The encoded protein is a homolog of yeast securin proteins, which prevent separins from promoting sister chromatid separation. It is an anaphase-promoting complex (APC) substrate that associates with a separin until activation of the APC. The gene product has transforming activity in vitro and tumorigenic activity in vivo, and the gene is highly expressed in various tumors. The gene product contains 2 PXXP motifs, which are required for its transforming and tumorigenic activities, as well as for its stimulation of basic fibroblast growth factor expression. It also contains a destruction box (D box) that is required for its degradation by the APC. The acidic C-terminal region of the encoded protein can act as a transactivation domain. The gene product is mainly a cytosolic protein, although it partially localizes in the nucleus.[3]
During Mitosis CDK1 phosphorylate PTTG1 at Ser-165.[8]PTTG1 is down-regulated in melanoma cells in response to the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor PHA-848125.[9]
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↑Zhang X, Horwitz GA, Prezant TR, Valentini A, Nakashima M, Bronstein MD, Melmed S (Jan 1999). "Structure, expression, and function of human pituitary tumor-transforming gene (PTTG)". Molecular Endocrinology. 13 (1): 156–66. doi:10.1210/me.13.1.156. PMID9892021.
↑ 4.04.1Pei L (Jan 1999). "Pituitary tumor-transforming gene protein associates with ribosomal protein S10 and a novel human homologue of DnaJ in testicular cells". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274 (5): 3151–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.5.3151. PMID9915854.
↑Bernal JA, Luna R, Espina A, Lázaro I, Ramos-Morales F, Romero F, Arias C, Silva A, Tortolero M, Pintor-Toro JA (Oct 2002). "Human securin interacts with p53 and modulates p53-mediated transcriptional activity and apoptosis". Nature Genetics. 32 (2): 306–11. doi:10.1038/ng997. PMID12355087.
↑Chien W, Pei L (Jun 2000). "A novel binding factor facilitates nuclear translocation and transcriptional activation function of the pituitary tumor-transforming gene product". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275 (25): 19422–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.M910105199. PMID10781616.
↑Ramos-Morales F, Domínguez A, Romero F, Luna R, Multon MC, Pintor-Toro JA, Tortolero M (Jan 2000). "Cell cycle regulated expression and phosphorylation of hpttg proto-oncogene product". Oncogene. 19 (3): 403–9. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1203320. PMID10656688.
↑Caporali S, Alvino E, Levati L, Esposito AI, Ciomei M, Brasca MG, Del Bufalo D, Desideri M, Bonmassar E, Pfeffer U, D'Atri S (Sep 2012). "Down-regulation of the PTTG1 proto-oncogene contributes to the melanoma suppressive effects of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor PHA-848125". Biochemical Pharmacology. 84 (5): 598–611. doi:10.1016/j.bcp.2012.06.004. PMID22704958.
Further reading
Yu R, Melmed S (2004). "Pituitary tumor transforming gene: an update". Frontiers of Hormone Research. Frontiers of Hormone Research. 32: 175–85. doi:10.1159/000079044. PMID15281346.
Pei L (Jan 1999). "Pituitary tumor-transforming gene protein associates with ribosomal protein S10 and a novel human homologue of DnaJ in testicular cells". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274 (5): 3151–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.5.3151. PMID9915854.
Kakar SS (1999). "Assignment of the human tumor transforming gene TUTR1 to chromosome band 5q35.1 by fluorescence in situ hybridization". Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics. 83 (1–2): 93–5. doi:10.1159/000015139. PMID9925941.
Zhang X, Horwitz GA, Heaney AP, Nakashima M, Prezant TR, Bronstein MD, Melmed S (Feb 1999). "Pituitary tumor transforming gene (PTTG) expression in pituitary adenomas". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 84 (2): 761–7. doi:10.1210/jc.84.2.761. PMID10022450.
Lee IA, Seong C, Choe IS (May 1999). "Cloning and expression of human cDNA encoding human homologue of pituitary tumor transforming gene". Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International. 47 (5): 891–7. doi:10.1080/15216549900201993. PMID10365261.
Kakar SS, Jennes L (1999). "Molecular cloning and characterization of the tumor transforming gene (TUTR1): a novel gene in human tumorigenesis". Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics. 84 (3–4): 211–6. doi:10.1159/000015261. PMID10393434.
Zou H, McGarry TJ, Bernal T, Kirschner MW (Jul 1999). "Identification of a vertebrate sister-chromatid separation inhibitor involved in transformation and tumorigenesis". Science. 285 (5426): 418–22. doi:10.1126/science.285.5426.418. PMID10411507.
Kakar SS (Nov 1999). "Molecular cloning, genomic organization, and identification of the promoter for the human pituitary tumor transforming gene (PTTG)". Gene. 240 (2): 317–24. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00446-1. PMID10580151.
Ramos-Morales F, Domínguez A, Romero F, Luna R, Multon MC, Pintor-Toro JA, Tortolero M (Jan 2000). "Cell cycle regulated expression and phosphorylation of hpttg proto-oncogene product". Oncogene. 19 (3): 403–9. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1203320. PMID10656688.
Chien W, Pei L (Jun 2000). "A novel binding factor facilitates nuclear translocation and transcriptional activation function of the pituitary tumor-transforming gene product". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275 (25): 19422–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.M910105199. PMID10781616.
Ishikawa H, Heaney AP, Yu R, Horwitz GA, Melmed S (Feb 2001). "Human pituitary tumor-transforming gene induces angiogenesis". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 86 (2): 867–74. doi:10.1210/jc.86.2.867. PMID11158059.
Jallepalli PV, Waizenegger IC, Bunz F, Langer S, Speicher MR, Peters JM, Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B, Lengauer C (May 2001). "Securin is required for chromosomal stability in human cells". Cell. 105 (4): 445–57. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(01)00340-3. PMID11371342.
Hilioti Z, Chung YS, Mochizuki Y, Hardy CF, Cohen-Fix O (Sep 2001). "The anaphase inhibitor Pds1 binds to the APC/C-associated protein Cdc20 in a destruction box-dependent manner". Current Biology. 11 (17): 1347–52. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00399-2. PMID11553328.
Waizenegger I, Giménez-Abián JF, Wernic D, Peters JM (Aug 2002). "Regulation of human separase by securin binding and autocleavage". Current Biology. 12 (16): 1368–78. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01073-4. PMID12194817.
McCabe CJ, Boelaert K, Tannahill LA, Heaney AP, Stratford AL, Khaira JS, Hussain S, Sheppard MC, Franklyn JA, Gittoes NJ (Sep 2002). "Vascular endothelial growth factor, its receptor KDR/Flk-1, and pituitary tumor transforming gene in pituitary tumors". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 87 (9): 4238–44. doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020309. PMID12213878.