Dak2
SMART ACC:	SM001120
Description:	This domain is the predicted phosphatase domain of the dihydroxyacetone kinase family.
InterPro ACC:	IPR004007
InterPro abstract:	Dihydroxyacetone (Dha) kinases are a family of sequence-conserved enzymes that phosphorylate dihydroxyacetone, glyceraldehyde and other short-chain ketoses and aldoses. They can be divided into two groups according to the source of high-energy phosphate that they utilise, either ATP or phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP). The ATP-dependent forms are the two-domain Dha kinases (DAK), which occur in animals … expand Dihydroxyacetone (Dha) kinases are a family of sequence-conserved enzymes that phosphorylate dihydroxyacetone, glyceraldehyde and other short-chain ketoses and aldoses. They can be divided into two groups according to the source of high-energy phosphate that they utilise, either ATP or phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP). The ATP-dependent forms are the two-domain Dha kinases (DAK), which occur in animals, plants and eubacteria. They consist of a Dha binding (K) and an ATP binding (L) domain. The PEP-dependent forms occur only in eubacteria and a few archaebacteria and consist of three subunits. Two subunits, DhaK and DhaL, are homologous to the K and L domains. Intriguingly, the ADP moiety is not exchanged for ATP but remains permanently bound to the DhaL subunit where it is rephosphorylated in situ by the third subunit, DhaM, which is homologous to the IIA domain of the mannose transporter of the bacterial PEP:sugar phosphotransferase system (PTS) [ PUBMED:16647083 PUBMED:18957416 ]. The DhaL domain consists of eight antiparallel α-helices arranged in an up-and-down geometry and aligned on a circle. This results in the formation of a helix barrel enclosing a deep pocket. The helices are amphipathic with the hydrophobic side chains directed into the pocket of the barrel and with the polar residues exposed. The nucleotide is bound on the top of the barrel [ PUBMED:16647083 PUBMED:12966101 ]. The DhaL α helix barrel fold appears not only as a C-terminal domain in Dha kinases but also as an N-terminal domain in a family of two-domain proteins with unknown function. One representative example is YfhG of Lactococcus lactis [ PUBMED:12966101 ]. collapse
GO process:	glycerol metabolic process (GO:0006071)
GO function:	glycerone kinase activity (GO:0004371)
Family alignment:	View the Family alignment or the Alignment consensus sequence
There are 19 627 Dak2 domains in 19 624 proteins in SMART's NRDB database.

Taxonomic distribution of proteins containing Dak2 domains

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Predicted cellular role

Cellular role:	Metabolic

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 Dak2 domain which could be assigned to a KEGG orthologous group, and not all proteins containing Dak2 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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3D structures in PDB containing this domain

Links to other resources describing this domain

InterPro	IPR004007
Pfam	Dak2