DDX21

DEAD (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp) box polypeptide 21
Identifiers
Symbols	DDX21 ; DKFZp686F21172; GUA; GURDB; RH-II/GU; RH-II/GuA
External IDs	Template:OMIM5 Template:MGI HomoloGene: 3473
Gene ontology Molecular function Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Cellular component Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Template:GNF Ortholog box
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	n/a	n/a
Ensembl	n/a	n/a
UniProt	n/a	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	n/a	n/a
RefSeq (protein)	n/a	n/a
Location (UCSC)	n/a	n/a
PubMed search	n/a	n/a

DEAD (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp) box polypeptide 21, also known as DDX21, is a human gene.

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 is an antigen recognized by autoimmune antibodies from a patient with watermelon stomach disease. This protein unwinds double-stranded RNA, folds single-stranded RNA, and may play important roles in ribosomal RNA biogenesis, RNA editing, RNA transport, and general transcription.

Further reading

• Valdez BC, Henning D, Busch RK; et al. (1996). "A nucleolar RNA helicase recognized by autoimmune antibodies from a patient with watermelon stomach disease". Nucleic Acids Res. 24 (7): 1220–4. PMID 8614622.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Valdez BC, Henning D, Perlaky L; et al. (1997). "Cloning and characterization of Gu/RH-II binding protein". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 234 (2): 335–40. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1997.6642. PMID 9177271.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Valdez BC, Wang W (2000). "Mouse RNA helicase II/Gu: cDNA and genomic sequences, chromosomal localization, and regulation of expression". Genomics. 66 (2): 184–94. doi:10.1006/geno.2000.6209. PMID 10860663.
• Zhu K, Henning D, Valdez B, Busch H (2001). "Human RNA helicase II/Gu gene: genomic organization and promoter analysis". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 281 (4): 1006–11. doi:10.1006/bbrc.2001.4446. PMID 11237763.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Andersen JS, Lyon CE, Fox AH; et al. (2002). "Directed proteomic analysis of the human nucleolus". Curr. Biol. 12 (1): 1–11. PMID 11790298.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Westermarck J, Weiss C, Saffrich R; et al. (2002). "The DEXD/H-box RNA helicase RHII/Gu is a co-factor for c-Jun-activated transcription". EMBO J. 21 (3): 451–60. PMID 11823437.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Valdez BC, Yang H, Hong E, Sequitin AM (2002). "Genomic structure of newly identified paralogue of RNA helicase II/Gu: detection of pseudogenes and multiple alternatively spliced mRNAs". Gene. 284 (1–2): 53–61. PMID 11891046.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• 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. PMID 12477932.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Henning D, So RB, Jin R; et al. (2004). "Silencing of RNA helicase II/Gualpha inhibits mammalian ribosomal RNA production". J. Biol. Chem. 278 (52): 52307–14. doi:10.1074/jbc.M310846200. PMID 14559904.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
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• 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. PMID 15489334.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Andersen JS, Lam YW, Leung AK; et al. (2005). "Nucleolar proteome dynamics". Nature. 433 (7021): 77–83. doi:10.1038/nature03207. PMID 15635413.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Yang H, Henning D, Valdez BC (2005). "Functional interaction between RNA helicase II/Gu(alpha) and ribosomal protein L4". FEBS J. 272 (15): 3788–802. doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04811.x. PMID 16045751.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Nousiainen M, Silljé HH, Sauer G; et al. (2006). "Phosphoproteome analysis of the human mitotic spindle". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 103 (14): 5391–6. doi:10.1073/pnas.0507066103. PMID 16565220.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Olsen JV, Blagoev B, Gnad F; et al. (2006). "Global, in vivo, and site-specific phosphorylation dynamics in signaling networks". Cell. 127 (3): 635–48. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.09.026. PMID 17081983.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Ewing RM, Chu P, Elisma F; et al. (2007). "Large-scale mapping of human protein-protein interactions by mass spectrometry". Mol. Syst. Biol. 3: 89. doi:10.1038/msb4100134. PMID 17353931.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)