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WDR1

WD repeat-containing protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WDR1 gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a protein containing 9 WD repeats. WD repeats are approximately 30- to 40-amino acid domains containing several conserved residues, mostly including a trp-asp at the C-terminal end. WD domains are involved in protein-protein interactions. The encoded protein may help induce the disassembly of actin filaments. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[2]

References

  1. Adler HJ, Winnicki RS, Gong TW, Lomax MI (May 1999). “A gene upregulated in the acoustically damaged chick basilar papilla encodes a novel WD40 repeat protein”. Genomics. 56 (1): 59–69. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5672. PMID 10036186.
  2. 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: WDR1 WD repeat domain 1”.

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