Gigaxonin – Wikipedia

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Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Gigaxonin also known as kelch-like protein 16 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GAN gene.[4][5][6]

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Gigaxonin is a member of the cytoskeletal BTB / kelch (Broad-Complex, Tramtrack and Bric a brac) repeat family. (Kelch repeats are predicted to form a beta-propeller shape.) Gigaxonin plays a role in neurofilament architecture and is mutated in giant axonal neuropathy.[6]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000261609 – Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ “Human PubMed Reference:”. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. ^ “Mouse PubMed Reference:”. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ Flanigan KM, Crawford TO, Griffin JW, Goebel HH, Kohlschutter A, Ranells J, Camfield PR, Ptacek LJ (Feb 1998). “Localization of the giant axonal neuropathy gene to chromosome 16q24”. Ann Neurol. 43 (1): 143–8. doi:10.1002/ana.410430126. PMID 9450783. S2CID 33206272.
  5. ^ Bomont P, Cavalier L, Blondeau F, Ben Hamida C, Belal S, Tazir M, Demir E, Topaloglu H, Korinthenberg R, Tuysuz B, Landrieu P, Hentati F, Koenig M (Dec 2000). “The gene encoding gigaxonin, a new member of the cytoskeletal BTB/kelch repeat family, is mutated in giant axonal neuropathy”. Nat Genet. 26 (3): 370–4. doi:10.1038/81701. PMID 11062483. S2CID 2917153.
  6. ^ a b “Entrez Gene: GAN giant axonal neuropathy (gigaxonin)”.

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