Biology:HOPX

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in humans


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

Homeodomain-only protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HOPX gene.[1] It is an important regulator of cardiac development[2] and a marker of hippocampal neural stem cells.[3][4]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a homeodomain protein that lacks certain conserved residues required for DNA binding. It was reported that choriocarcinoma cell lines and tissues failed to express this gene, which suggested the possible involvement of this gene in malignant conversion of placental trophoblasts. Studies in mice suggested that this protein may interact with serum response factor (SRF) and modulate SRF-dependent cardiac-specific gene expression and cardiac development.[2] Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been observed, the full-length natures of only some have been determined.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: HOP homeodomain-only protein". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=84525. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Chen, Fabian; Kook, Hyun; Milewski, Rita; Gitler, Aaron D.; Lu, Min Min; Li, Jun; Nazarian, Ronniel; Schnepp, Robert et al. (September 2002). "Hop Is an Unusual Homeobox Gene that Modulates Cardiac Development". Cell 110 (6): 713–723. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(02)00932-7. PMID 12297045. 
  3. Li, Deqiang; Takeda, Norifumi; Jain, Rajan; Manderfield, Lauren J.; Liu, Feiyan; Li, Li; Anderson, Stewart A.; Epstein, Jonathan A. (November 2015). "Hopx distinguishes hippocampal from lateral ventricle neural stem cells". Stem Cell Research 15 (3): 522–529. doi:10.1016/j.scr.2015.09.015. PMID 26451648. 
  4. Berg, Daniel A.; Su, Yijing; Jimenez-Cyrus, Dennisse; Patel, Aneek; Huang, Nancy; Morizet, David; Lee, Stephanie; Shah, Reeti et al. (April 2019). "A Common Embryonic Origin of Stem Cells Drives Developmental and Adult Neurogenesis". Cell 177 (3): 654–668.e15. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2019.02.010. PMID 30929900. 

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