DDX53

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DDX53
Available structures
PDB Human UniProt search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
Aliases DDX53 , CAGE, CT26, DEAD-box helicase 53
External IDs HomoloGene: 85175; GeneCards: DDX53; OMA:DDX53 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_182699

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_874358

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Location (UCSC) Chr X: 23 – 23 Mb n/a
PubMed search [2] n/a
Wikidata
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DEAD-box helicase 53 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DDX53 gene. [3]

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Function

This intronless gene encodes a protein which contains several domains found in members of the DEAD-box helicase protein family. Other members of this protein family participate in ATP-dependent RNA unwinding. In 2024 it was found that variants of DDX53 is linked to Autism [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000184735 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. "Entrez Gene: DEAD-box helicase 53" . Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  4. genetic-discovery-reveals-direct-link-to-autism-key-player

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.