ASPH

Aspartate beta-hydroxylase

Human aspartate beta-hydroxylase isoform A. PDB 3rcq.
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
Symbols ASPH ; AAH; BAH; CASQ2BP1; FDLAB; HAAH; JCTN; junctin
External IDs OMIM: 600582 MGI: 1914186 HomoloGene: 20910 GeneCards: ASPH Gene
EC number 1.14.11.16
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 444 65973
Ensembl ENSG00000198363 ENSMUSG00000028207
UniProt Q12797 Q8BSY0
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001164750 NM_001177849
RefSeq (protein) NP_001158222 NP_001171320
Location (UCSC) Chr 8:
61.5 – 61.71 Mb
Chr 4:
9.45 – 9.67 Mb
PubMed search
For camera lenses, see Aspheric lens#Camera lenses.

Aspartyl/asparaginyl beta-hydroxylase (HAAH) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ASPH gene.[1][2][3]

Function

This gene is thought to play an important role in calcium homeostasis. Alternative splicing of this gene results in five transcript variants which vary in protein translation, the coding of catalytic domains, and tissue expression. Variation among these transcripts impacts their functions which involve roles in the calcium storage and release process in the endoplasmic and sarcoplasmic reticulum as well as hydroxylation of aspartic acid and asparagine in epidermal growth factor-like domains of various proteins.[3]

Clinical significance

As early as 1996, the over-expression of HAAH was recognized as an indicator of carcinoma in humans. Further research has correlated elevated HAAH levels (variously in affected tissue or blood serum) with hepatocellular (liver) carcinoma[4][5] adenocarcinoma (pancreatic cancer),[6] colorectal cancer,[7] prostate cancer.[5] and lung cancer.[8] The pancreatic study[6] showed elevated HAAH only in diseased tissue, but not in adjacent normal and inflamed tissue.

Mutations in ASPH cause Traboulsi syndrome .Patel, N; Khan, A. O.; Mansour, A; Mohamed, J. Y.; Al-Assiri, A; Haddad, R; Jia, X; Xiong, Y; Mégarbané, A; Traboulsi, E. I.; Alkuraya, F. S. (2014). "Mutations in ASPH Cause Facial Dysmorphism, Lens Dislocation, Anterior-Segment Abnormalities, and Spontaneous Filtering Blebs, or Traboulsi Syndrome". The American Journal of Human Genetics 94 (5): 755–9. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.04.002. PMID 24768550. 

References

  1. Korioth F, Gieffers C, Frey J (Feb 1995). "Cloning and characterization of the human gene encoding aspartyl beta-hydroxylase". Gene 150 (2): 395–9. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90460-X. PMID 7821814.
  2. Lim KY, Hong CS, Kim DH (Nov 2000). "cDNA cloning and characterization of human cardiac junctin". Gene 255 (1): 35–42. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00299-7. PMID 10974562.
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: ASPH aspartate beta-hydroxylase".
  4. Ince N, de la Monte SM, Wands JR (March 2000). "Overexpression of human aspartyl (asparaginyl) beta-hydroxylase is associated with malignant transformation". Cancer Res. 60 (5): 1261–6. PMID 10728685.
  5. 1 2 Xue T, Xue XP, Huang QS, Wei L, Sun K, Xue T (August 2009). "Monoclonal antibodies against human aspartyl (asparaginyl) beta-hydroxylase developed by DNA immunization". Hybridoma (Larchmt) 28 (4): 251–7. doi:10.1089/hyb.2009.0017. PMID 19663697.
  6. 1 2 Palumbo KS, Wands JR, Safran H, King T, Carlson RI, de la Monte SM (July 2002). "Human aspartyl (asparaginyl) beta-hydroxylase monoclonal antibodies: potential biomarkers for pancreatic carcinoma". Pancreas 25 (1): 39–44. doi:10.1097/00006676-200207000-00010. PMID 12131769.
  7. "CC Detect - Serum-Based Diagnostic Test For Colon Cancer Available".
  8. Hampton T (November 2007). "New screening techniques show potential for early detection of lung cancer". JAMA 298 (17): 1997. doi:10.1001/jama.298.17.1997. PMID 17986689.

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