Cerberus (protein)

Cerberus 1, cysteine knot superfamily, homolog (Xenopus laevis)
Identifiers
Symbols CER1; DAND4; MGC119894; MGC119895; MGC96951
External IDs OMIM603777 MGI1201414 HomoloGene3983 GeneCards: CER1 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 9350 12622
Ensembl ENSG00000147869 ENSMUSG00000038192
UniProt O95813 O55233
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_005454 NM_009887.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_005445 NP_034017.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 9:
14.72 – 14.72 Mb
Chr 4:
82.53 – 82.53 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Cerberus also known as CER1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CER1 gene.[1][2]

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Function

Cerberus is an inhibitor in the TGF beta signaling pathway secreted during the gastrulation phase of the embryogenesis.

This gene encodes a cytokine member of the cystine knot superfamily, characterized by nine conserved cysteines and a cysteine knot region. The cerberus-related cytokines, together with Dan and DRM / Gremlin, represent a group of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) antagonists that can bind directly to BMPs and inhibit their activity.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: CER1". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=9350. 
  2. ^ Lah M, Brodnicki T, Maccarone P, Nash A, Stanley E, Harvey RP (February 1999). "Human cerberus related gene CER1 maps to chromosome 9". Genomics 55 (3): 364–6. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5671. PMID 10049596. 

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