Placental alkaline phosphatase

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ALPP
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Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases ALPP , ALP, PALP, PLAP, PLAP-1, alkaline phosphatase, placental, ALPI, IAP
External IDs OMIM: 171800 MGI: 1924018 HomoloGene: 122414 GeneCards: ALPP
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001632

NM_001081082

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001623

NP_001074551

Location (UCSC) Chr 2: 232.38 – 232.38 Mb Chr 1: 87.03 – 87.03 Mb
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Alkaline phosphatase, placental type also known as placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) is an allosteric enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ALPP gene. [5] [6] [7]

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Gene

There are at least four distinct but related alkaline phosphatases: intestinal (ALPI), placental (this enzyme), placental-like (ALPPL2), and liver/bone/kidney (ALPL) (tissue-nonspecific). The first three are located together on chromosome 2, whereas the tissue-nonspecific form is located on chromosome 1. The coding sequence for this form of alkaline phosphatase is unique in that the 3' untranslated region contains multiple copies of an Alu family repeat. In addition, this gene is polymorphic and three common alleles (type 1, type 2, and type 3) for this form of alkaline phosphatase have been well-characterized. [7]

Function

Alkaline phosphatase, placental type is a membrane-bound glycosylated dimeric enzyme, also referred to as the heat-stable form, that is expressed primarily in the placenta, although it is closely related to the intestinal form of the enzyme as well as to the placental-like form. [7]

Clinical significance

PLAP is a tumor marker, especially in seminoma [8] [9] [10] and ovarian cancer (e.g., dysgerminoma). [11] PLAP is reliable only in non-smokers, as smoking interferes with measurement of PLAP, [12] since serum concentrations of PLAP are increased up to 10-fold in smokers and its measurement is therefore of little value in this group. [13]

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PTPRZ1

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DUSP22

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DUSP15

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000079440 - 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. Kam W, Clauser E, Kim YS, Kan YW, Rutter WJ (Feb 1986). "Cloning, sequencing, and chromosomal localization of human term placental alkaline phosphatase cDNA". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 82 (24): 8715–9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.82.24.8715 . PMC   391507 . PMID   3001717.
  6. Henthorn PS, Knoll BJ, Raducha M, Rothblum KN, Slaughter C, Weiss M, Lafferty MA, Fischer T, Harris H (Sep 1986). "Products of two common alleles at the locus for human placental alkaline phosphatase differ by seven amino acids". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 83 (15): 5597–601. Bibcode:1986PNAS...83.5597H. doi: 10.1073/pnas.83.15.5597 . PMC   386335 . PMID   3461452.
  7. 1 2 3 "Entrez Gene: ALPP alkaline phosphatase, placental (Regan isozyme)".
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  9. W. Albrecht; et al. (2004). "Testicular tumor markers: Corner-stones in the management of malignant germ cell tumors" (PDF). J Lab Med. 28 (2): 109–115. doi:10.1515/labmed.2004.018. S2CID   53781946. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-24.
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  11. Fishman WH (December 1987). "Clinical and biological significance of an isozyme tumor marker--PLAP". Clin. Biochem. 20 (6): 387–92. doi:10.1016/0009-9120(87)90003-8. PMID   3325192.
  12. Schmoll HJ, Souchon R, Krege S, et al. (September 2004). "European consensus on diagnosis and treatment of germ cell cancer: a report of the European Germ Cell Cancer Consensus Group (EGCCCG)". Annals of Oncology. 15 (9): 1377–99. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdh301 . PMID   15319245.
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