Biology:FBXL7

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


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F-box/LRR-repeat protein 7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FBXL7 gene.[1][2][3]

This gene encodes a member of the F-box protein family which is characterized by an approximately 40 amino acid motif, the F-box. The F-box proteins constitute one of the four subunits of ubiquitin protein ligase complex called SCFs (SKP1-cullin-F-box), which function in phosphorylation-dependent ubiquitination.

The F-box proteins are divided into 3 classes: Fbws containing WD-40 domains, Fbls containing leucine-rich repeats, and Fbxs containing either different protein-protein interaction modules or no recognizable motifs. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the Fbls class and, in addition to an F-box, contains several tandem leucine-rich repeats.[3]

References

  1. "Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. XII. The complete sequences of 100 new cDNA clones from brain which code for large proteins in vitro". DNA Res 5 (6): 355–64. May 1999. doi:10.1093/dnares/5.6.355. PMID 10048485. 
  2. "Identification of a family of human F-box proteins". Curr Biol 9 (20): 1177–9. Dec 1999. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(00)80020-2. PMID 10531035. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: FBXL7 F-box and leucine-rich repeat protein 7". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=23194. 

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