The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Inhibitor of Nuclear Factor kappa-B Kinase Subunit alpha across different species:

conserved helix-loop-helix ubiquitous kinase (CHUK), conserved helix-loop-helix ubiquitous kinase (Chuk), inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit alpha (chuk)

Other aliases include:

IKK1, IKKA, IKBKA, TCF16, NFKBIKA, IKK-alpha, CHUK, DKFZp459O053, chuk, MGC83432

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Inhibitor of Nuclear Factor kappa-B Kinase Subunit alpha:

conserved helix-loop-helix ubiquitous kinase – IKK-a kinase – I-kappa-B kinase 1 – I-kappa-B kinase-alpha – IkB kinase alpha subunit – conserved helix-loop ubiquitous kinase – Nuclear factor NFkappaB inhibitor kinase alpha – inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit alpha – IKK-A – ikBKA – NFKBIKA – IKK-alpha – i kappa-B kinase alpha – nuclear factor NF-kappa-B inhibitor kinase alpha

Inhibitor of Nuclear Factor kappa-B Kinase Subunit alpha fulfills a number of functions:

ATP binding – IkappaB kinase activity – identical protein binding – nucleotide binding – transferase activity – protein binding – protein heterodimerization activity – protein kinase activity – protein serine/threonine kinase activity

Inhibitor of Nuclear Factor kappa-B Kinase Subunit alpha is relevant to the following processes:

I-kappaB phosphorylation – anatomical structure morphogenesis – immune response – morphogenesis of an epithelial sheet – odontogenesis of dentine-containing tooth – osteoclast differentiation – protein amino acid phosphorylation – Rho protein signal transduction – lactation – mammary gland alveolus development – mammary gland epithelial cell proliferation – positive regulation of I-kappaB kinase/NF-kappaB cascade – response to acid – response to amino acid stimulus – response to drug – response to hydroperoxide – response to lipopolysaccharide – response to organic substance – response to toxin – skeletal muscle contraction – striated muscle cell differentiation

Locations for Inhibitor of Nuclear Factor kappa-B Kinase Subunit alpha:

cytoplasm – cytosol – nucleus – IkappaB kinase complex – microsome

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology