PRKCA
protein kinase C alpha | PKCα, PKCA

Protein kinase C (PKC) is a family of serine- and threonine-specific protein kinases that can be activated by calcium and the second messenger diacylglycerol. PKC family members phosphorylate a wide variety of protein targets and are known to be involved in diverse cellular signaling pathways. PKC family members also serve as major receptors for phorbol esters, a class of tumor promoters. Each member of the PKC family has a specific expression profile and is believed to play a distinct role in cells. The protein encoded by this gene is one of the PKC family members. This kinase has been reported to play roles in many different cellular processes, such as cell adhesion, cell transformation, cell cycle checkpoint, and cell volume control. Knockout studies in mice suggest that this kinase may be a fundamental regulator of cardiac contractility and Ca(2+) handling in myocytes. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Member of: DE-3 DE-3.43 Developmental clusters: GC4
Biological processes 93 terms
ATP binding (GO:0005524)alphav-beta3 integrin-PKCalpha complex (GO:0035866)apoptotic signaling pathway (GO:0097190)calcium,diacylglycerol-dependent serine/threonine kinase activity (GO:0004698)calcium,diacylglycerol-dependent serine/threonine kinase activity (GO:0004698)calcium,diacylglycerol-dependent serine/threonine kinase activity (GO:0004698)calcium,diacylglycerol-dependent serine/threonine kinase activity (GO:0004698)calcium,diacylglycerol-dependent serine/threonine kinase activity (GO:0004698)calcium,diacylglycerol-dependent serine/threonine kinase activity (GO:0004698)central nervous system neuron axonogenesis (GO:0021955)chromatin remodeling (GO:0006338)ciliary basal body (GO:0036064)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)cytosol (GO:0005829)cytosol (GO:0005829)cytosol (GO:0005829)cytosol (GO:0005829)desmosome assembly (GO:0002159)diacylglycerol binding (GO:0019992)diacylglycerol-dependent serine/threonine kinase activity (GO:0004697)diacylglycerol-dependent serine/threonine kinase activity (GO:0004697)endoplasmic reticulum (GO:0005783)enzyme binding (GO:0019899)extracellular exosome (GO:0070062)histone H3T6 kinase activity (GO:0035403)histone H3T6 kinase activity (GO:0035403)integrin binding (GO:0005178)intracellular signal transduction (GO:0035556)intracellular signal transduction (GO:0035556)learning or memory (GO:0007611)mitochondrial membrane (GO:0031966)mitochondrion (GO:0005739)mitotic nuclear membrane disassembly (GO:0007077)mitotic nuclear membrane disassembly (GO:0007077)negative regulation of cytokine production involved in inflammatory response (GO:1900016)negative regulation of glial cell apoptotic process (GO:0034351)negative regulation of translation (GO:0017148)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleus (GO:0005634)perinuclear region of cytoplasm (GO:0048471)perinuclear region of cytoplasm (GO:0048471)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)positive regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade (GO:0070374)positive regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade (GO:0070374)positive regulation of adenylate cyclase-activating G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway (GO:0106071)positive regulation of angiogenesis (GO:0045766)positive regulation of angiotensin-activated signaling pathway (GO:0110063)positive regulation of blood vessel endothelial cell migration (GO:0043536)positive regulation of bone resorption (GO:0045780)positive regulation of cardiac muscle hypertrophy (GO:0010613)positive regulation of cardiac muscle hypertrophy (GO:0010613)positive regulation of cell adhesion (GO:0045785)positive regulation of cell migration (GO:0030335)positive regulation of dense core granule biogenesis (GO:2000707)positive regulation of endothelial cell migration (GO:0010595)positive regulation of endothelial cell proliferation (GO:0001938)positive regulation of exocytosis (GO:0045921)positive regulation of insulin secretion (GO:0032024)positive regulation of lipopolysaccharide-mediated signaling pathway (GO:0031666)positive regulation of macrophage differentiation (GO:0045651)positive regulation of mitotic cell cycle (GO:0045931)positive regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal transduction (GO:0051897)positive regulation of signal transduction (GO:0009967)positive regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation (GO:0048661)positive regulation of synapse assembly (GO:0051965)protein binding (GO:0005515)protein kinase C signaling (GO:0070528)protein kinase C signaling (GO:0070528)protein kinase activity (GO:0004672)protein kinase activity (GO:0004672)protein phosphorylation (GO:0006468)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)regulation of mRNA stability (GO:0043488)regulation of platelet aggregation (GO:0090330)regulation of transport (GO:0051049)response to corticosterone (GO:0051412)response to estradiol (GO:0032355)response to ethanol (GO:0045471)response to interleukin-1 (GO:0070555)response to mechanical stimulus (GO:0009612)response to peptide hormone (GO:0043434)response to phorbol 13-acetate 12-myristate (GO:1904627)response to reactive oxygen species (GO:0000302)response to toxic substance (GO:0009636)signaling receptor binding (GO:0005102)zinc ion binding (GO:0008270)
Expression (TPM)
PRKCA — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating PRKCA 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for PRKCA. 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 = PRKCA 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 PRKCA

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of PRKCA, 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
chr17:66,191,429–66,192,575 110.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 745
chr17:66,301,809–66,303,755 91 bp At TSS Multiome 810
chr17:66,304,453–66,305,188 2.4 kb Proximal (<10kb) Multiome 347
chr17:66,373,686–66,374,800 71.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 271

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the PRKCA 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.

chr17:66,181,429 – 66,384,800
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq