The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Protein Kinase, AMP-Activated, alpha 2 Catalytic Subunit across different species:

protein kinase, AMP-activated, alpha 2 catalytic subunit (PRKAA2), protein kinase, AMP-activated, alpha 2 catalytic subunit (Prkaa2), protein kinase, AMP-activated, alpha 2 catalytic subunit (prkaa2)

Other aliases include:

AMPK, AMPK2, PRKAA, A830082D05, AMPKalpha2, 2310008I11Rik, AMPKA2, prkaa1, PRKAA2, DKFZp468F2023

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Protein Kinase, AMP-Activated, alpha 2 Catalytic Subunit:

AMP-activated protein kinase alpha 2 catalytic subunit – AMPK-alpha-2 chain – 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase, catalytic alpha-2 chain – AMP-activated protein kinase – 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase catalytic subunit alpha-2 – OTTMUSP00000008485 – AMPK subunit alpha-2 – AMP-activated protein kinase alpha 2 – protein kinase, AMP-activated, alpha 2 catalytic subunit – SNF1-like protein AMPK – 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase alpha-2 catalytic subunit – AMPKalpha2 – ampka2

Protein Kinase, AMP-Activated, alpha 2 Catalytic Subunit fulfills a number of functions:

ATP binding – magnesium ion binding – nucleotide binding – protein binding – protein serine/threonine kinase activity – transferase activity – AMP-activated protein kinase activity – protein binding, bridging – protein kinase activity – kinase activity – metal ion binding

Protein Kinase, AMP-Activated, alpha 2 Catalytic Subunit is relevant to the following processes:

cholesterol biosynthetic process – fatty acid biosynthetic process – protein amino acid phosphorylation – regulation of fatty acid oxidation – signal transduction – protein heterooligomerization – regulation of lipid metabolic process – response to stress – lipid biosynthetic process – phosphorylation – response to activity – response to caffeine – steroid biosynthetic process – sterol biosynthetic process – protein phosphorylation

Locations for Protein Kinase, AMP-Activated, alpha 2 Catalytic Subunit:

cytosol – nucleoplasm – nucleus – AMP-activated protein kinase complex – protein complex

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology