Probable ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX20, also known as DEAD-box helicase 20 and gem-associated protein 3 (GEMIN3), is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DDX20gene.[1][2]
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 has an ATPase activity and is a component of the survival of motor neuron (SMN) complex.[2] This DEAD box protein is one of the gem-associated proteins (GEMIN3) that interacts directly with SMN.[3]
SMN is the spinal muscular atrophy gene product, and may play a catalytic role in the function of the SMN complex on RNPs.[2]
Biological Implication
Previous research has revealed that DDX20 may act as a tumor suppressor in hepatocellular carcinoma and as a tumor promoter in breast cancer. DDX20 deficiency enhances NF-κB activity by impairing the NF-κB-suppressive action of microRNAs, and suggest that dysregulation of the microRNA machinery components may also be involved in pathogenesis in various human diseases.[4] Such as miRNA-140 which acts as a liver tumor suppressor, and due to a deficiency of DDX20, miRNA-140 function gets impair, this subsequent functional impairment of miRNAs could lead to hepatocarcinogenesis.Similarly,[5] DDX20 may promote the progression of Prostate cancer (PCa) through the NF-κB pathway.[6] In a clinical based study it has been observed that positive DP103/NF-κB feedback loop promotes constitutive NF-κB activation in invasive breast cancers and activation of this pathway is linked to cancer progression and the acquisition of chemotherapy resistance. It makes DP103 has potential as a therapeutic target for breast cancer treatment.[7]
↑Grundhoff AT, Kremmer E, Türeci O, Glieden A, Gindorf C, Atz J, Mueller-Lantzsch N, Schubach WH, Grässer FA (July 1999). "Characterization of DP103, a novel DEAD box protein that binds to the Epstein-Barr virus nuclear proteins EBNA2 and EBNA3C". J Biol Chem. 274 (27): 19136–44. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.27.19136. PMID10383418.
↑ 10.010.1Carnegie GK, Sleeman JE, Morrice N, Hastie CJ, Peggie MW, Philp A, Lamond AI, Cohen PT (May 2003). "Protein phosphatase 4 interacts with the Survival of Motor Neurons complex and enhances the temporal localisation of snRNPs". J. Cell Sci. 116 (Pt 10): 1905–13. doi:10.1242/jcs.00409. PMID12668731.
↑Gubitz AK, Mourelatos Z, Abel L, Rappsilber J, Mann M, Dreyfuss G (February 2002). "Gemin5, a novel WD repeat protein component of the SMN complex that binds Sm proteins". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (7): 5631–6. doi:10.1074/jbc.M109448200. PMID11714716.
↑Meister G, Bühler D, Laggerbauer B, Zobawa M, Lottspeich F, Fischer U (August 2000). "Characterization of a nuclear 20S complex containing the survival of motor neurons (SMN) protein and a specific subset of spliceosomal Sm proteins". Hum. Mol. Genet. 9 (13): 1977–86. doi:10.1093/hmg/9.13.1977. PMID10942426.
Further reading
Andersson B, Wentland MA, Ricafrente JY, Liu W, Gibbs RA (1996). "A "double adaptor" method for improved shotgun library construction". Anal. Biochem. 236 (1): 107–13. doi:10.1006/abio.1996.0138. PMID8619474.
Meister G, Bühler D, Laggerbauer B, Zobawa M, Lottspeich F, Fischer U (2000). "Characterization of a nuclear 20S complex containing the survival of motor neurons (SMN) protein and a specific subset of spliceosomal Sm proteins". Hum. Mol. Genet. 9 (13): 1977–86. doi:10.1093/hmg/9.13.1977. PMID10942426.
Gubitz AK, Mourelatos Z, Abel L, Rappsilber J, Mann M, Dreyfuss G (2002). "Gemin5, a novel WD repeat protein component of the SMN complex that binds Sm proteins". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (7): 5631–6. doi:10.1074/jbc.M109448200. PMID11714716.
Pellizzoni L, Baccon J, Rappsilber J, Mann M, Dreyfuss G (2002). "Purification of native survival of motor neurons complexes and identification of Gemin6 as a novel component". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (9): 7540–5. doi:10.1074/jbc.M110141200. PMID11748230.
Baccon J, Pellizzoni L, Rappsilber J, Mann M, Dreyfuss G (2002). "Identification and characterization of Gemin7, a novel component of the survival of motor neuron complex". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (35): 31957–62. doi:10.1074/jbc.M203478200. PMID12065586.
Carnegie GK, Sleeman JE, Morrice N, Hastie CJ, Peggie MW, Philp A, Lamond AI, Cohen PT (2004). "Protein phosphatase 4 interacts with the Survival of Motor Neurons complex and enhances the temporal localisation of snRNPs". J. Cell Sci. 116 (Pt 10): 1905–13. doi:10.1242/jcs.00409. PMID12668731.
Lehner B, Semple JI, Brown SE, Counsell D, Campbell RD, Sanderson CM (2004). "Analysis of a high-throughput yeast two-hybrid system and its use to predict the function of intracellular proteins encoded within the human MHC class III region". Genomics. 83 (1): 153–67. doi:10.1016/S0888-7543(03)00235-0. PMID14667819.
