Sjogren syndrome antigen B

Sjogren syndrome antigen B (autoantigen La)

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Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsSSB ; LARP3; La; La/SSB
External IDsOMIM: 109090 MGI: 98423 HomoloGene: 2366 GeneCards: SSB Gene
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez674120823
EnsemblENSG00000138385ENSMUSG00000068882
UniProtP05455P32067
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001294145NM_001110145
RefSeq (protein)NP_001281074NP_001103615
Location (UCSC)Chr 2:
170.65 – 170.67 Mb
Chr 2:
69.86 – 69.87 Mb
PubMed search

Sjögren syndrome type B antigen (SS-B) also known as Lupus La protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SSB gene.[1]

Function

La is involved in diverse aspects of RNA metabolism, including binding and protecting 3-prime UUU (OH) elements of newly RNA polymerase III-transcribed RNA, processing 5-prime and 3-prime ends of pre-tRNA precursors, acting as an RNA chaperone, and binding viral RNAs associated with hepatitis C virus. La protein was originally defined by its reactivity with autoantibodies from patients with Sjögren's syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus.[1][2]

Interactions

Sjögren syndrome antigen B has been shown to interact with nucleolin.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: SSB Sjögren's syndrome antigen B (autoantigen La)".
  2. Teplova M, Yuan YR, Phan AT, Malinina L, Ilin S, Teplov A, Patel DJ (January 2006). "Structural basis for recognition and sequestration of UUU(OH) 3' temini of nascent RNA polymerase III transcripts by La, a rheumatic disease autoantigen". Mol. Cell 21 (1): 75–85. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2005.10.027. PMID 16387655.
  3. Fouraux, Michael A; Bouvet Philippe; Verkaart Sjoerd; van Venrooij Walther J; Pruijn Ger J M (July 2002). "Nucleolin associates with a subset of the human Ro ribonucleoprotein complexes". J. Mol. Biol. (England) 320 (3): 475–88. doi:10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00518-1. ISSN 0022-2836. PMID 12096904.

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