AKAIN1 Gene

Name A-kinase anchor inhibitor 1
Description Enables protein kinase A binding activity. Involved in protein localization. Predicted to be located in cytosol. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Mar 2025]
Summary
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NCBI Gene ID 642597
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Predicted Functions View AKAIN1's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Co-expressed Genes View AKAIN1's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Expression in Tissues and Cell Lines View AKAIN1's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.

Functional Associations

AKAIN1 has 606 functional associations with biological entities spanning 6 categories (functional term, phrase or reference, disease, phenotype or trait, chemical, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA, sequence feature) extracted from 17 datasets.

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Dataset Summary
Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles tissue samples with high or low expression of AKAIN1 gene relative to other tissue samples from the Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles dataset.
CellMarker Gene-Cell Type Associations cell types associated with AKAIN1 gene from the CellMarker Gene-Cell Type Associations dataset.
CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas gene perturbations changing expression of AKAIN1 gene from the CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas dataset.
COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 cellular components co-occuring with AKAIN1 protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
DISEASES Text-mining Gene-Disease Association Evidence Scores 2025 diseases co-occuring with AKAIN1 gene in abstracts of biomedical publications from the DISEASES Text-mining Gene-Disease Assocation Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
GO Biological Process Annotations 2025 biological processes involving AKAIN1 gene from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations2025 dataset.
GTEx eQTL 2025 SNPs regulating expression of AKAIN1 gene from the GTEx eQTL 2025 dataset.
GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles 2023 tissues with high or low expression of AKAIN1 gene relative to other tissues from the GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles 2023 dataset.
GWAS Catalog SNP-Phenotype Associations 2025 phenotypes associated with AKAIN1 gene in GWAS datasets from the GWAS Catalog SNP-Phenotype Associations 2025 dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets 2025 transcription factors regulating expression of AKAIN1 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Mouse Transcription Factor Targets 2025 transcription factors regulating expression of AKAIN1 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Mouse Transcription Factor Targets 2025 dataset.
Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 transcription factors regulating expression of AKAIN1 gene from the Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 dataset.
RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures drug perturbations changing expression of AKAIN1 gene from the RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures dataset.
RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures gene perturbations changing expression of AKAIN1 gene from the RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures dataset.
TISSUES Curated Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues with high expression of AKAIN1 protein from the TISSUES Curated Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
TISSUES Experimental Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues with high expression of AKAIN1 protein in proteomics datasets from the TISSUES Experimental Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues co-occuring with AKAIN1 protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.