SAK1 [YER129W]
Upstream serine/threonine kinase for the SNF1 complex; plays a role in pseudohyphal groth; partially redundant with Elm1p and Tos3p; members of this family have functional orthology with LKB1, a mammalian kinase associated with Peutz-Jeghers cancer-susceptibility syndrome; SAK1 has a paralog, TOS3, that arose from the whole genome duplication; Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. Ser/Thr protein kinase family.
Synonyms: SAK1, SAK1p, P38990, P38990p, PAK1 ...