WIPI1
WD repeat domain phosphoinositide-interacting protein 1 (WIPI-1), also known as Atg18 protein homolog (ATG18) and WD40 repeat protein interacting with phosphoinositides of 49 kDa (WIPI 49 kDa), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WIPI1 gene.[1][2][3]
Structure and function
Structure and function
WD40 repeat proteins are key components of many essential biologic functions. They regulate the assembly of multiprotein complexes by presenting a beta-propeller platform for simultaneous and reversible protein–protein interactions. Members of the WIPI subfamily of WD40 repeat proteins, such as WIPI1, have a 7-bladed propeller structure and contain a conserved motif for interaction with phospholipids.[1][3]
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Entrez Gene: WD repeat domain”.
- ↑ Jeffries TR, Dove SK, Michell RH, Parker PJ (June 2004). “PtdIns-specific MPR pathway association of a novel WD40 repeat protein, WIPI49”. Mol. Biol. Cell. 15 (6): 2652–63. doi:10.1091/mbc.E03-10-0732. PMC 420090. PMID 15020712.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Proikas-Cezanne T, Waddell S, Gaugel A, Frickey T, Lupas A, Nordheim A (December 2004). “WIPI-1alpha (WIPI49), a member of the novel 7-bladed WIPI protein family, is aberrantly expressed in human cancer and is linked to starvation-induced autophagy”. Oncogene. 23 (58): 9314–25. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1208331. PMID 15602573.
Further reading
Further reading
- Chasman DI, Paré G, Mora S, Hopewell JC, Peloso G, Clarke R, Cupples LA, Hamsten A, Kathiresan S, Mälarstig A, Ordovas JM, Ripatti S, Parker AN, Miletich JP, Ridker PM (November 2009). “Forty-three loci associated with plasma lipoprotein size, concentration, and cholesterol content in genome-wide analysis”. PLoS Genet. 5 (11): e1000730. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000730. PMC 2777390. PMID 19936222.
- Behrends C, Sowa ME, Gygi SP, Harper JW (July 2010). “Network organization of the human autophagy system”. Nature. 466 (7302): 68–76. doi:10.1038/nature09204. PMC 2901998. PMID 20562859.
- Proikas-Cezanne T, Ruckerbauer S, Stierhof YD, Berg C, Nordheim A (July 2007). “Human WIPI-1 puncta-formation: a novel assay to assess mammalian autophagy”. FEBS Lett. 581 (18): 3396–404. doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2007.06.040. PMID 17618624.
This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.
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