Biology:Coiled-coil domain containing 74a

From HandWiki
Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


A representation of the 3D structure of the protein myoglobin showing turquoise α-helices.
Generic protein structure example


Coiled-coil domain containing 74A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CCDC74A gene.[1] The protein is most highly expressed in the testis and may play a role in developmental pathways.[2] The gene has undergone duplication in the primate lineage within the last 9 million years, and its only true ortholog is found in Pan troglodytes.

Gene

The gene locus is located on the long arm of chromosome 2 at 2q21.1, and spans 5991 base pairs.[3] A common alternative alias is LOC90557.[4]

Transcript

The mRNA encoding the largest peptide product, isoform 6, contains 8 exons and 9 introns. It is 1842bps in length. Altogether, 11 protein isoforms have been characterized as a result of alternative splicing.[5]

Protein

The longest CCDC74A peptide product, isoform 6, is 420 amino acids in length.[6] This protein has a predicted molecular weight of 45.9kD and a predicted isoelectric point of 10.65.[7] The entire length of the protein is evenly enriched in lysine and arginine residues. The protein contains 2 eukaryotic coiled-coil domains of unknown function, CCDC92 and CCDC74C.[8] Its predicted localization is to the nucleus, but the protein may shuttle between the nucleus and the cytoplasm due to the presence of both a nuclear localization signal and a nuclear export signal.[9]

Secondary structure

This diagram summarizes the locations of predicted alpha helix secondary structures for the human protein CCDC74A.

Predicted secondary structure for CCDC74A consists of 4 alpha helix regions, which are summarized in the table below and the diagram to the right.[10]

Structure Start End
Alpha Helix 1 47 81
Alpha Helix 2 315 330
Alpha Helix 3 371 378
Alpha Helix 4 384 417
This diagram summarizes the conserved domains, signal peptides, and predicted post-translational modifications for the human protein CCDC74A.

Post-translational modification

A threonine residue (T395) which is highly conserved across Animalia orthologs may serve as a phosphorylation site by PKG kinase.[11] Additionally, SUMOylation, methylation, and acetylation sites are predicted within highly conserved regions and may play a part in regulation.[12][13] These predicted post-translational modifications and conserved domains are summarized in the diagram to the right.

Homology

In humans, CCDC74A has one important paralog, CCDC74B. Gene duplication is estimated to have occurred approximately 7 million years ago (MYA). As such, the only true ortholog of CCDC74A is found in Pan troglodytes, and is not found in Gorilla gorilla. However, distant orthologs prior to gene duplication are conserved in species that diverged from humans between 92-797 MYA. This includes species as distant as Cnidaria, but excludes Porifera or species outside of the kingdom Animalia.

Function

CCDC74A localization, expression, and interactions suggest that the protein may play a role in the expression of genes related to developmental and differentiation pathways, particularly during spermatogenesis.

Expression

The protein has been found most highly expressed in the testes and trachea. It is also expressed at moderate levels in the lung, brain, prostate, spinal cord, bone marrow, ovary, thymus, and thyroid gland.[14]

Interactions

Consistent with predicted post-translational methylation, CCDC74A has been shown to interact with the lysine demethylase KDM1A through a yeast 2-hybrid assay.[15] Additionally, through a yeast 2-hybrid assay, CCDC74A has been shown to interact with the lymphocyte activation molecule associated protein SH2D1A.[16]

Clinical significance

In a study on androgen-independent prostate cancer, knockout of CCDC74A in androgen-dependent prostate cancer inhibited cell proliferation.[17] Experiments in genital fibroblast cells have shown that CCDC74A expression significantly increases upon exposure to dihydrotestosterone.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Entrez Gene: Coiled-coil domain containing 74A". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/90557. 
  2. ↑ "NCBI GEO Profiles GDS 3113/119241". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/tools/profileGraph.cgi?ID=GDS3113:119241. 
  3. ↑ "CCDC74A". NCBI. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/90557. 
  4. ↑ "CCDC74A". NCBI. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ieb/research/acembly/av.cgi?db=human&term=CCDC74A&submit=Go. 
  5. ↑ "NCBI Gene CCDC74A". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene?cmd=Retrieve&dopt=full_report&list_uids=90557. 
  6. ↑ "NCBI Gene CCDC74A". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene?cmd=Retrieve&dopt=full_report&list_uids=90557. 
  7. ↑ "Methods and algorithms for statistical analysis of protein sequences". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 89 (6): 2002–6. March 1992. doi:10.1073/pnas.89.6.2002. PMID 1549558. Bibcode: 1992PNAS...89.2002B. 
  8. ↑ "InterPro in 2017-beyond protein family and domain annotations". Nucleic Acids Research 45 (D1): D190–D199. January 2017. doi:10.1093/nar/gkw1107. PMID 27899635. 
  9. ↑ "Going from where to why--interpretable prediction of protein subcellular localization". Bioinformatics 26 (9): 1232–8. May 2010. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btq115. PMID 20299325. 
  10. ↑ "PELE web server: atomistic study of biomolecular systems at your fingertips". Nucleic Acids Research 41 (Web Server issue): W322-8. July 2013. doi:10.1093/nar/gkt454. PMID 23729469. 
  11. ↑ "Prediction of post-translational glycosylation and phosphorylation of proteins from the amino acid sequence". Proteomics 4 (6): 1633–49. June 2004. doi:10.1002/pmic.200300771. PMID 15174133. 
  12. ↑ "GPS-PAIL: prediction of lysine acetyltransferase-specific modification sites from protein sequences". Scientific Reports 6: 39787. December 2016. doi:10.1038/srep39787. PMID 28004786. Bibcode: 2016NatSR...639787D. 
  13. ↑ "The world of protein acetylation". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics 1864 (10): 1372–401. October 2016. doi:10.1016/j.bbapap.2016.06.007. PMID 27296530. 
  14. ↑ "NCBI GEO Profiles GDS 3113/119241". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/tools/profileGraph.cgi?ID=GDS3113:119241. 
  15. ↑ "A Y2H-seq approach defines the human protein methyltransferase interactome". Nature Methods 10 (4): 339–42. April 2013. doi:10.1038/nmeth.2397. PMID 23455924. 
  16. ↑ "Phospho-tyrosine dependent protein-protein interaction network". Molecular Systems Biology 11 (3): 794. March 2015. doi:10.15252/msb.20145968. PMID 25814554. 
  17. ↑ Chen, Mengqian; Akinola, Oluwaseun; Carkner, Richard; Mian, Badar; Buttyan, Ralph (April 2011). "High-throughput screen for genes that selectively promote growth of androgen independent prostate cancer cells". The Journal of Urology 185 (4): e164. doi:10.1016/j.juro.2011.02.495. 
  18. ↑ "NCBI GEO Profiles GDS1836/22724". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/tools/profileGraph.cgi?ID=GDS1836:22724. 

Further reading




Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Biology:Coiled-coil_domain_containing_74a&oldid=3505675"