TPPP

Tubulin polymerization promoting protein
Identifiers
Symbols TPPP ; TPPP/p25; TPPP1; p24; p25; p25alpha
External IDs OMIM: 608773 MGI: 1920198 HomoloGene: 21389 GeneCards: TPPP Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 11076 72948
Ensembl ENSG00000171368 ENSMUSG00000021573
UniProt O94811 Q7TQD2
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_007030 NM_182839
RefSeq (protein) NP_008961 NP_878259
Location (UCSC) Chr 5:
0.66 – 0.69 Mb
Chr 13:
74.01 – 74.04 Mb
PubMed search

Tubulin polymerization-promoting protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TPPP gene.[1][2][3][4][5]

This protein has been linked to multiple sclerosis myelin lesions and CSF abnormalities in multiple sclerosis patients.[6]

References

  1. Seki N, Hattori A, Sugano S, Suzuki Y, Nakagawara A, Muramatsu M, Hori T, Saito T (Apr 1999). "A novel human gene whose product shares significant homology with the bovine brain-specific protein p25 on chromosome 5p15.3". J Hum Genet 44 (2): 121–2. doi:10.1007/s100380050122. PMID 10083737.
  2. Hlavanda E, Kovacs J, Olah J, Orosz F, Medzihradszky KF, Ovadi J (Jul 2002). "Brain-specific p25 protein binds to tubulin and microtubules and induces aberrant microtubule assemblies at substoichiometric concentrations". Biochemistry 41 (27): 8657–64. doi:10.1021/bi020140g. PMID 12093283.
  3. Lindersson E, Lundvig D, Petersen C, Madsen P, Nyengaard JR, Hojrup P, Moos T, Otzen D, Gai WP, Blumbergs PC, Jensen PH (Feb 2005). "p25alpha Stimulates alpha-synuclein aggregation and is co-localized with aggregated alpha-synuclein in alpha-synucleinopathies". J Biol Chem 280 (7): 5703–15. doi:10.1074/jbc.M410409200. PMID 15590652.
  4. Vincze O, Tokesi N, Olah J, Hlavanda E, Zotter A, Horvath I, Lehotzky A, Tirian L, Medzihradszky KF, Kovacs J, Orosz F, Ovadi J (Nov 2006). "Tubulin polymerization promoting proteins (TPPPs): members of a new family with distinct structures and functions". Biochemistry 45 (46): 13818–26. doi:10.1021/bi061305e. PMID 17105200.
  5. "Entrez Gene: TPPP brain-specific protein p25 alpha".
  6. Vincze O, Oláh J, Zádori D, Klivényi P, Vécsei L, Ovádi J (May 2011). "A new myelin protein, TPPP/p25, reduced in demyelinated lesions is enriched in cerebrospinal fluid of multiple sclerosis". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 409 (1): 137–41. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.04.130. PMID 21565174.

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