PRDX6

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Peroxiredoxin 6

PDB rendering based on 1prx.
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsPRDX6; 1-Cys; AOP2; NSGPx; PRX; aiPLA2; p29
External IDsOMIM: 602316 MGI: 894320 HomoloGene: 3606 GeneCards: PRDX6 Gene
EC number1.11.1.15, 1.11.1.9
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez958811758
EnsemblENSG00000117592ENSMUSG00000026701
UniProtP30041O08709
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_004905NM_007453
RefSeq (protein)NP_004896NP_031479
Location (UCSC)Chr 1:
173.45 – 173.46 Mb
Chr 1:
161.24 – 161.25 Mb
PubMed search

Peroxiredoxin-6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PRDX6 gene.[1][2]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the thiol-specific antioxidant protein family. This protein is a bifunctional enzyme with two distinct active sites. It is involved in redox regulation of the cell; it can reduce H(2)O(2) and short chain organic, fatty acid, and phospholipid hydroperoxides. It may play a role in the regulation of phospholipid turnover as well as in protection against oxidative injury.[2]

Model organisms

Model organisms have been used in the study of PRDX6 function. A conditional knockout mouse line, called Prdx6tm1a(EUCOMM)Wtsi[7][8] was generated as part of the International Knockout Mouse Consortium program — a high-throughput mutagenesis project to generate and distribute animal models of disease to interested scientists — at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.[9][10][11]

Male and female animals underwent a standardized phenotypic screen to determine the effects of deletion.[5][12] Twenty five tests were carried out on mutant mice but no significant abnormalities were observed.[5]

References

  1. Phelan SA (Mar 2001). "AOP2 (antioxidant protein 2): structure and function of a unique thiol-specific antioxidant". Antioxid Redox Signal 1 (4): 571–84. PMID 11233154. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: PRDX6 peroxiredoxin 6". 
  3. "Salmonella infection data for Prdx6". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. 
  4. "Citrobacter infection data for Prdx6". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Gerdin AK (2010). "The Sanger Mouse Genetics Programme: High throughput characterisation of knockout mice". Acta Ophthalmologica 88 (S248). doi:10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.4142.x. 
  6. Mouse Resources Portal, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
  7. "International Knockout Mouse Consortium". 
  8. "Mouse Genome Informatics". 
  9. Skarnes, W. C.; Rosen, B.; West, A. P.; Koutsourakis, M.; Bushell, W.; Iyer, V.; Mujica, A. O.; Thomas, M.; Harrow, J.; Cox, T.; Jackson, D.; Severin, J.; Biggs, P.; Fu, J.; Nefedov, M.; De Jong, P. J.; Stewart, A. F.; Bradley, A. (2011). "A conditional knockout resource for the genome-wide study of mouse gene function". Nature 474 (7351): 337–342. doi:10.1038/nature10163. PMC 3572410. PMID 21677750. 
  10. Dolgin E (June 2011). "Mouse library set to be knockout". Nature 474 (7351): 262–3. doi:10.1038/474262a. PMID 21677718. 
  11. Collins FS, Rossant J, Wurst W (January 2007). "A mouse for all reasons". Cell 128 (1): 9–13. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.12.018. PMID 17218247. 
  12. van der Weyden L, White JK, Adams DJ, Logan DW (2011). "The mouse genetics toolkit: revealing function and mechanism.". Genome Biol 12 (6): 224. doi:10.1186/gb-2011-12-6-224. PMC 3218837. PMID 21722353. 

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