Biology:RCHY1

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RING finger and CHY zinc finger domain-containing protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RCHY1 gene.[1]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene has ubiquitin-protein ligase activity. This protein binds with p53 and promotes the ubiquitin-mediated proteosomal degradation of p53. This gene is oncogenic because loss of p53 function contributes directly to malignant tumor development. Transcription of this gene is regulated by p53. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms.[1]

Interactions

RCHY1 has been shown to interact with P53[2][3] and Androgen receptor.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: RCHY1 ring finger and CHY zinc finger domain containing 1". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=25898. 
  2. "Pirh2, a p53-induced ubiquitin-protein ligase, promotes p53 degradation". Cell 112 (6): 779–91. Mar 2003. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(03)00193-4. PMID 12654245. 
  3. "Molecular basis of Pirh2-mediated p53 ubiquitylation". Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 15 (12): 1334–42. Dec 2008. doi:10.1038/nsmb.1521. PMID 19043414. 
  4. "Cloning and characterization of an androgen receptor N-terminal-interacting protein with ubiquitin-protein ligase activity". Journal of Molecular Endocrinology 29 (1): 41–60. Aug 2002. doi:10.1677/jme.0.0290041. PMID 12200228. 

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