Biology:EXOC7

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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
Exo70 exocyst complex subunit
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crystal structure of the s. cerevisiae exocyst component exo70p
Identifiers
SymbolExo70
PfamPF03081
Pfam clanCL0295
InterProIPR004140

Exocyst complex component 7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EXOC7 gene.[1][2] It was formerly known as Exo70.

It forms one subunit of the exocyst complex. First discovered in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, this and other exocyst proteins have been observed in several other eukaryotes, including humans.[3] In S. cerevisiae, the exocyst complex is involved in the late stages of exocytosis, and is localised at the tip of the bud, the major site of exocytosis in yeast.[3] It interacts with the Rho3 GTPase.[4] This interaction mediates one of the three known functions of Rho3 in cell polarity: vesicle docking and fusion with the plasma membrane (the other two functions are regulation of actin polarity and transport of exocytic vesicles from the mother cell to the bud).[5] In humans, the functions of this protein and the exocyst complex are less well characterised: this protein is expressed in several tissues and is thought to also be involved in exocytosis.[6]

Interactions

EXOC7 has been shown to interact with EXOC4[7][8] and RHOQ.[8]

References

  1. "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99 (26): 16899–16903. Dec 2002. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMID 12477932. Bibcode2002PNAS...9916899M. 
  2. "Entrez Gene: EXOC7 exocyst complex component 7". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=23265. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "The Exocyst is a multiprotein complex required for exocytosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae". EMBO J. 15 (23): 6483–94. December 1996. doi:10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb01039.x. PMID 8978675. 
  4. "Rho3 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which regulates the actin cytoskeleton and exocytosis, is a GTPase which interacts with Myo2 and Exo70". Mol. Cell. Biol. 19 (5): 3580–7. May 1999. doi:10.1128/MCB.19.5.3580. PMID 10207081. 
  5. "The Rho GTPase Rho3 has a direct role in exocytosis that is distinct from its role in actin polarity". Mol. Biol. Cell 10 (12): 4121–33. December 1999. doi:10.1091/mbc.10.12.4121. PMID 10588647. 
  6. "Subunit structure of the mammalian exocyst complex". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 94 (26): 14438–43. December 1997. doi:10.1073/pnas.94.26.14438. PMID 9405631. Bibcode1997PNAS...9414438K. 
  7. "NMDA receptor trafficking through an interaction between PDZ proteins and the exocyst complex". Nat. Cell Biol. 5 (6): 520–530. Jun 2003. doi:10.1038/ncb990. PMID 12738960. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 "The exocyst complex is required for targeting of Glut4 to the plasma membrane by insulin". Nature 422 (6932): 629–633. Apr 2003. doi:10.1038/nature01533. PMID 12687004. Bibcode2003Natur.422..629I. https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/62982/1/nature01533.pdf. 

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the public domain Pfam and InterPro: IPR004140