PNPLA3

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Patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 3 (PNPLA3) also known as adiponutrin (ADPN), acylglycerol O-acyltransferase or calcium-independent phospholipase A2-epsilon (iPLA2-epsilon) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PNPLA3 gene.

Function

Adiponutrin is a triacylglycerol lipase that mediates triacylglycerol hydrolysis in adipocytes. The encoded protein, which appears to be membrane bound, may be involved in the balance of energy usage/storage in adipocytes.

Genomics

The gene is located on the long arm of chromosome 22 at band 13.31 (22q13.31). It lies on the Watson (plus) strand and is 40,750 bases in length.

Upstream of the gene putaive binding sites for several transcription factors have been identified. These include PPAR-gamma, POU2F1, and POU2F2. If any of these transcriptions factors are actually involved in the regulation of this gene is not known at present.

Biochemistry

The recommended name for the gene product is patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 3. It is a Single-pass type II membrane protein and is a multifunctional enzyme with both triacylglycerol lipase and acylglycerol O-acyltransferase activities. It is involved in the triacylglycerol hydrolysis in adipocytes and may play a role in energy metabolism.

The mature protein is 481 amino acids in length and the predicted molecular weight is 52.865 kiloDaltons (kDa). Two the isoforms have been described but the functional significance - if any - of these forms is not known.

Clinical relevance

An association between alcoholic liver disease in caucasians and variations in this gene has been confirmed. Gut 2012;61:150-159 doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2011-301239, Genetic determinants of alcoholic liver disease, Felix Stickel,Jochen Hampe.

Further reading

• Dunham I, Shimizu N, Roe BA, et al. (1999). "The DNA sequence of human chromosome 22". Nature. 402 (6761): 489–95. doi:10.1038/990031. PMID 10591208.
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
• Collins JE, Goward ME, Cole CG, et al. (2003). "Reevaluating human gene annotation: a second-generation analysis of chromosome 22". Genome Res. 13 (1): 27–36. doi:10.1101/gr.695703. PMC 430954. PMID 12529303.
• Liu YM, Moldes M, Bastard JP, et al. (2004). "Adiponutrin: A new gene regulated by energy balance in human adipose tissue". J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 89 (6): 2684–9. doi:10.1210/jc.2003-031978. PMID 15181042.
• Jenkins CM, Mancuso DJ, Yan W, et al. (2005). "Identification, cloning, expression, and purification of three novel human calcium-independent phospholipase A2 family members possessing triacylglycerol lipase and acylglycerol transacylase activities". J. Biol. Chem. 279 (47): 48968–75. doi:10.1074/jbc.M407841200. PMID 15364929.
• Collins JE, Wright CL, Edwards CA, et al. (2005). "A genome annotation-driven approach to cloning the human ORFeome". Genome Biol. 5 (10): R84. doi:10.1186/gb-2004-5-10-r84. PMC 545604. PMID 15461802.
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334.
• Lake AC, Sun Y, Li JL, et al. (2006). "Expression, regulation, and triglyceride hydrolase activity of Adiponutrin family members". J. Lipid Res. 46 (11): 2477–87. doi:10.1194/jlr.M500290-JLR200. PMID 16150821.