Biology:PALM

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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.
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Paralemmin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PALM gene.[1][2][3]

This gene encodes a member of the paralemmin protein family. Other members of this family include CAP-23, GAP-43, MARCKS, and MacMARCKS. The product of this gene is a prenylated and palmitoylated phosphoprotein that associates with the cytoplasmic face of plasma membranes and is implicated in plasma membrane dynamics in neurons and other cell types.[1][2] Several alternatively spliced transcript variants have been identified, but the full-length nature of only two transcript variants has been determined.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Structure of the human paralemmin gene (PALM), mapping to human chromosome 19p13.3 and mouse chromosome 10, and exclusion of coding mutations in grizzled, mocha, jittery, and hesitant mice". Genomics 49 (3): 462–6. Aug 1998. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5276. PMID 9615234. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Paralemmin, a Prenyl-Palmitoyl–anchored Phosphoprotein Abundant in Neurons and Implicated in Plasma Membrane Dynamics and Cell Process Formation". J Cell Biol 143 (3): 795–813. Dec 1998. doi:10.1083/jcb.143.3.795. PMID 9813098. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: PALM paralemmin". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=5064. 

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