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Protein : PIK3CA

Name PIK3CA
Description phosphoinositide-3-kinase, catalytic, alpha polypeptide
Owner Public
URN urn:agi-llid:5290
Connectivity 32
Notes Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase is composed of an 85 kDa regulatory subunit and a 110 kDa catalytic subunit. The protein encoded by this gene represents the catalytic subunit, which uses ATP to phosphorylate PtdIns, PtdIns4P and PtdIns(4,5)P2. This gene has been found to be oncogenic and has been implicated in cervical cancers. Amino acid substitutions in PIK3CA from human colorectal cancer cell lines constitutively activate the AKT pathway, and consequently, promote tumor cell growth and invasion. Colon cancer-associated PIK3CA mutations are functionally active so that they are likely to be involved in carcinogenesis. Data indicate that mutations of PIK3CA play an oncogenic role in substantial fractions of ovarian and breast carcinomas. Data show that glucose is a crucial regulator of V-ATPase in renal epithelial cells and that the effect of glucose is mediated by phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K). Genetic alterations of class IA PI3K subunit genes can occasionally play a role in human glioblastoma by activating the PI3K-AKT signaling pathway independently of PTEN mutation. In squamous cell carcinomas the negative effect of p53 induction on cell survival involves transcriptional inhibition of PIK3CA that is independent of PTEN activity, as PTEN is not expressed in the primary tumors. Missense Mutation in PIK3CA is associated with breast cancers. Mutation of PIK3CA is frequent, occurs early in carcinoma development, and has prognostic and therapeutic implications for breast cancer. Mutations of PIK3CA is associated with anaplastic oligodendrogliomas, high-grade astrocytomas, and medulloblastomas. This paper reports the first purification of a phosphoinositide 3-kinase and shows that the protein is a heterodimer of an 85 kd regulatory subunit that mediates binding to phosphorylated proteins and a 110 kd catalytic subunit. Agonist binding to Gq-coupled receptors blocks Akt activation via the release of active Galphaq subunits that inhibit PI3K via an inhibitory interaction between Galphaq and p110alpha PI3K. Data suggest that mutant PIK3CA is likely to function as an oncogene in human cancers; PIK3CA may prove useful for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Determined the growth-regulatory and signaling properties of the three most frequently observed PIK3CA mutations: E542K, E545K, and H1047R. Mutation of the PIK3CA gene is not common, but its amplification is relatively common and may be a novel mechanism in activating the PI3K/Akt pathway in some thyroid tumors. Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit, alpha isoform.
Hugo ID 8975

Microarray ID 92452_at
msa.241.0_at
msa.241.0_g_at
A_51_P166682
A_52_P265002
40704_at
204369_at
Z29090_at
A_23_P92057
A_14_P108238
A_14_P128410
A_14_P113684
A_14_P127878
M186
777
OH7894

GenBank ID 51707628
AAB39753
AB210020
BAE06102
CAA82333
NC_000003
NM_006218
NP_006209
NT_005612
NT_086644
P42336
U79143
Z29090
AK151886
AK164801
AW048031
NC_000069
NM_008839
NP_032865
NT_039228
P42337
U03279
AAH99154
AAK83379
AF395897
BC099154
NC_005101
NW_047625
XM_574916
XP_574916
AAA18334
AI463107
AK018164
AK029399
AK039740
AK051885
AK053528
AK078608
6679316
6679317
4317137
12857757
26081317
26087375
26094824
26095842
26097981
5908525
414994
414995
1171954
15077852
15077853
37550867
54792081
54792082
51464127
1763625
1763626
472990
472991
1171953
21237725
AU129890
AW445128
BQ228953
BX437219
BX473473
BX484734

Chromosome position 2q25
3 12.4 cM
3q26.3

GO ID 0016301
0016773
0030027
0043066
0004428
0005515
0005942
0007165
0016303
0016740
0046934
0006468
0006916

Alias caPI3K
P110-ALPHA
phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, catalytic, alpha polypeptide
PI3K P110-ALPHA
PI3K-ALPHA
PIK3CA
RIKEN cDNA 6330412C24 gene
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase catalytic subunit, alpha isoform
6330412C24Rik
hydroxykinase
hydroxykinases
phosphoinositide-3-kinase, catalytic, alpha polypeptide
PI3-kinase P110 subunit alpha

Organism Rattus norvegicus
Homo sapiens
Mus musculus

MedLine Reference 10490823
2174051
12904469
14657280
15192701
7542745

LocusLink ID 5290
18706
170911
70742

FunctionalClass kinase
phosphotransferase activity, alcohol group as acceptor
phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase
protein binding
transferase
inositol or phosphatidylinositol kinase

RGD ID 620916

Hugo Symbol PIK3CA

Unigene ID Mm.260521
Rn.44193
Hs.85701

GO Cellular Component phosphoinositide 3-kinase complex
lamellipodium

Cell Localization Cytoplasm

Pathway AGT-LRP2
EGF-ERBB3
F2-ITGAV
F2-LRP1
F2-LRP2
F2-THBD
IGF1-BST1
IGF1-IGF2R
IGF1-LRP5
INS-EGFR
INS-HLA-DRB1
INS-TFRC
VEGF-CD44
VEGF-EGFR
VEGF-GPC1
VEGF-IL1R1
CB0480 Insulin
simple mTOR

GO Biological Process signal transduction
anti-apoptosis
negative regulation of apoptosis
protein amino acid phosphorylation

EC Number 2.7.1.137

MGI ID 1206581

Swiss-Prot Accession P42336

OMIM ID 171834

Source Curated