Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms

The InterPro serine/threonine-kinase active-site signature (IPR008271) correctly identifies the protein as a protein kinase, but the derived protein kinase activity term is less specific than the serine/threonine kinase term available from other evidence lines.

Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees

PANTHER/PAINT phylogenetic inference places the protein in PTHR24351. Despite its name ("ribosomal protein S6 kinase"), this is a broad AGC kinase family that includes the S6K/RSK/MSK, AKT, SGK, PKN and PKC kinases. The inference propagates protein serine/threonine kinase activity and cytoplasmic and nuclear activity from Eukaryota-level nodes seeded by experimentally characterized family members.

Electronic Gene Ontology annotations created by transferring manual GO annotations between related proteins based on shared sequence features

Transfer based on sequence features recovers accurate but overly broad functional terms (nucleotide binding, kinase activity, transferase activity), each entailed by the more specific serine/threonine kinase or ATP binding annotations.

GO_REF:0000120

Combined Automated Annotation using Multiple IEA Methods

Combined IEA methods correctly recover the specific protein serine/threonine kinase activity and ATP binding annotations from InterPro domain architecture.

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Deep research summary for LOC101732819 in Xenopus tropicalis

The report accepts the RefSeq-derived protein name "Protein kinase C delta type" and summarizes canonical mammalian PKCdelta/PRKCD biology (C1A/C1B DAG-binding domains, calcium-independent C2-like domain, caspase-3 cleavage, apoptotic signaling). That content describes the separate X. tropicalis prkcd gene and its human ortholog, not A0A8J1IYX6, which has no C1 or C2 domains. The report itself notes that no studies specifically investigating LOC101732819 were identified.

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UniProt entry A0A8J1IYX6

Identifies the protein as belonging to the protein kinase superfamily with a protein kinase domain (residues 113-366) and AGC-kinase C-terminal domain (residues 367-424), an ATP-binding site at position 142, and a disordered N-terminal region (residues 1-103) enriched in basic and acidic residues. No C1 or C2 domains are annotated.
PANTHER classifies the protein in family PTHR24351 with no subfamily assignment. FunFam assigns the catalytic domain to a "Protein kinase C" functional family. The record is a complete 424-aa sequence and is not flagged as a fragment.

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AGC kinase placement of A0A8J1IYX6 (re-review analysis)

The catalytic region is closest to the novel PKCs (PRKCQ 42.7%, PRKCD 41.0% identity), well below the 88.5% of the frog-human PKC delta ortholog pair. With the out-of-family RSKR sequence excluded, the target branches at the base of the PKC/PKN clade, outside the prkcd and prkcq ortholog clades.
The catalytic K142, D235 and D253 are retained. The activation-loop phospho-acceptor (PKC delta T507) is replaced by G269, and no C-terminal hydrophobic motif is recognisable.