ALKBH5

Gene Information
  • Official Symbol: ALKBH5
  • Official Name: alkB homolog 5, RNA demethylase
  • Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
  • Entrez ID: 54890
  • UniProt: Q6P6C2
  • Interactions: BioGRID
  • PubMed articles: Open PubMed
  • OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
  • Entrez Summary: N/A
  • UniProt Summary: Dioxygenase that demethylates RNA by oxidative demethylation: specifically demethylates N(6)-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA, the most prevalent internal modification of messenger RNA (mRNA) in higher eukaryotes (PubMed:23177736, PubMed:24778178, PubMed:24616105, PubMed:24489119). Can also demethylate N(6)- methyladenosine in single-stranded DNA (in vitro) (PubMed:24616105). Requires molecular oxygen, alpha-ketoglutarate and iron (PubMed:21264265, PubMed:23177736, PubMed:24778178, PubMed:24616105, PubMed:24489119). Demethylation of m6A mRNA affects mRNA processing and export (PubMed:23177736). Required for spermatogenesis (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q3TSG4, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21264265, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23177736, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24489119, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24616105, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24778178}.

Pfam Domains GO Terms


CRISPR Data

Compound Hit Most Correlated Genes in Chemogenomics Tissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)

Essentiality in NALM6
  • Essentiality Rank: 5379
  • Expression level (log2 read counts): 6.06

Expression Distribution

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