Overview:

SCYL1 is a transcriptional regulator belonging to the SCY1-like family of kinase-like proteins. SCYL1 has a divergent N-terminal kinase domain that is thought to be catalytically inactive, and can bind specific DNA sequences through its C-terminal domain. SCYL1 activates transcription of the telomerase reverse transcriptase and DNA polymerase beta genes. SCYL1 forms multimers following transfection into COS-7 cells (1). A SCYL1 binding protein has been identified that co-localized with SCYL1 in cytoplasm and shows ubiquitous expression (2).

Gene Aliases:

GKLP; HT019; NKTL; NTKL; P105; TAPK; TEIF; TRAP

Genbank Number:

NM_020680

References:

1. Kato, M. et.al: Identification and characterization of the human protein kinase-like gene NTKL: mitosis-specific centrosomal localization of an alternatively spliced isoform. Genomics 79: 760-767, 2002.

2. Di, Y. et.al: Cloning and characterization of a novel gene which encodes a protein interacting with the mitosis-associated kinase-like protein NTKL. J. Hum. Genet. 48: 315-321, 2003.