WFDC5

WAP four-disulfide core domain 5
Identifiers
Symbols WFDC5 ; PRG5; WAP1; dJ211D12.5
External IDs OMIM: 605161 MGI: 2384800 HomoloGene: 17072 GeneCards: WFDC5 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 149708 209232
Ensembl ENSG00000175121 ENSMUSG00000040154
UniProt Q8TCV5 A2A5M2
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_145652 NM_145369
RefSeq (protein) NP_663627 NP_663344
Location (UCSC) Chr 20:
45.11 – 45.12 Mb
Chr 2:
164.18 – 164.18 Mb
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WAP four-disulfide core domain protein 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WFDC5 gene.[1][2][3]

This gene encodes a member of the WAP-type four-disulfide core (WFDC) domain family. Most WFDC proteins contain only one WFDC domain, and this encoded protein contains two WFDC domains. The WFDC domain, or WAP signature motif, contains eight cysteines forming four disulfide bonds at the core of the protein, and functions as a protease inhibitor. Most WFDC gene members are localized to chromosome 20q12-q13 in two clusters: centromeric and telomeric. This gene belongs to the centromeric cluster.[3]

References

  1. Clauss A, Lilja H, Lundwall A (Nov 2002). "A locus on human chromosome 20 contains several genes expressing protease inhibitor domains with homology to whey acidic protein". Biochem J 368 (Pt 1): 233–42. doi:10.1042/BJ20020869. PMC 1222987. PMID 12206714.
  2. Ranganathan S, Simpson KJ, Shaw DC, Nicholas KR (Mar 2000). "The whey acidic protein family: a new signature motif and three-dimensional structure by comparative modeling". J Mol Graph Model 17 (2): 106–13, 134–6. PMID 10680116.
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: WFDC5 WAP four-disulfide core domain 5".

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