WDR18
Identifiers
AliasesWDR18, Ipi3, R32184_1, WD repeat domain 18
External IDsMGI: 2158400 HomoloGene: 32573 GeneCards: WDR18
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

57418

216156

Ensembl

ENSG00000065268

ENSMUSG00000035754

UniProt

Q9BV38

Q4VBE8

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_024100
NM_001372085
NM_001372086

NM_175450

RefSeq (protein)

NP_077005
NP_001359014
NP_001359015

NP_780659

Location (UCSC)Chr 19: 0.98 – 1 MbChr 10: 79.8 – 79.81 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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WD repeat domain 18 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WDR18 gene. [5]

Function

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. WDR18 forms a nucleolar complex with LAS1L, PELP1, TEX10 called the rixosome which is involved in RNA degradation.[6][7] The rixosome is a nucleolar complex that cofractionates with the 60S preribosomal subunit. Recruitment of the rixosome by the Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 has been proposed to lead to its functioning in establishing repressive chromatin structures by assisting in degrading nascent RNA.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000065268 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000035754 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. "Entrez Gene: WD repeat domain 18". Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  6. Castle CD, Cassimere EK, Denicourt C (February 2012). "LAS1L interacts with the mammalian Rix1 complex to regulate ribosome biogenesis". Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23 (4): 716–728. doi:10.1091/mbc.E11-06-0530. PMC 3279398. PMID 22190735.
  7. Shipkovenska G, Durango A, Kalocsay M, Gygi SP, Moazed D (June 2020). "A conserved RNA degradation complex required for spreading and epigenetic inheritance of heterochromatin". eLife. 9. doi:10.7554/eLife.54341. PMC 7269676. PMID 32491985.
  8. Zhou H, Stein CB, Shafiq TA, Shipkovenska G, Kalocsay M, Paulo JA, et al. (April 2022). "Rixosomal RNA degradation contributes to silencing of Polycomb target genes". Nature. 604 (7904): 167–174. Bibcode:2022Natur.604..167Z. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04598-0. PMC 8986528. PMID 35355014.

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