RBP Type	Canonical_RBPs
Diseases	CancerSARS-COV-2
Drug	N.A.
Main interacting RNAs	ncRNA
Moonlighting functions	N.A.
Localizations	Stress granucle
BulkPerturb-seq	N.A.

Ensembl ID	ENSG00000180228	Gene ID	8575	Accession	9438
Symbol	PRKRA	Alias	RAX;PACT;DYT16;HSD14	Full Name	protein activator of interferon induced protein kinase EIF2AK2
Status	Confidence	Length	19987 bases	Strand	Minus strand
Position	2 : 178431292 - 178451278	RNA binding domain	dsrm
Summary	This gene encodes a protein kinase activated by double-stranded RNA which mediates the effects of interferon in response to viral infection. Mutations in this gene have been associated with dystonia. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2008]