OAS1

2',5'-oligoadenylate synthetase 1, 40/46kDa
Identifiers
Symbols OAS1; IFI-4; OIAS; OIASI
External IDs OMIM164350 HomoloGene1903 GeneCards: OAS1 Gene
EC number 2.7.7.-
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 4938 23960
Ensembl ENSG00000089127 ENSMUSG00000066861
UniProt P00973 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001032409.1 NM_011852.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_001027581.1 NP_035982.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 12:
113.34 – 113.37 Mb
Chr 5:
121.33 – 121.34 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

2'-5'-oligoadenylate synthetase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the OAS1 gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a member of the 2-5A synthetase family, essential proteins involved in the innate immune response to viral infection. The encoded protein is induced by interferons and uses adenosine triphosphate in 2'-specific nucleotidyl transfer reactions to synthesize 2',5'-oligoadenylates (2-5As). These molecules activate latent RNase L, which results in viral RNA degradation and the inhibition of viral replication. The three known members of this gene family are located in a cluster on chromosome 12. Mutations in this gene have been associated with host susceptibility to viral infection. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described.[3]

References

  1. ^ Renault B, Hovnanian A, Bryce S, Chang JJ, Lau S, Sakuntabhai A, Monk S, Carter S, Ross CJ, Pang J, Twells R, Chamberlain S, Monaco AP, Strachan T, Kucherlapati R (Feb 1998). "A sequence-ready physical map of a region of 12q24.1". Genomics 45 (2): 271–8. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.4888. PMID 9344649. 
  2. ^ Nechiporuk T, Nechiporuk A, Sahba S, Figueroa K, Shibata H, Chen XN, Korenberg JR, de Jong P, Pulst SM (Nov 1997). "A high-resolution PAC and BAC map of the SCA2 region". Genomics 44 (3): 321–9. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.4886. PMID 9325053. 
  3. ^ "Entrez Gene: OAS1 2',5'-oligoadenylate synthetase 1, 40/46kDa". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=4938. 

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