C1orf21

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C1orf21
Identifiers
Aliases C1orf21 , PIG13, chromosome 1 open reading frame 21
External IDs MGI: 1916649; HomoloGene: 12776; GeneCards: C1orf21; OMA:C1orf21 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_030806

NM_197990

RefSeq (protein)

NP_110433

NP_932107

Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 184.39 – 184.63 Mb Chr 1: 151.73 – 151.97 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
Wikidata
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Uncharacterized protein C1orf21, also known as Proliferation-Inducing Protein 13, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the C1orf21 gene. [5] [6] C1orf21 is an intracellular protein that flows between the nucleus and the cytoplasm in the cell. It has been linked with cell growth and reproduction and there has been strong links with various types of cancers. [7] There are no paralogs for this gene, however, many conserved orthologs have been found in all invertebrates. [8] C1orf21 has low to moderate level of expression in most tissues in humans, however, it has the most expression in the skin, lung and prostate.

Contents

Gene

Locus

C1orf198 is a protein-encoding gene found on the reverse strand of chromosome 1 at the locus 1q25.3. [9]

Gene neighborhood

C1orf21 is located on the long arm of chromosome 1. It is found at position 5q23.1.

C1orf21 Cytogenic Band.png

Cytogenic band: 1q25.3

Size

Chromosome one is one of the longest chromosomes, in which C1orf21 spans from 184,385,826 to 184,390,390 bases, resulting with mRNA transcript that is 10,278 nucleotides long with 4 exons. The protein is 121 amino acids long, containing a domain of unknown function known as DUF4612.

Expression

NCBI gene and RNA-Seq revealed that C1orf21 is expressed in all tissues at a low to moderate level, however, it is mostly expressed in the skin, brain and prostate.

Gene level regulation

Promoter

There was over 7 promoters that were predicted, but the true promoter was 1111 base pairs long known as . [10]

Transcription factor binding sites

Many transcription factor (TF) binding sites have been predicted through Genomatix. Some important binding cites include MYRE, MARs, and Bright.

MYRE is a myelin regulatory factor. Myelin is produced in the central nervous system and plays a large role in axons. MARs is a special AT-rich sequence-binding protein 1, predominantly expressed in thymocytes, binds to matrix attachment regions. Bright helps with B cell regulator of IgH transcription.

Protein

Subcellular location

It was predicted that the location of C1orf21 is in the nucleus with 62.2% certainty. The mitochondria was predicted at 17.4%: mitochondrial, while the cytoskeleton, and vascular system at 4.3%. [11]

Structure

C1orf21 protein is 121 amino acids long with a molecular weight of 18,7 kDa with an isoelectric point of 5.08. It is believed that the protein interacts with the nuclear membrane and contains an unknown domain known as DUF4612. For the secondary and tertiary structure it is predicted that there are many alpha helices in the structure, with the rest of the protein having a disordered structure. [12]

PHYRE. An a-helix from 18 amino acids of C1orf21. C1orf21 PHYRE.png
PHYRE. An α-helix from 18 amino acids of C1orf21.


I-TASSER software generated a prediction of the tertiary structure of C1orf21. I-TASSER C1orf21.jpg
I-TASSER software generated a prediction of the tertiary structure of C1orf21.

Protein level regulation

Interacting proteins

Protein

Function

Calcineurin-binding protein cabin-1 (Cabin1)Required for replication-independent chromatin assembly
Centrosomal protein of 162 kDa (CEP162)Required to promote assembly of the transition zone in primary cilia.
CD97 antigenReceptor potentially involved in both adhesion and signaling processes early after leukocyte activation.
Chromosome 11 open reading frame 57 (C11orf57)Unknown
Chromosome 5 open reading frame 51 (C5orf51)Unknown
Homeobox protein Nkx-2.8; (NKX2-8)NKL subclass homeoboxes and pseudogenes
NACHT, LRR and PYD domains-containing protein 13 (NLPR13)Involved in inflammation
Semaphorin-3C (SEMA3C)Binds to plexin family members and plays an important role in the regulation of developmental processes
Zinc finger protein 19 (ZNF19)transcriptional regulation

