IWS1

IWS1

IWS1

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


Protein IWS1 homolog also known as interacts with Spt6 (IWS1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IWS1 gene.[5]

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IWS1 is a transcription elongation factor. It was first identified during a search for RNA polymerase II-associated elongation factors in yeast; it directly interacts with RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) and is phosphorylated at casein kinase II (CKII) sites.[6]

The human homolog, which physically interacts with protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5), is essential for cell survival.[7] It also recruits a SET2 histone methyltransferase (Huntingtin-interacting protein HYPB, also known as SETD2) to RNAPII during transcription elongation and is required for H3K36 trimethylation.[8]


References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. Krogan NJ, Kim M, Ahn SH, Zhong G, Kobor MS, Cagney G, Emili A, Shilatifard A, Buratowski S, Greenblatt JF (Oct 2002). "RNA polymerase II elongation factors of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: a targeted proteomics approach". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 22 (20): 6979–92. doi:10.1128/MCB.22.20.6979-6992.2002. PMC 139818. PMID 12242279.
  4. Liu Z, Zhou Z, Chen G, Bao S (Feb 2007). "A putative transcriptional elongation factor hIws1 is essential for mammalian cell proliferation". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 353 (1): 47–53. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.11.133. PMID 17184735.

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