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WDR6
Introduction
WD repeat-containing protein 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WDR6 gene.[1]
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 gene is ubiquitously expressed in adult and fetal tissues.[1]
Further reading
Further reading
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- Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, et al. (1997). “Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5′-end-enriched cDNA library”. Gene. 200 (1–2): 149–56. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3. PMID 9373149.
- Li D, Burch P, Gonzalez O, et al. (2000). “Molecular cloning, expression analysis, and chromosome mapping of WDR6, a novel human WD-repeat gene”. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 274 (1): 117–23. doi:10.1006/bbrc.2000.3012. PMID 10903905.
- Sano H, Liu SC, Lane WS, et al. (2002). “Insulin receptor substrate 4 associates with the protein IRAS”. J. Biol. Chem. 277 (22): 19439–47. doi:10.1074/jbc.M111838200. PMID 11912194.
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- Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). “Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs”. Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40–5. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID 14702039.
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- Rual JF, Venkatesan K, Hao T, et al. (2005). “Towards a proteome-scale map of the human protein-protein interaction network”. Nature. 437 (7062): 1173–8. doi:10.1038/nature04209. PMID 16189514.
- Xie X, Wang Z, Chen Y (2007). “Association of LKB1 with a WD-repeat protein WDR6 is implicated in cell growth arrest and p27(Kip1) induction”. Mol. Cell. Biochem. 301 (1–2): 115–22. doi:10.1007/s11010-006-9402-5. PMID 17216128.