DDX21

DDX21
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
Aliases DDX21, GUA, GURDB, RH-II/GU, RH-II/GuA, DEAD-box helicase 21
External IDs MGI: 1860494 HomoloGene: 3473 GeneCards: DDX21
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

9188

56200

Ensembl

ENSG00000165732

ENSMUSG00000020075

UniProt

Q9NR30

Q9JIK5

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001256910
NM_004728

NM_019553

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001243839.1
NP_004719.2

NP_062426.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 10: 68.96 – 68.99 Mb Chr 10: 62.58 – 62.6 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Nucleolar RNA helicase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DDX21 gene.[3][4]

Function

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 this family are believed to be involved in embryogenesis, spermatogenesis, and cellular growth and division. This gene encodes a DEAD box protein, which is an antigen recognized by autoimmune antibodies from a patient with watermelon stomach disease. This protein unwinds double-stranded RNA, folds single-stranded RNA, and may play important roles in ribosomal RNA biogenesis, RNA editing, RNA transport, and general transcription.[4]

Interactions

DDX21 has been shown to interact with C-jun.[5]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Valdez BC, Henning D, Busch RK, Woods K, Flores-Rozas H, Hurwitz J, Perlaky L, Busch H (Jun 1996). "A nucleolar RNA helicase recognized by autoimmune antibodies from a patient with watermelon stomach disease". Nucleic Acids Res. 24 (7): 1220–4. doi:10.1093/nar/24.7.1220. PMC 145780Freely accessible. PMID 8614622.
  4. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: DDX21 DEAD (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp) box polypeptide 21".
  5. Westermarck J, Weiss C, Saffrich R, Kast J, Musti AM, Wessely M, Ansorge W, Séraphin B, Wilm M, Valdez BC, Bohmann D (Feb 2002). "The DEXD/H-box RNA helicase RHII/Gu is a co-factor for c-Jun-activated transcription". EMBO J. 21 (3): 451–60. doi:10.1093/emboj/21.3.451. PMC 125820Freely accessible. PMID 11823437.

Further reading


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