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PPP1R8

Nuclear inhibitor of protein phosphatase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PPP1R8 gene.

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PPP1R8
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesPPP1R8, ARD-1, ARD1, NIPP-1, NIPP1, PRO2047, protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 8
External IDsOMIM: 602636; MGI: 2140494; HomoloGene: 8555; GeneCards: PPP1R8; OMA:PPP1R8 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_138558
NM_002713
NM_014110

NM_001290725
NM_146154
NM_001355198
NM_001355199

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002704
NP_054829
NP_612568

NP_001277654
NP_666266
NP_001342127
NP_001342128

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 27.83 – 27.85 MbChr 4: 132.55 – 132.57 Mb
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Nuclear inhibitor of protein phosphatase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PPP1R8 gene.567

This gene, through alternative splicing, encodes three different isoforms. Two of the protein isoforms encoded by this gene are specific inhibitors of type 1 serine/threonine protein phosphatases and can bind but not cleave RNA. The third protein isoform lacks the phosphatase inhibitory function but is a single-strand endoribonuclease comparable to RNase E of E. coli. This isoform requires magnesium for its function and cleaves specific sites in A+U-rich regions of RNA.7

Interactions

PPP1R8 has been shown to interact with PPP1CA,89 Histone deacetylase 2,8 SF3B110 EED8 and the EZH2 domain of PRC2.11

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000117751Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000028882Ensembl, 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. Wang M, Cohen SN (November 1994). "ard-1: a human gene that reverses the effects of temperature-sensitive and deletion mutations in the Escherichia coli rne gene and encodes an activity producing RNase E-like cleavages". Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 91 (22): 10591–5. Bibcode:1994PNAS...9110591W. doi:10.1073/pnas.91.22.10591. PMC 45067. PMID 7524097.
  6. Mishima K, Tsuchiya M, Nightingale MS, Moss J, Vaughan M (May 1993). "ARD 1, a 64-kDa guanine nucleotide-binding protein with a carboxyl-terminal ADP-ribosylation factor domain". J Biol Chem. 268 (12): 8801–7. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)52945-8. PMID 8473324.
  7. "Entrez Gene: PPP1R8 protein phosphatase 1, regulatory (inhibitor) subunit 8".
  8. Jin Q, van Eynde Aleyde, Beullens Monique, Roy Nivedita, Thiel Gerald, Stalmans Willy, Bollen Mathieu (August 2003). "The protein phosphatase-1 (PP1) regulator, nuclear inhibitor of PP1 (NIPP1), interacts with the polycomb group protein, embryonic ectoderm development (EED), and functions as a transcriptional repressor". J. Biol. Chem. 278 (33): 30677–85. doi:10.1074/jbc.M302273200. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 12788942.
  9. Ajuh PM, Browne G J, Hawkes N A, Cohen P T, Roberts S G, Lamond A I (February 2000). "Association of a protein phosphatase 1 activity with the human factor C1 (HCF) complex". Nucleic Acids Res. 28 (3): 678–86. doi:10.1093/nar/28.3.678. PMC 102561. PMID 10637318.
  10. Boudrez A, Beullens Monique, Waelkens Etienne, Stalmans Willy, Bollen Mathieu (August 2002). "Phosphorylation-dependent interaction between the splicing factors SAP155 and NIPP1". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (35): 31834–41. doi:10.1074/jbc.M204427200. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 12105215.
  11. Ferreira M, Verbinnen I, Fardilha M, Van Eynde A, Bollen M (November 2018). "The deletion of the protein phosphatase 1 regulator NIPP1 in testis causes hyperphosphorylation and degradation of the histone methyltransferase EZH2". J. Biol. Chem. 293 (47): 18031–18039. doi:10.1074/jbc.AC118.005577. PMC 6254331. PMID 30305391.
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