DAGKa Diacylglycerol kinase accessory domain (presumed)
SMART ACC:	SM000045
Description:	Diacylglycerol (DAG) is a second messenger that acts as a protein kinase C activator. DAG can be produced from the hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) by a phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C and by the degradation of phosphatidylcholine (PC) by a phospholipase C or the concerted actions of phospholipase D and phosphatidate phosphohydrolase. This domain might either be an accessory domain or else contribute to the catalytic domain. Bacterial homologues are known.
InterPro ACC:	IPR000756
InterPro abstract:	Diacylglycerol (DAG) is a second messenger that acts as a protein kinase C activator. The DAG kinase domain is assumed to be an accessory domain. Upon cell stimulation, DAG kinase converts DAG into phosphatidate, initiating the resynthesis of phosphatidylinositols and attenuating protein kinase C activity. It catalyses the reaction: ATP + 1,2-diacylglycerol = ADP +1,2-diacylglycerol 3-phosphate. … expand Diacylglycerol (DAG) is a second messenger that acts as a protein kinase C activator. The DAG kinase domain is assumed to be an accessory domain. Upon cell stimulation, DAG kinase converts DAG into phosphatidate, initiating the resynthesis of phosphatidylinositols and attenuating protein kinase C activity. It catalyses the reaction: ATP + 1,2-diacylglycerol = ADP +1,2-diacylglycerol 3-phosphate. The enzyme is stimulated by calcium and phosphatidylserine and phosphorylated by protein kinase C. This domain is always associated with IPR001206. Protein phosphorylation, which plays a key role in most cellular activities, is a reversible process mediated by protein kinases and phosphoprotein phosphatases. Protein kinases catalyse the transfer of the gamma phosphate from nucleotide triphosphates (often ATP) to one or more amino acid residues in a protein substrate side chain, resulting in a conformational change affecting protein function. Phosphoprotein phosphatases catalyse the reverse process. Protein kinases fall into three broad classes, characterised with respect to substrate specificity [ PUBMED:3291115 ]: Serine/threonine-protein kinases Tyrosine-protein kinases Dual specificity protein kinases (e.g. MEK -phosphorylates both Thr and Tyr on target proteins) Protein kinase function is evolutionarily conserved from Escherichia coli to human [ PUBMED:12471243 ]. Protein kinases play a role in a multitude of cellular processes, including division, proliferation, apoptosis, and differentiation [ PUBMED:12368087 ]. Phosphorylation usually results in a functional change of the target protein by changing enzyme activity, cellular location, or association with other proteins. The catalytic subunits of protein kinases are highly conserved, and several structures have been solved [ PUBMED:15078142 ], leading to large screens to develop kinase-specific inhibitors for the treatments of a number of diseases [ PUBMED:15320712 ]. collapse
GO process:	phospholipase C-activating G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway (GO:0007200)
GO function:	ATP-dependent diacylglycerol kinase activity (GO:0004143)
Family alignment:	View the Family alignment or the Alignment consensus sequence
There are 7 832 DAGKa domains in 7 825 proteins in SMART's NRDB database.

Taxonomic distribution of proteins containing DAGKa domains

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Predicted cellular role

Binding / catalysis:	Diacylglycerol kinase (possible)

Relevant references for this domain

Primary literature for the DAGKa domain is listed below. Automatically-derived, secondary literature is also available.

KEGG pathways involving proteins which contain this domain

This information is based on the mapping of SMART genomic protein database to KEGG orthologous groups. Percentages are related to the number of proteins containing a DAGKa domain which could be assigned to a KEGG orthologous group, and not all proteins containing DAGKa domains. Please note that proteins can be included in multiple pathways, ie. the numbers below will not add to 100%.

KEGG pathways

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KEGG orthologous groups

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Links to other resources describing this domain

InterPro	IPR000756