Gamma-glutamyl carboxylase

GGCX
Identifiers
AliasesGGCX, VKCFD1, gamma-glutamyl carboxylase, Gamma-glutamyl carboxylase; GGCX
External IDsOMIM: 137167 MGI: 1927655 HomoloGene: 639 GeneCards: GGCX
RNA expression pattern


More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

2677

56316

Ensembl

ENSG00000115486

n/a

UniProt

P38435

Q9QYC7

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000821
NM_001142269
NM_001311312

NM_019802

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000812
NP_001135741
NP_001298241

NP_062776

Location (UCSC)Chr 2: 85.54 – 85.56 MbChr 6: 72.41 – 72.43 Mb
PubMed search[1][2]
Wikidata
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Gamma-glutamyl carboxylase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GGCX gene, located on chromosome 2 at 2p12.[3]

Function

Gamma-glutamyl carboxylase is an enzyme that catalyzes the posttranslational modification of vitamin K-dependent proteins. Many of these vitamin K-dependent proteins are involved in coagulation so the function of the encoded enzyme is essential for hemostasis.[4] Most gla domain-containing proteins depend on this carboxylation reaction for posttranslational modification.[5] In humans, the gamma-glutamyl carboxylase enzyme is most highly expressed in the liver.

Catalytic reaction

Gamma-glutamyl carboxylase oxidizes Vitamin K hydroquinone to Vitamin K 2,3 epoxide, while simultaneously adding CO2 to protein-bound glutamic acid (abbreviation = Glu) to form gamma-carboxyglutamic acid (also called gamma-carboxyglutamate, abbreviation = Gla). The carboxylation reaction will only proceed if the carboxylase enzyme is able to oxidize vitamin K hydroquinone to vitamin K epoxide at the same time; the carboxylation and epoxidation reactions are said to be coupled reactions.[6][7][8]

a [protein]-α-L-glutamate (Glu) + phylloquinol (KH
2
) + CO
2
+ oxygen → a [protein] 4-carboxy-L-glutamate (Gla) + vitamin K 2,3-epoxide (KO) + H+
+ H
2
O

Clinical significance

Mutations in this gene are associated with vitamin K-dependent coagulation defect and PXE-like disorder with multiple coagulation factor deficiency.[4][9]

See also

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Wu SM, Cheung WF, Frazier D, Stafford DW (December 1991). "Cloning and expression of the cDNA for human gamma-glutamyl carboxylase". Science. 254 (5038): 1634–6. PMID 1749935. doi:10.1126/science.1749935.
  4. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: GGCX".
  5. Brenner B, Tavori S, Zivelin A, Keller CB, Suttie JW, Tatarsky I, Seligsohn U (August 1990). "Hereditary deficiency of all vitamin K-dependent procoagulants and anticoagulants". Br. J. Haematol. 75 (4): 537–42. PMID 2145029. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2141.1990.tb07795.x.
  6. Suttie JW (1985). "Vitamin K-dependent carboxylase". Annu. Rev. Biochem. 54 (1): 459–77. PMID 3896125. doi:10.1146/annurev.bi.54.070185.002331.
  7. Presnell SR, Stafford DW (2002). "The vitamin K-dependent carboxylase". Thromb. Haemost. 87 (6): 937–46. PMID 12083499.
  8. Silva PJ, Ramos MJ (2007). "Reaction mechanism of the vitamin K-dependent glutamate carboxylase: a computational study". J Phys Chem B. 111 (44): 12883–7. PMID 17935315. doi:10.1021/jp0738208.
  9. Vanakker OM, Martin L, Gheduzzi D, Leroy BP, Loeys BL, Guerci VI, Matthys D, Terry SF, Coucke PJ, Pasquali-Ronchetti I, De Paepe A (March 2007). "Pseudoxanthoma elasticum-like phenotype with cutis laxa and multiple coagulation factor deficiency represents a separate genetic entity". J. Invest. Dermatol. 127 (3): 581–7. PMID 17110937. doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700610.

Further reading

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