AKT1
Summary: The serine-threonine protein kinase encoded by the AKT1 gene is catalytically inactive in serum-starved primary and immortalized fibroblasts. AKT1 and the related AKT2 are activated by platelet-derived growth factor. The activation is rapid and specific, and it is abrogated by mutations in the pleckstrin homology domain of AKT1. It was shown that the activation occurs through phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. In the developing nervous system AKT is a critical mediator of growth factor-induced neuronal survival. Survival factors can suppress apoptosis in a transcription-independent manner by activating the serine/threonine kinase AKT1, which then phosphorylates and inactivates components of the apoptotic machinery. Mutations in this gene have been associated with the Proteus syndrome. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2011].
Name | OMIM ID | Ensembl ID | HGNC ID | PHARMGKB ID | Map Location |
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OMIM IDMIM:164730 Ensembl IDEnsembl:ENSG00000142208 HGNC IDHGNC:HGNC:391 PHARMGKB IDPA24684 Map Location14q32.33 |
GO terms in AKT1
Term Type | Evidence Type | GO Term ID | GO Des. |
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BP | IMP | GO:0000060 | protein import into nucleus, translocation |
BP | IEA | GO:0001649 | osteoblast differentiation |
BP | IEA | GO:0001893 | maternal placenta development |
BP | IDA | GO:0001934 | positive regulation of protein phosphorylation |
BP | IMP | GO:0001938 | positive regulation of endothelial cell proliferation |
BP | IEA | GO:0005978 | glycogen biosynthetic process |
Gene expression in normal tissue: AKT1
Gene-model tissue-cancer distribution: Bubble Plot
Gene-drug pathway distribution
Pathways in AKT1
Database | Pathway ID | Pathway Des. |
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biocarta | achpathway | role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the regulation of apoptosis |
biocarta | aktpathway | akt signaling pathway |
biocarta | arfpathway | tumor suppressor arf inhibits ribosomal biogenesis |
biocarta | badpathway | regulation of bad phosphorylation |
biocarta | bcellsurvivalpathway | b cell survival pathway |
biocarta | chemicalpathway | apoptotic signaling in response to dna damage |
Gene-Drug: Aster Plot
Gene in drug-gene network: Network Plot

Gene-drug targets distribution
Gene Structure: PDB
Models in AKT1