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PEG10
Introduction
Retrotransposon-derived protein PEG10 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PEG10 gene.[1][2][3][4]
Function
Function
This gene includes two overlapping reading frames of the same transcript encoding distinct isoforms. The shorter isoform has a CCHC-type zinc finger motif containing a sequence characteristic of gag proteins of most retroviruses and some retrotransposons, and it functions in part by interacting with members of the TGF-beta receptor family. The longer isoform has the active-site DSG consensus sequence of the protease domain of pol proteins. The longer isoform is the result of -1 translational frameshifting that is also seen in some retroviruses. Expression of these two isoforms only comes from the paternal allele due to imprinting. Increased gene expression (as observed by an increase in mRNA levels) is associated with hepatocellular carcinomas.[4]
PEG10 is a paternally expressed imprinted gene that is expressed in adult and embryonic tissues.[5] Most notable expression occurs in the placenta. This gene is highly conserved across mammalian species and retains the heptanucleotide (GGGAAAC). This gene has been reported to play a role in cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis. Overexpression of this gene has been associated with several malignancies, such as hepatocellular carcinoma and B-cell lymphocytic leukemia. Knockout mice lacking this gene showed early embryonic lethality with placental defects, indicating the importance of this gene in embryonic development. In preeclampsia placental tissue, PEG10 has been shown to be downregulated[6] and upregulated[7] implicating it as a possible causal role in the occurrence of preeclampsia.
References
References
- ↑ Ono R, Kobayashi S, Wagatsuma H, Aisaka K, Kohda T, Kaneko-Ishino T, Ishino F (Apr 2001). “A retrotransposon-derived gene, PEG10, is a novel imprinted gene located on human chromosome 7q21”. Genomics. 73 (2): 232–7. doi:10.1006/geno.2001.6494. PMID 11318613.
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- ↑ Brandt J, Veith AM, Volff JN (Aug 2005). “A family of neofunctionalized Ty3/gypsy retrotransposon genes in mammalian genomes”. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 110 (1–4): 307–17. doi:10.1159/000084963. PMID 16093683.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 “Entrez Gene: PEG10 paternally expressed 10”.
- ↑ “PEG10 paternally expressed 10 [ Homo sapiens (human) ]”. Pubmed. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ↑ Liang XY, Chen X, Jin YZ, Chen XO, Chen QZ (Dec 18, 2014). “Expression and significance of the imprinted gene PEG10 in placenta of patients with preeclampsia”. Genetics and Molecular Research. 13 (4): 10607–14. doi:10.4238/2014.December.18.2. PMID 25526181.
- ↑ Chen H, Sun M, Zhao G, Liu J, Gao W, Si S, Meng T (Oct 2012). “Elevated expression of PEG10 in human placentas from preeclamptic pregnancies”. Acta Histochemica. 114 (6): 589–93. doi:10.1016/j.acthis.2011.11.003. PMID 22137777.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Okabe H, Satoh S, Furukawa Y, Kato T, Hasegawa S, Nakajima Y, Yamaoka Y, Nakamura Y (Jun 2003). “Involvement of PEG10 in human hepatocellular carcinogenesis through interaction with SIAH1”. Cancer Research. 63 (12): 3043–8. PMID 12810624.
Further reading
Further reading
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- Yu W, Andersson B, Worley KC, Muzny DM, Ding Y, Liu W, Ricafrente JY, Wentland MA, Lennon G, Gibbs RA (Apr 1997). “Large-scale concatenation cDNA sequencing”. Genome Research. 7 (4): 353–8. doi:10.1101/gr.7.4.353. PMC 139146. PMID 9110174.
- Kikuno R, Nagase T, Ishikawa K, Hirosawa M, Miyajima N, Tanaka A, Kotani H, Nomura N, Ohara O (Jun 1999). “Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. XIV. The complete sequences of 100 new cDNA clones from brain which code for large proteins in vitro”. DNA Research. 6 (3): 197–205. doi:10.1093/dnares/6.3.197. PMID 10470851.
- Volff J, Körting C, Schartl M (Feb 2001). “Ty3/Gypsy retrotransposon fossils in mammalian genomes: did they evolve into new cellular functions?”. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 18 (2): 266–70. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003801. PMID 11158386.
- Shigemoto K, Brennan J, Walls E, Watson CJ, Stott D, Rigby PW, Reith AD (Oct 2001). “Identification and characterisation of a developmentally regulated mammalian gene that utilises -1 programmed ribosomal frameshifting”. Nucleic Acids Research. 29 (19): 4079–88. doi:10.1093/nar/29.19.4079. PMC 60235. PMID 11574691.
- Smallwood A, Papageorghiou A, Nicolaides K, Alley MK, Jim A, Nargund G, Ojha K, Campbell S, Banerjee S (Jul 2003). “Temporal regulation of the expression of syncytin (HERV-W), maternally imprinted PEG10, and SGCE in human placenta”. Biology of Reproduction. 69 (1): 286–93. doi:10.1095/biolreprod.102.013078. PMID 12620933.
- Okabe H, Satoh S, Furukawa Y, Kato T, Hasegawa S, Nakajima Y, Yamaoka Y, Nakamura Y (Jun 2003). “Involvement of PEG10 in human hepatocellular carcinogenesis through interaction with SIAH1”. Cancer Research. 63 (12): 3043–8. PMID 12810624.
- Tsou AP, Chuang YC, Su JY, Yang CW, Liao YL, Liu WK, Chiu JH, Chou CK (2004). “Overexpression of a novel imprinted gene, PEG10, in human hepatocellular carcinoma and in regenerating mouse livers”. Journal of Biomedical Science. 10 (6 Pt 1): 625–35. doi:10.1159/000073528. PMID 14576465.
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- Kimura K, Wakamatsu A, Suzuki Y, Ota T, Nishikawa T, Yamashita R, Yamamoto J, Sekine M, Tsuritani K, Wakaguri H, Ishii S, Sugiyama T, Saito K, Isono Y, Irie R, Kushida N, Yoneyama T, Otsuka R, Kanda K, Yokoi T, Kondo H, Wagatsuma M, Murakawa K, Ishida S, Ishibashi T, Takahashi-Fujii A, Tanase T, Nagai K, Kikuchi H, Nakai K, Isogai T, Sugano S (Jan 2006). “Diversification of transcriptional modulation: large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes”. Genome Research. 16 (1): 55–65. doi:10.1101/gr.4039406. PMC 1356129. PMID 16344560.
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