Probable ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX41 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DDX41 gene.[5][6]

DDX41
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesDDX41, ABS, MPLPF, DEAD-box helicase 41
External IDsOMIM: 608170 MGI: 1920185 HomoloGene: 9431 GeneCards: DDX41
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_016222
NM_001321732
NM_001321830

NM_134059

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001308661
NP_001308759
NP_057306

NP_598820

Location (UCSC)Chr 5: 177.51 – 177.52 MbChr 13: 55.68 – 55.68 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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DEAD box proteins, characterized by the conserved motif Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp (DEAD), are putative RNA helicases. They are implicated in a number of cellular processes involving alteration of RNA secondary structure, such as translation initiation, nuclear and mitochondrial splicing, and ribosome and spliceosome assembly. Based on their distribution patterns, some members of the DEAD box protein family are believed to be involved in embryogenesis, spermatogenesis, and cellular growth and division. This gene encodes a member of this family. The function of this member has not been determined. Based on studies in Drosophila, the abstrakt gene is widely required during post-transcriptional gene expression.[6] Germ line DDX41 mutations define a unique subtype of myeloid neoplasms.[7]

Function edit

DDX41 is believed to take part in several cell functions. It is mainly concentrated in the nucleus of the cell, but it can also be expressed in the cytoplasm.[8][9] In the cytoplasm it takes part in the Interferon I production pathway by recognizing foreign cytoplasmic DNA and signaling STING.[10] It has been observed that hypomorphic DDX41 mutations impair the immune system response to viral and bacterial infections. In the nucleus, DDX41 is believed to regulate the transcriptional elongation process signaling Pol II to slow down the elongation while the splicing process is taking place. Under-expression and inhibition of DDX41 have been shown to lead to the formation of an R-loop which results in transcriptional errors with no specific patterns.[8] DDX41 is also believed to take part in the ribosome biogenesis process, given its implications in the processing of snoRNA.[11]

It has been shown that DDX41 germ-line mutations are associated with myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia.[12]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000183258Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000021494Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Irion U, Leptin M (December 1999). "Developmental and cell biological functions of the Drosophila DEAD-box protein abstrakt". Current Biology. 9 (23): 1373–1381. Bibcode:1999CBio....9.1373I. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(00)80082-2. PMID 10607561. S2CID 16448276.
  6. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: DDX41 DEAD (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp) box polypeptide 41".
  7. ^ Makishima H, Saiki R, Nannya Y, Korotev S, Gurnari C, Takeda J, et al. (February 2023). "Germ line DDX41 mutations define a unique subtype of myeloid neoplasms". Blood. 141 (5): 534–549. doi:10.1182/blood.2022018221. PMC 10935555. PMID 36322930. S2CID 253266118.
  8. ^ a b Shinriki S, Hirayama M, Nagamachi A, Yokoyama A, Kawamura T, Kanai A, et al. (November 2022). "DDX41 coordinates RNA splicing and transcriptional elongation to prevent DNA replication stress in hematopoietic cells". Leukemia. 36 (11): 2605–2620. doi:10.1038/s41375-022-01708-9. PMC 9613458. PMID 36229594.
  9. ^ Jiang Y, Zhu Y, Qiu W, Liu YJ, Cheng G, Liu ZJ, et al. (January 2017). "Structural and functional analyses of human DDX41 DEAD domain". Protein & Cell. 8 (1): 72–76. doi:10.1007/s13238-016-0351-9. PMC 5233616. PMID 27928732.
  10. ^ Omura H, Oikawa D, Nakane T, Kato M, Ishii R, Ishitani R, et al. (October 2016). "Structural and Functional Analysis of DDX41: a bispecific immune receptor for DNA and cyclic dinucleotide". Scientific Reports. 6 (1): 34756. Bibcode:2016NatSR...634756O. doi:10.1038/srep34756. PMC 5056382. PMID 27721487.
  11. ^ Tungalag S, Shinriki S, Hirayama M, Nagamachi A, Kanai A, Inaba T, et al. (June 2023). "Ribosome profiling analysis reveals the roles of DDX41 in translational regulation". International Journal of Hematology. 117 (6): 876–888. doi:10.1007/s12185-023-03558-2. PMID 36780110. S2CID 256826641.

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