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IK (gene)
Introduction
Protein Red is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IK gene.[1][2]
The protein encoded by this gene was identified by its RED repeat, a stretch of repeated arginine, glutamic acid and aspartic acid residues. The protein localizes to discrete dots within the nucleus, excluding the nucleolus. Its function is unknown. This gene maps to chromosome 5; however, a pseudogene may exist on chromosome 2.[2]
References
References
- ↑ Krief P, Augery-Bourget Y, Plaisance S, Merck MF, Assier E, Tanchou V, Billard M, Boucheix C, Jasmin C, Azzarone B (Dec 1994). “A new cytokine (IK) down-regulating HLA class II: monoclonal antibodies, cloning and chromosome localization”. Oncogene. 9 (12): 3449–56. PMID 7970704.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: IK IK cytokine, down-regulator of HLA II”.
Further reading
Further reading
- Cao LX, Le Bousse-Kerdiles MC, Clay D, et al. (1997). “Implication of a new molecule IK in CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cell proliferation and differentiation”. Blood. 89 (10): 3615–23. PMID 9160666.
- Assier E, Bouzinba-Segard H, Stolzenberg MC, et al. (1999). “Isolation, sequencing and expression of RED, a novel human gene encoding an acidic-basic dipeptide repeat”. Gene. 230 (2): 145–54. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00066-9. PMID 10216252.
- Willers J, Häffner A, Zepter K, et al. (2001). “The interferon inhibiting cytokine IK is overexpressed in cutaneous T cell lymphoma derived tumor cells that fail to upregulate major histocompatibility complex class II upon interferon-gamma stimulation”. J. Invest. Dermatol. 116 (6): 874–9. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.2001.01339.x. PMID 11407974.