DCK deoxycytidine kinase [Homo sapiens (human)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: DCKprovided by HGNC
Official Full Name: deoxycytidine kinaseprovided by HGNC
Primary source: HGNC:HGNC:2704
See related: Ensembl:ENSG00000156136 MIM:125450; AllianceGenome:HGNC:2704
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: REVIEWED
Organism: Homo sapiens
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Summary: Deoxycytidine kinase (DCK) is required for the phosphorylation of several deoxyribonucleosides and their nucleoside analogs. Deficiency of DCK is associated with resistance to antiviral and anticancer chemotherapeutic agents. Conversely, increased deoxycytidine kinase activity is associated with increased activation of these compounds to cytotoxic nucleoside triphosphate derivatives. DCK is clinically important because of its relationship to drug resistance and sensitivity. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Expression: Broad expression in lymph node (RPKM 50.3), appendix (RPKM 23.2) and 22 other tissues See more
Orthologs: mouse all
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Genomic context

Location:: 4q13.3

Exon count:: 8

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_08	current	GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40)	4	NC_000004.12 (70993649..71030914)
RS_2024_08	current	T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1)	4	NC_060928.1 (74336086..74373339)
RS_2024_09	previous assembly	GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25)	4	NC_000004.11 (71859366..71896631)

Chromosome 4 - NC_000004.12 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

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Deoxycytidine kinase inactivation enhances gemcitabine resistance and sensitizes mitochondrial metabolism interference in pancreatic cancer.
Title: Deoxycytidine kinase inactivation enhances gemcitabine resistance and sensitizes mitochondrial metabolism interference in pancreatic cancer.
Drug resistance to nelarabine in leukemia cell lines might be caused by reduced expression of deoxycytidine kinase through epigenetic mechanisms.
Title: Drug resistance to nelarabine in leukemia cell lines might be caused by reduced expression of deoxycytidine kinase through epigenetic mechanisms.
Combination of azacytidine and curcumin is a potential alternative in decitabine-resistant colorectal cancer cells with attenuated deoxycytidine kinase.
Title: Combination of azacytidine and curcumin is a potential alternative in decitabine-resistant colorectal cancer cells with attenuated deoxycytidine kinase.
Deoxycytidine Kinase (DCK) Mutations in Human Acute Myeloid Leukemia Resistant to Cytarabine.
Title: Deoxycytidine Kinase (DCK) Mutations in Human Acute Myeloid Leukemia Resistant to Cytarabine.
Human equilibrative nucleoside transporter-1 and deoxycytidine kinase can predict gemcitabine effectiveness in Egyptian patients with Hepatocellular carcinoma.
Title: Human equilibrative nucleoside transporter-1 and deoxycytidine kinase can predict gemcitabine effectiveness in Egyptian patients with Hepatocellular carcinoma.
DCK is an Unfavorable Prognostic Biomarker and Correlated With Immune Infiltrates in Liver Cancer.
Title: DCK is an Unfavorable Prognostic Biomarker and Correlated With Immune Infiltrates in Liver Cancer.
study suggests that DCK knockdown facilitates apoptosis while inhibiting proliferation and tumorigenicity in vivo of cervical cancer HeLa cells.
Title: Effects of DCK knockdown on proliferation, apoptosis and tumorigenicity in vivo of cervical cancer HeLa cells.
Phosphorylated and activated DCK can inhibit radiation-induced cell death including apoptosis and mitotic catastrophe, and promote radiation-induced autophagy through PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway.
Title: The Role of Deoxycytidine Kinase (dCK) in Radiation-Induced Cell Death.
Low deoxycytidine kinase expression is associated with periampullary adenocarcinoma.
Title: Prognostic effect of hENT1, dCK and HuR expression by morphological type in periampullary adenocarcinoma, including pancreatic cancer.
expression and A9846G AA genotype significantly associated with reduced mortality in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Title: dCK Expression and Gene Polymorphism With Gemcitabine Chemosensitivity in Patients With Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Strobe-Compliant Observational Study.

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Phenotypes

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Associated conditions

Description	Tests
Gemcitabine response MedGen: CN188728 GeneReviews: Not available	Compare labs

Variation

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Interactions

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

General gene information

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Markers

GDB:437189 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:157241

SHGC-59555 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:52372

D4S834 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:62916

NoName (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:489675

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables ATP binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables cytidine kinase activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables deoxyadenosine kinase activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables deoxycytidine kinase activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables deoxycytidine kinase activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables deoxyguanosine kinase activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables protein binding	IPI Inferred from Physical Interaction more info	PubMed
enables protein homodimerization activity	IPI Inferred from Physical Interaction more info	PubMed

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in CMP biosynthetic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in dAMP salvage	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in nucleoside phosphate biosynthetic process	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in pyrimidine nucleotide metabolic process	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
is_active_in cytoplasm	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in cytosol	TAS Traceable Author Statement more info
is_active_in mitochondrion	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in nucleoplasm	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: deoxycytidine kinase

Names: deoxyadenosine kinase; deoxyguanosine kinase; deoxynucleoside kinase

NP_000779.1

EC 2.7.1.113

EC 2.7.1.74

EC 2.7.1.76

XP_047305645.1

EC 2.7.1.113

EC 2.7.1.74

EC 2.7.1.76

XP_054205043.1

EC 2.7.1.113

EC 2.7.1.74

EC 2.7.1.76

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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