INSIG1

Insulin induced gene 1
Identifiers
Symbols INSIG1; CL-6; CL6; MGC1405
External IDs OMIM602055 MGI1916289 HomoloGene4047 GeneCards: INSIG1 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 3638 231070
Ensembl ENSG00000186480 ENSMUSG00000045294
UniProt O15503 Q3UX30
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_005542.4 NM_153526.5
RefSeq (protein) NP_005533.2 NP_705746.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 7:
155.09 – 155.1 Mb
Chr 5:
28.4 – 28.41 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Insulin induced gene 1, also known as INSIG1, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the INSIG1 gene.[1][2]

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Function

Oxysterols regulate cholesterol homeostasis through liver X receptor (LXR) and sterol regulatory element-binding protein (SREBP) mediated signaling pathway. This gene is an insulin-induced gene. It encodes an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane protein that plays a critical role in regulating cholesterol concentrations in cells. This protein binds to the sterol-sensing domains of SREBP cleavage-activating protein (SCAP) and HMG CoA reductase, and is essential for the sterol-mediated trafficking of the two proteins. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been observed.[2]

Interactions

INSIG1 has been shown to interact with SREBF2.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Peng Y, Schwarz EJ, Lazar MA, Genin A, Spinner NB, Taub R (August 1997). "Cloning, human chromosomal assignment, and adipose and hepatic expression of the CL-6/INSIG1 gene". Genomics 43 (3): 278–84. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.4821. PMID 9268630. 
  2. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: INSIG1 insulin induced gene 1". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=3638. 
  3. ^ Dobrosotskaya, Irina Y; Goldstein Joseph L, Brown Michael S, Rawson Robert B (Sep. 2003). "Reconstitution of sterol-regulated endoplasmic reticulum-to-Golgi transport of SREBP-2 in insect cells by co-expression of mammalian SCAP and Insigs". J. Biol. Chem. (United States) 278 (37): 35837–43. doi:10.1074/jbc.M306476200. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 12842885. 
  4. ^ Yang, Tong; Espenshade Peter J, Wright Michael E, Yabe Daisuke, Gong Yi, Aebersold Ruedi, Goldstein Joseph L, Brown Michael S (Aug. 2002). "Crucial step in cholesterol homeostasis: sterols promote binding of SCAP to INSIG-1, a membrane protein that facilitates retention of SREBPs in ER". Cell (United States) 110 (4): 489–500. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(02)00872-3. ISSN 0092-8674. PMID 12202038. 

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