DBN1

Drebrin 1
Identifiers
Symbols DBN1 ; D0S117E
External IDs OMIM: 126660 MGI: 1931838 HomoloGene: 3236 GeneCards: DBN1 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 1627 56320
Ensembl ENSG00000113758 ENSMUSG00000034675
UniProt Q16643 Q9QXS6
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_004395 NM_001177371
RefSeq (protein) NP_004386 NP_001170842
Location (UCSC) Chr 5:
177.46 – 177.47 Mb
Chr 13:
55.47 – 55.49 Mb
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Drebrin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DBN1 gene.[1][2]

The protein encoded by this gene is a cytoplasmic actin-binding protein thought to play a role in the process of neuronal growth. It is a member of the drebrin family of proteins that are developmentally regulated in the brain. A decrease in the amount of this protein in the brain has been implicated as a possible contributing factor in the pathogenesis of memory disturbance in Alzheimer's disease. At least two alternative splice variants encoding different protein isoforms have been described for this gene.[2]

Model organisms

Model organisms have been used in the study of DBN1 function. A conditional knockout mouse line called Dbn1tm1b(KOMP)Wtsi was generated at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.[3] Male and female animals underwent a standardized phenotypic screen[4] to determine the effects of deletion.[5][6][7][8] Additional screens performed: - In-depth immunological phenotyping[9]

References

  1. Toda M, Shirao T, Minoshima S, Shimizu N, Toya S, Uyemura K (Nov 1993). "Molecular cloning of cDNA encoding human drebrin E and chromosomal mapping of its gene". Biochem Biophys Res Commun 196 (1): 468–72. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1993.2273. PMID 8216329.
  2. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: DBN1 drebrin 1".
  3. Gerdin AK (2010). "The Sanger Mouse Genetics Programme: high throughput characterisation of knockout mice". Acta Ophthalmologica 88: 925–7. doi:10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.4142.x.
  4. 1 2 "International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium".
  5. Skarnes WC, Rosen B, West AP, Koutsourakis M, Bushell W, Iyer V, Mujica AO, Thomas M, Harrow J, Cox T, Jackson D, Severin J, Biggs P, Fu J, Nefedov M, de Jong PJ, Stewart AF, Bradley A (Jun 2011). "A conditional knockout resource for the genome-wide study of mouse gene function". Nature 474 (7351): 337–42. doi:10.1038/nature10163. PMC 3572410. PMID 21677750.
  6. Dolgin E (Jun 2011). "Mouse library set to be knockout". Nature 474 (7351): 262–3. doi:10.1038/474262a. PMID 21677718.
  7. Collins FS, Rossant J, Wurst W (Jan 2007). "A mouse for all reasons". Cell 128 (1): 9–13. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.12.018. PMID 17218247.
  8. White JK, Gerdin AK, Karp NA, Ryder E, Buljan M, Bussell JN, Salisbury J, Clare S, Ingham NJ, Podrini C, Houghton R, Estabel J, Bottomley JR, Melvin DG, Sunter D, Adams NC, Sanger Institute Mouse Genetics Project, Tannahill D, Logan DW, Macarthur DG, Flint J, Mahajan VB, Tsang SH, Smyth I, Watt FM, Skarnes WC, Dougan G, Adams DJ, Ramirez-Solis R, Bradley A, Steel KP (2013). "Genome-wide generation and systematic phenotyping of knockout mice reveals new roles for many genes". Cell 154 (2): 452–64. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2013.06.022. PMC 3717207. PMID 23870131.
  9. 1 2 "Infection and Immunity Immunophenotyping (3i) Consortium".

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