WDR5

WDR5

WDR5

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


WD repeat-containing protein 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WDR5 gene.[5][6]

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This gene encodes a member of the WD repeat protein family. WD repeats are minimally conserved regions of approximately 40 amino acids typically bracketed by gly-his and trp-asp (GH-WD), which may facilitate formation of heterotrimeric or multiprotein complexes. Members of this family are involved in a variety of cellular processes, including cell cycle progression, signal transduction, apoptosis, and gene regulation. This protein contains 7 WD repeats. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been identified.[6]

Interactions

WDR5 has been shown to interact with Host cell factor C1[7][8] and MLL.[7] It also interacts with the long non-coding RNA HOTTIP and to the lncRNA NeST.[9][10] WDR5 is a key determinant for MYC recruitment to chromatin[11]


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. Yokoyama, Akihiko; Wang Zhong; Wysocka Joanna; Sanyal Mrinmoy; Aufiero Deborah J; Kitabayashi Issay; Herr Winship; Cleary Michael L (Jul 2004). "Leukemia proto-oncoprotein MLL forms a SET1-like histone methyltransferase complex with menin to regulate Hox gene expression". Mol. Cell. Biol. 24 (13): 5639–49. doi:10.1128/MCB.24.13.5639-5649.2004. ISSN 0270-7306. PMC 480881. PMID 15199122.
  4. Wells, Alexandria C.; Pobezinskaya, Elena L.; Pobezinsky, Leonid A. (April 2020). "Non-coding RNAs in CD8 T cell biology". Molecular Immunology. 120: 67–73. doi:10.1016/j.molimm.2020.01.023. ISSN 1872-9142. PMC 7093237. PMID 32085976.
  5. Wang KC, Yang YW, Liu B, Sanyal A, Corces-Zimmerman R, Chen Y, et al. (2011). "A long noncoding RNA maintains active chromatin to coordinate homeotic gene expression". Nature. 472 (7341): 120–4. Bibcode:2011Natur.472..120W. doi:10.1038/nature09819. PMC 3670758. PMID 21423168.

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