Overview:

Diacylglycerol kinase theta (DAG kinase theta) is the only member of class V diacylglycerol kinase, which contains three cysteine-rich domains, a proline-rich region, and a Ras-associating domain and mediates the regeneration of phosphatidylinositol from diacylglycerol in cell signal transduction (1). DGKQ has been associated with Parkinson’s disease in a genome-wide meta-analysis study (2). Stimulated DGK theta activity promotes the SF1-dependent transcription of CYP17 in human adrenocortical cells (3).

Gene Aliases:

DAGK; DAGK4; DAGK7

Genbank Number:

NM_001347

References:

1. Houssa, B. et al. Cloning of a Novel Human Diacylglycerol Kinase (DGK theta) Containing Three Cysteine-rich Domains, a Proline-rich Region, and a Pleckstrin Homology Domain with an Overlapping Ras-associating Domain. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. (272) 10422–10428, 1997.

2. Nalls, M. et al. Large-scale meta-analysis of genome-wide association data identifies six new risk loci for Parkinson’s disease. Nature Genetics. (46) 989-993, 2014.

3. Li, Donghui. et al. Cyclic AMP-Stimulated Interaction between Steroidogenic Factor 1 and Diacylglycerol Kinase theta Facilitates Induction of CYP17. Molecular and Cellular Biology. (27) 6669–6685, 2007.