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WTAP (gene)

Pre-mRNA-splicing regulator WTAP is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WTAP gene.[1][2][3]

The Wilms tumor suppressor gene WT1 appears to play a role in both transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation of certain cellular genes. This gene encodes a WT1-associating protein, which is a ubiquitously expressed nuclear protein. Like WT1 protein, this protein is localized throughout the nucleoplasm as well as in speckles and partially colocalizes with splicing factors. Alternative splicing of this gene results in three transcript variants, two of which encode the same isoform.[3]

Interactions

Interactions

WTAP (gene) has been shown to interact with WT1.[2]

References

References

  1. Nagase T, Miyajima N, Tanaka A, Sazuka T, Seki N, Sato S, Tabata S, Ishikawa K, Kawarabayasi Y, Kotani H, et al. (Jul 1995). “Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. III. The coding sequences of 40 new genes (KIAA0081-KIAA0120) deduced by analysis of cDNA clones from human cell line KG-1”. DNA Res. 2 (1): 37–43. doi:10.1093/dnares/2.1.37. PMID 7788527.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Little NA, Hastie ND, Davies RC (Oct 2000). “Identification of WTAP, a novel Wilms’ tumour 1-associating protein”. Hum Mol Genet. 9 (15): 2231–9. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.hmg.a018914. PMID 11001926.
  3. 3.0 3.1 “Entrez Gene: WTAP Wilms tumor 1 associated protein”.
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