WIPI protein family
The WIPI protein family (WD-repeat protein Interacting with PhosphoInositides) is an evolutionarily conserved family of proteins.[1] WIPI proteins contain a WD repeat domain that folds into a 7-bladed beta-propeller that functions in autophagy,[1] and contain a conserved motif for interaction with phospholipids.[2]
Members of this family include:
Protein | Gene | Aliases | Yeast |
---|---|---|---|
WIPI-1 | WIPI1 | WIPI49, FLJ10055 | Atg18 |
WIPI-2 | WIPI2 | Svp1a, DKFZP434J154 WIPI49-like protein 2 | Atg21 |
WIPI-3 | WDR45L | 628 protein, WIPI49-like protein | |
WIPI-4 | WDR45 | JM5 protein, WDRX1 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Proikas-Cezanne T, Waddell S, Gaugel A, Frickey T, Lupas A, Nordheim A (December 2004). "WIPI-1alpha (WIPI49), a member of the novel 7-bladed WIPI protein family, is aberrantly expressed in human cancer and is linked to starvation-induced autophagy". Oncogene 23 (58): 9314–25. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1208331. PMID 15602573.
- ↑ "Entrez Gene: WIPI2 WD repeat domain, phosphoinositide interacting 2".