Insulin-induced gene 1 protein

Insulin induced gene 1
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
Symbols INSIG1 ; CL-6; CL6
External IDs OMIM: 602055 MGI: 1916289 HomoloGene: 4047 GeneCards: INSIG1 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 3638 231070
Ensembl ENSG00000186480 ENSMUSG00000045294
UniProt O15503 Q8BGI3
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_005542 NM_153526
RefSeq (protein) NP_005533 NP_705746
Location (UCSC) Chr 7:
155.3 – 155.31 Mb
Chr 5:
28.07 – 28.08 Mb
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Insulin induced gene 1, also known as INSIG1, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the INSIG1 gene.[1][2]

INSIG1 is short for insulin-induced gene 1; it is located on chromosome 7 (7q36). This human gene encodes for a 277 AA long transmembrane protein with probably 6 transmembrane domains. It is localized in the ER and seems to be expressed in all tissues, especially in liver.

Function

  1. INSIG1 plays an important role in the SREBP-mediated regulation of cholesterol biosynthesis: by binding to the sterol-sensing domain of SCAP (SREBP cleavage activating protein) it makes the SCAP/SREBP complex stay longer in the ER, thus prohibiting SCAP from carrying activated SREBP to the golgi complex. This ultimately blocks SREBP from acting as a transcription factor for the SRE in the promoter region of the HMG-CoA-reductase gene and results in a decreased expression of HMG-CoA-reductase.
  2. INSIG1 also binds to the sterol-sensing domain of HMG-Co-A-reductase, resulting in the enzyme's increased degradation.

Both functions require the binding of INSIG1 protein via the same site.

There are two other proteins whose sterol-binding sites show a great similarity to the ones of SCAP and HMG-CoA-reductase and who might thus be regulated by INSIG1 as well:

Oxysterols regulate cholesterol homeostasis through liver X receptor (LXR) and sterol regulatory element-binding protein (SREBP) mediated signaling pathway. This gene is an insulin-induced gene. It encodes an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane protein that plays a critical role in regulating cholesterol concentrations in cells. This protein binds to the sterol-sensing domains of SREBP cleavage-activating protein (SCAP) and HMG CoA reductase, and is essential for the sterol-mediated trafficking of the two proteins. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been observed.[2]

Regulation

INSIG1 is regulated by insulin and highly expressed in liver.

Sequence (277 AA)

MPRLHDHFWS CSCAHSARRR GPPRASTAGL PPKVGEMINV SVSGPSLLAA HGAPDADPAP RGRSAAMSGP EPGSPYPNTW HHRLLQRSLV LFSVGVVLAL VLNLLQIQRN VTLFPEEVIA TIFSSAWWVP PCCGTAAAVV GLLYPCIDSH LGEPHKFKRE WASVMRCIAV FVGINHASAK LDFANNVQLS LTLAALSLGL WWTFDRSRSG LGLGITIAFL ATLITQFLVY NGVYQYTSPD FLYIRSWLPC IFFSGGVTVG NIGRQLAMGV PEKPHSD

Synonyms

CL-6, INSIG-1, Insulin-induced gene 1 protein, MGC1405 (source: iHOP)

Interactions

INSIG1 has been shown to interact with SREBF2.[3][4]

References

  1. Peng Y, Schwarz EJ, Lazar MA, Genin A, Spinner NB, Taub R (Aug 1997). "Cloning, human chromosomal assignment, and adipose and hepatic expression of the CL-6/INSIG1 gene". Genomics 43 (3): 278–84. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.4821. PMID 9268630.
  2. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: INSIG1 insulin induced gene 1".
  3. Dobrosotskaya IY, Goldstein JL, Brown MS, Rawson RB (Sep 2003). "Reconstitution of sterol-regulated endoplasmic reticulum-to-Golgi transport of SREBP-2 in insect cells by co-expression of mammalian SCAP and Insigs". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 278 (37): 35837–43. doi:10.1074/jbc.M306476200. PMID 12842885.
  4. Yang T, Espenshade PJ, Wright ME, Yabe D, Gong Y, Aebersold R, Goldstein JL, Brown MS (Aug 2002). "Crucial step in cholesterol homeostasis: sterols promote binding of SCAP to INSIG-1, a membrane protein that facilitates retention of SREBPs in ER". Cell 110 (4): 489–500. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(02)00872-3. PMID 12202038.

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