotide-activated protein kinase complex (GO:0031588)nucleotide-activated protein kinase complex (GO:0031588)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045893)positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045893)positive regulation of T cell activation (GO:0050870)positive regulation of T cell mediated immune response to tumor cell (GO:0002842)positive regulation of adipose tissue development (GO:1904179)positive regulation of adipose tissue development (GO:1904179)positive regulation of autophagy (GO:0010508)positive regulation of autophagy (GO:0010508)positive regulation of autophagy (GO:0010508)positive regulation of autophagy (GO:0010508)positive regulation of autophagy (GO:0010508)positive regulation of cell population proliferation (GO:0008284)positive regulation of cholesterol biosynthetic process (GO:0045542)positive regulation of glycolytic process (GO:0045821)positive regulation of glycolytic process (GO:0045821)positive regulation of mitochondrial transcription (GO:1903109)positive regulation of protein localization (GO:1903829)positive regulation of protein localization (GO:1903829)positive regulation of protein localization to mitochondrion (GO:1903749)protein binding (GO:0005515)protein kinase activity (GO:0004672)protein kinase activity (GO:0004672)protein kinase activity (GO:0004672)protein localization to lipid droplet (GO:1990044)protein localization to lipid droplet (GO:1990044)protein localization to lipid droplet (GO:1990044)protein localization to membrane (GO:0072657)protein localization to plasma membrane (GO:0072659)protein serine kinase activity (GO:0106310)protein serine/threonine kinase activity (GO:0004674)protein serine/threonine kinase activity (GO:0004674)protein serine/threonine kinase activity (GO:0004674)protein-containing complex (GO:0032991)protein-containing complex binding (GO:0044877)regulation of circadian rhythm (GO:0042752)regulation of circadian rhythm (GO:0042752)regulation of microtubule cytoskeleton organization (GO:0070507)regulation of microtubule cytoskeleton organization (GO:0070507)regulation of stress granule assembly (GO:0062028)regulation of vascular permeability (GO:0043114)regulation of vesicle-mediated transport (GO:0060627)response to UV (GO:0009411)response to activity (GO:0014823)response to caffeine (GO:0031000)response to estrogen (GO:0043627)response to gamma radiation (GO:0010332)response to gamma radiation (GO:0010332)response to hydrogen peroxide (GO:0042542)response to hypoxia (GO:0001666)response to xenobiotic stimulus (GO:0009410)signal transduction (GO:0007165)tau protein binding (GO:0048156)tau-protein kinase activity (GO:0050321)tau-protein kinase activity (GO:0050321)
Expression (TPM)
PRKAA1 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating PRKAA1 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for PRKAA1. The Binding column indicates whether any binding evidence exists for this TF–gene pair (ChIP-seq or motif footprint peaks). The Mean coef is the average Perturb-seq regression coefficient across active gRNAs (positive = PRKAA1 upregulated upon KD; negative = downregulated). The Outlier column indicates whether this gene is in the top or bottom 5% of all TF knockdown effects.

Data: Effect:
TF Mean coef Binding Outlier TF→Gene link

Elements linked to PRKAA1

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of PRKAA1, linked by TSS proximity or chromatin conformation (Multiome / HiCAR). Each element overlaps at least one TF ChIP-seq binding site — the TFs column shows how many distinct TFs bind that element.

Accessibility Element Dist. to TSS Link type TFs
chr5:39,072,981–39,075,472 1723.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 1130
chr5:40,678,872–40,680,670 118.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 615
chr5:40,680,710–40,682,280 116.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 343
chr5:40,754,888–40,756,381 42.2 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 1007
chr5:40,797,344–40,798,944 65 bp At TSS Multiome 949
chr5:40,801,606–40,802,349 3.4 kb Proximal (<10kb) 300
chr5:40,834,732–40,836,235 37.2 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 1118

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the PRKAA1 locus showing ATAC-seq accessibility and RNA-seq expression across the ESC → DE time course, together with TF binding peaks and element-to-TSS loop connections.

chr5:39,062,981 – 40,846,235
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq