SKIP

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Inositol polyphosphate-5-phosphatase K
Identifiers
Symbols INPP5K ; PPS; SKIP
External IDs OMIM: 607875 MGI: 1194899 HomoloGene: 75059 GeneCards: INPP5K Gene
EC number 3.1.3.56
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 51763 19062
Ensembl ENSG00000132376 ENSMUSG00000006127
UniProt Q9BT40 Q8C5L6
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001135642 NM_008916
RefSeq (protein) NP_001129114 NP_032942
Location (UCSC) Chr 17:
1.49 – 1.52 Mb
Chr 11:
75.63 – 75.65 Mb
PubMed search

SKIP is an acronym for Skeletal muscle and kidney enriched inositol phosphatase, which is a human gene.[1]

Function

This gene encodes a protein with 5-phosphatase activity toward polyphosphate inositol. The protein localizes to the cytosol in regions lacking actin stress fibers. It is thought that this protein may negatively regulate the actin cytoskeleton. Alternative splicing of this gene results in two transcript variants encoding different isoforms.[1] Overexpression of SKIP in mice affects osmoregulation in kidney collecting ducts.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: SKIP skeletal muscle and kidney enriched inositol phosphatase".
  2. Pernot E, Terryn S, Cheong SC, Markadieu N, Janas S, Blockmans M, Jacoby M, Pouillon V, Gayral S, Rossier BC, Beauwens R, Erneux C, Devuyst O, Schurmans S (Dec 2011). "The inositol Inpp5k 5-phosphatase affects osmoregulation through the vasopressin-aquaporin 2 pathway in the collecting system". Pflügers Archiv 462 (6): 871–83. doi:10.1007/s00424-011-1028-0. PMID 21938401.

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