DTNA

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Dystrobrevin alpha is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DTNA gene.[1][2][3]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the dystrobrevin subfamily and the dystrophin family. This protein is a component of the dystrophin-associated protein complex (DPC). The DPC consists of dystrophin and several integral and peripheral membrane proteins, including dystroglycans, sarcoglycans, syntrophins and alpha- and beta-dystrobrevin. The DPC localizes to the sarcolemma and its disruption is associated with various forms of muscular dystrophy. This protein may be involved in the formation and stability of synapses as well as the clustering of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified.[3]

Clinical significance

Mutations in DTNA are associated to Meniere's disease .[4][5]

Interactions

DTNA has been shown to interact with dystrophin.[6]

See also

References

  1. Khurana TS, Engle EC, Bennett RR, Silverman GA, Selig S, Bruns GA, Kunkel LM (Oct 1994). "(CA) repeat polymorphism in the chromosome 18 encoded dystrophin-like protein". Hum Mol Genet. 3 (5): 841. doi:10.1093/hmg/3.5.841-a. PMID 8081380.
  2. Sjö A, Magnusson KE, Peterson KH (Apr 2005). "Association of alpha-dystrobrevin with reorganizing tight junctions". J Membr Biol. 203 (1): 21–30. doi:10.1007/s00232-004-0728-1. PMID 15834686.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: DTNA dystrobrevin, alpha".
  4. Lopez-Escamez JA, Carey J, Chung WH, Goebel JA, Magnusson M, Mandalà M, Newman-Toker DE, Strupp M, Suzuki M, Trabalzini F, Bisdorff A (2015). "Diagnostic criteria for Menière's disease". J Vestib Res. 25: 1–7. doi:10.3233/VES-150549. PMID 25882471.
  5. Requena T, Cabrera S, Martín-Sierra C, Price SD, Lysakowski A, Lopez-Escamez JA (2014). "Identification of two novel mutations in FAM136A and DTNA genes in autosomal dominant familial Meniere's disease". Human Molecular Genetics. 24: 1119–26. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddu524. PMC 4834881. PMID 25305078.
  6. Sadoulet-Puccio HM, Rajala M, Kunkel LM (Nov 1997). "Dystrobrevin and dystrophin: An interaction through coiled-coil motifs". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 94 (23): 12413–8. doi:10.1073/pnas.94.23.12413. PMC 24974. PMID 9356463.

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