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HCST (gene)

Hematopoietic cell signal transducer is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HCST gene.

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HCST
Identifiers
AliasesHCST, DAP10, KAP10, PIK3AP, hematopoietic cell signal transducer
External IDsOMIM: 604089; MGI: 1344360; HomoloGene: 8024; GeneCards: HCST; OMA:HCST - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_014266
NM_001007469

NM_011827

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001007470
NP_055081

NP_035957

Location (UCSC)Chr 19: 35.9 – 35.9 MbChr 7: 30.12 – 30.12 Mb
PubMed search34
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Hematopoietic cell signal transducer is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HCST gene.56

This gene encodes a transmembrane signaling adaptor that contains a YxxM motif in its cytoplasmic domain. The encoded protein may form part of the immune recognition receptor complex with the C-type lectin-like receptor NKG2D. As part of this receptor complex, this protein may activate phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase dependent signaling pathways through its intracytoplasmic YxxM motif. This receptor complex may have a role in cell survival and proliferation by activation of NK and T cell responses. Alternative splicing results in two transcript variants encoding different isoforms.6

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000126264Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000064109Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Wu J, Song Y, Bakker AB, Bauer S, Spies T, Lanier LL, Phillips JH (Aug 1999). "An activating immunoreceptor complex formed by NKG2D and DAP10". Science. 285 (5428): 730–2. doi:10.1126/science.285.5428.730. PMID 10426994.
  6. "Entrez Gene: HCST hematopoietic cell signal transducer".
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