Homology

Paralogs

Figure 3.  Unrooted phylogenetic tree of C1orf21 orthologs. Adi [Acropora digitifera, Stony coral pulp], Ate [Anabas testudineus], Bbe [Branchiostoma belcheri, crown-of-thorns starfish],  Cat [Cercocebus atys], Cmi [Callorhinchus milli], Ena [Echeneis naucrates], Fgl [Fulmarus glacialis], Gga [Gallus gallus, chicken], Ggg [Gorilla gorilla gorilla], Hbu [Haplochromis burtoni], Hle [Haliaeetus leucocephalus], Hsa [Homo sapiens, human], Mul [Macaca mulatta], Nfu [Nothobranchius furzeri], Oha [Ophiophagus hannah], Ptr [Pan troglodytes], Pvi [Pogona vitticeps, central bearded dragon], Rty [Rhincodon typus], Xla [Xenopus laevis, African clawed frog] Uma [Ursus maritimus]. Tree made with a neighbor-Joining method using a ClustalW-formatted set of sequences as input1.1 Clustal W C1orf21 Tree.png
Figure 3.  Unrooted phylogenetic tree of C1orf21 orthologs. Adi [Acropora digitifera, Stony coral pulp], Ate [Anabas testudineus], Bbe [Branchiostoma belcheri, crown-of-thorns starfish],  Cat [Cercocebus atys], Cmi [Callorhinchus milli], Ena [Echeneis naucrates], Fgl [Fulmarus glacialis], Gga [Gallus gallus, chicken], Ggg [Gorilla gorilla gorilla], Hbu [Haplochromis burtoni], Hle [Haliaeetus leucocephalus], Hsa [Homo sapiens, human], Mul [Macaca mulatta], Nfu [Nothobranchius furzeri], Oha [Ophiophagus hannah], Ptr [Pan troglodytes], Pvi [Pogona vitticeps, central bearded dragon], Rty [Rhincodon typus], Xla [Xenopus laevis, African clawed frog] Uma [Ursus maritimus]. Tree made with a neighbor-Joining method using a ClustalW-formatted set of sequences as input1.1 Clustal W

There are no isoforms or paralogs of C1orf21 that are known.

Orthologs

C1orf21 is found in most classes of vertebrates and some invertebrates. The most distant ortholog of C1orf21 is Acropora digitifera , which diverged an estimated 824 million years ago. [17] There is no traces of the C1orf21 gene in organisms that are traced beyond invertebrates, such as fungi, plants, protists, or single celled organisms. [18]

Homologous domains

The domain of unknown function 4612 (DUF4612) was highly conserved in most orthologs.

SpeciesCommon nameTaxonomic groupDOD

(MYA)

Accession numberSequence length (aa)IdentitySimilarity
Homo sapiens HumanPrimates0NP_110433121100100
Pan troglodytes ChimpanzeePrimates7NP_001229539121100100
Gorilla gorilla gorilla GorillaPrimates9XP_018883443121100100
Macaca mulatta Rhesus macaquePrimates30NP_001247792121100100
Cercocebus atys Sooty mangabeyPrimates30XP_011903171121100100
Ursus maritimus Polar bearCarnivora96XP_0086953661219799
Pogona vitticeps Central bearded dragonAmphioxiformes312XP_0206507641219497
Gallus gallus Red junglefowlGalliformes312XP_4222921219398
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald eagleAccipitriformes312XP_0105789921219398
Fulmarus glacialis Northern fulmarProcellariiformes312KFV96345909398
Ophiophagus hannah King cobraSquamata312ETE667281219196
Xenopus tropicalis Western clawed frogAnura352NP_0010726521217785
Nothobranchius furzeri Turquoise killifishCyprinodontiformes435XP_0158270001166173
Echeneis naucrates Live sharksuckerPerciformes435XP_0293557621166173
Haplochromis burtoni Burton's mouthbrooderCichliformes435XP_0059325281166173
Anabas testudineus Blue perchAnabantiformes435XP_0262017021164760
Callorhinchus milii Australian ghostsharkChimaeriformes473XP_0078937871356979
Rhincodon typus Whale SharkOrectolobiformes473XP_020373635916882
Branchiostoma belcheri Belcher's lanceletAmphioxiformes684XP_0196409801143356
Acropora digitifera Stony coral pulpScleractinia824XP_0157472271405565

Function

C1orf21 is most likely involved in the growth of cells, especially in the nucleus where replication of DNA occurs.

Clinical significance

Even though there is not a lot known about C1orf21, there have been some links with diseases. In many studies it has been found that there are links with cancer. Since C1orf21 is associated with cell proliferation, in another study by Sooda et al. there was an interest in the transcript map of the HPC1 locus, to help them identify the susceptibility genes involved in prostate cancer and jaw tumor.  It was seen that overall there are several studies where C1orf21 has been studied on role it plays in cancer for different body areas among many other genes. It was also found that there is a large correlation with affects on keratinocytes since C1orf21 plays a role in ZNF750 silencing.

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000116667 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000032666 Ensembl, May 2017
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  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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  15. "GPS-SUMO: Prediction of SUMOylation Sites & SUMO-interaction Motifs". sumosp.biocuckoo.org. Archived from the original on 2018-05-06. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
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