BFSP2

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BFSP2
Identifiers
Aliases BFSP2 , CP47, CP49, CTRCT12, LIFL-L, PHAKOSIN, beaded filament structural protein 2
External IDs OMIM: 603212 MGI: 1333828 HomoloGene: 20791 GeneCards: BFSP2
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_003571

NM_001002896
NM_001364514

RefSeq (protein)

NP_003562

NP_001002896
NP_001351443

Location (UCSC) Chr 3: 133.4 – 133.48 Mb Chr 9: 103.3 – 103.36 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
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BFSP2 is a gene that encodes the protein phakinin ("beaded filament structural protein 2") in humans. [5]

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More than 99% of the vertebrate ocular lens consists of terminally differentiated lens fiber cells. Two lens-specific intermediate filament proteins, the protein product of this gene (CP49 or phakinin) and filensin (also known as CP115), are expressed only after fiber cell differentiation has begun. Both proteins are found in a structurally unique cytoskeletal element that is referred to as the beaded filament (BF). Mutations in this gene have been associated with juvenile-onset, progressive cataracts and Dowling-Meara epidermolysis bullosa simplex. [5]

The two BFSP proteins are put into a "type VI" of intermediate filament (IF) classification. Unlike other IFs that form unbranched links, the two proteins form a network of filaments together with CRYAA. [6] [7]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Intermediate filament</span> Cytoskeletal structure

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Crystallin, gamma D</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laminin subunit alpha-2</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<i>CRX</i> (gene) Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">CRYBB2</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Beta-crystallin B2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CRYBB2 gene.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CRYGC</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Crystallin, gamma C, also known as CRYGC, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the CRYGC gene.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">MAF (gene)</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Transcription factor Maf also known as proto-oncogene c-Maf or V-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene homolog is a transcription factor that in humans is encoded by the MAF gene.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">GJA3</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Gap junction alpha-3 protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GJA3 gene.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CLCN7</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Chloride channel 7 alpha subunit also known as H+/Cl exchange transporter 7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLCN7 gene. In melanocytic cells this gene is regulated by the Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CRYBB1</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Beta-crystallin B1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CRYBB1 gene. Variants in CRYBB1 are associated with autosomal dominant congenital cataract.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CRYGB</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Gamma-crystallin B is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CRYGB gene.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Crystallin, beta A1</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Beta-crystallin A3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CRYBA1 gene.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">GJA8</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">HSF4</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Heat shock factor protein 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HSF4 gene.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BFSP1</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

BFSP1 is a gene that encodes the protein filensin in humans.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CRYBB3</span>

Beta-crystallin B3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CRYBB3 gene.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CRYGA</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Gamma-crystallin A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CRYGA gene.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">PITX3</span> Protein-coding gene

Pituitary homeobox 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PITX3 gene.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CRYAA</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Alpha-crystallin A chain is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CRYAA gene.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FOXE3</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Forkhead box protein E3 (FOXE3) also known as forkhead-related transcription factor 8 (FREAC-8) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FOXE3 gene located on the short arm of chromosome 1.

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000170819 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000032556 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: BFSP2 beaded filament structural protein 2, phakinin".
  6. Chaves JM, Gupta R, Srivastava K, Srivastava O (December 2017). "Human alpha A-crystallin missing N-terminal domain poorly complexes with filensin and phakinin". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 494 (1–2): 402–408. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.09.088. PMID   28935373.
  7. Szeverenyi I, Cassidy AJ, Chung CW, Lee BT, Common JE, Ogg SC, Chen H, Sim SY, Goh WL, Ng KW, Simpson JA, Chee LL, Eng GH, Li B, Lunny DP, Chuon D, Venkatesh A, Khoo KH, McLean WH, Lim YP, Lane EB. "Human Intermediate Filament Database".Szeverenyi I, Cassidy AJ, Chung CW, Lee BT, Common JE, Ogg SC, et al. (March 2008). "The Human Intermediate Filament Database: comprehensive information on a gene family involved in many human diseases". Human Mutation. 29 (3): 351–360. doi: 10.1002/humu.20652 . PMID   18033728. S2CID   20760837.

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