ARVCF

Armadillo repeat gene deleted in velocardiofacial syndrome
Identifiers
Symbols ARVCF; FLJ35345
External IDs OMIM602269 MGI109620 HomoloGene31046 GeneCards: ARVCF Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 421 11877
Ensembl ENSG00000099889 ENSMUSG00000000325
UniProt O00192 Q80WW5
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001670 NM_033474.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_001661 NP_258435.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 22:
19.96 – 20 Mb
Chr 16:
18.35 – 18.41 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Armadillo repeat protein deleted in velo-cardio-facial syndrome is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ARVCF gene.[1][2][3]

Armadillo Repeat gene deleted in Velo-Cardio-Facial syndrome (ARVCF) is a member of the catenin family which play an important role in the formation of adherens junction complexes, which are thought to facilitate communication between the inside and outside environments of a cell. ARVCF gene was isolated in the search for the genetic defect responsible for the autosomal dominant Velo-Cardio-Facial syndrome (VCFS) a relatively common human disorder with phenotypic features including cleft palate, conotruncal heart defects and facial dysmorphology. ARVCF gene encodes a protein containing two motifs, a coiled coil domain in the N-terminus and a 10 armadillo repeat sequence in the midregion. Since these sequences can facilitate protein-protein interactions ARVCF is thought to function in a protein complex. In addition, ARVCF contains a predicted nuclear-targeting sequence suggesting that it may have a function as a nuclear protein.[3]

Interactions

ARVCF has been shown to interact with CDH15.[4]

References

  1. ^ Sirotkin H, O'Donnell H, DasGupta R, Halford S, St Jore B, Puech A, Parimoo S, Morrow B, Skoultchi A, Weissman SM, Scambler P, Kucherlapati R (May 1997). "Identification of a new human catenin gene family member (ARVCF) from the region deleted in velo-cardio-facial syndrome". Genomics 41 (1): 75–83. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.4627. PMID 9126485. 
  2. ^ Kausalya PJ, Phua DC, Hunziker W (Nov 2004). "Association of ARVCF with Zonula Occludens (ZO)-1 and ZO-2: Binding to PDZ-Domain Proteins and Cell-Cell Adhesion Regulate Plasma Membrane and Nuclear Localization of ARVCF". Mol Biol Cell 15 (12): 5503–15. doi:10.1091/mbc.E04-04-0350. PMC 532029. PMID 15456900. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=532029. 
  3. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: ARVCF armadillo repeat gene deletes in velocardiofacial syndrome". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=421. 
  4. ^ Kaufmann, U; Zuppinger C, Waibler Z, Rudiger M, Urbich C, Martin B, Jockusch B M, Eppenberger H, Starzinski-Powitz A (Nov. 2000). "The armadillo repeat region targets ARVCF to cadherin-based cellular junctions". J. Cell. Sci. (ENGLAND) 113 ( Pt 22): 4121–35. ISSN 0021-9533. PMID 11058098. 

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