Biology:PTRF

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Polymerase I and transcript release factor, also known as Cavin1, Cavin-1 or PTRF, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the PTRF gene.[1][2]

Function

PTRF (Cavin1) has been shown to be crucial for caveola formation and function. [3]

Termination of RNA polymerase I catalyzed transcription is a 2-step process that involves pausing of transcription elongation and release of both the pre-ribosomal RNA and Pol I from the DNA template. The pausing is mediated by TTF1 and PTRF.[4][5]

PTRF is a soluble protein containing putative leucine zipper, nuclear localization signal, and PEST domains.[6]

Interactions

PTRF (Cavin1) forms trimers with Cavin2 and Cavin3 in caveola formation and has been shown to interact with other membrane associating proteins such as EHD2 and caveolins. [7]

PTRF has been shown to interact with ZNF148.[8]

References

  1. "Entrez Gene: PTRF polymerase I and transcript release factor". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=284119. 
  2. "CAVIN1 Symbol Report | HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee". https://www.genenames.org/cgi-bin/gene_symbol_report?hgnc_id=HGNC:9688. 
  3. "PTRF-Cavin, a conserved cytoplasmic protein required for caveola formation and function" (in en). Cell 132 (1): 113–24. January 2008. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2007.11.042. PMID 18191225. 
  4. "Identification of a transcript release activity acting on ternary transcription complexes containing murine RNA polymerase I". The EMBO Journal 16 (1): 163–72. January 1997. doi:10.1093/emboj/16.1.163. PMID 9009277. 
  5. "Cloning and functional characterization of PTRF, a novel protein which induces dissociation of paused ternary transcription complexes". The EMBO Journal 17 (10): 2855–64. May 1998. doi:10.1093/emboj/17.10.2855. PMID 9582279. 
  6. "Vectorial proteomics reveal targeting, phosphorylation and specific fragmentation of polymerase I and transcript release factor (PTRF) at the surface of caveolae in human adipocytes". The Biochemical Journal 383 (Pt 2): 237–48. October 2004. doi:10.1042/BJ20040647. PMID 15242332. 
  7. "Cavin family proteins and the assembly of caveolae". Journal of Cell Science 128 (7): 1269–78. April 2015. doi:10.1242/jcs.167866. PMID 25829513. 
  8. "PTRF (polymerase I and transcript-release factor) is tissue-specific and interacts with the BFCOL1 (binding factor of a type-I collagen promoter) zinc-finger transcription factor which binds to the two mouse type-I collagen gene promoters". The Biochemical Journal 347 Pt 1 (Pt 1): 55–9. April 2000. doi:10.1042/0264-6021:3470055. PMID 10727401. 

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