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WDR5

WD repeat-containing protein 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WDR5 gene.

Last revised
Jun 19, 2026
Read time
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Length
1,216 w
Citations
17
Source
WDR5
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesWDR5, BIG-3, CFAP89, SWD3, WD repeat-containing protein 5, WD repeat domain 5
External IDsOMIM: 609012; MGI: 2155884; HomoloGene: 59931; GeneCards: WDR5; OMA:WDR5 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_017588
NM_052821

NM_080848

RefSeq (protein)

NP_060058
NP_438172

NP_543124

Location (UCSC)Chr 9: 134.14 – 134.16 MbChr 2: 27.41 – 27.43 Mb
PubMed search34
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WD repeat-containing protein 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WDR5 gene.56

This gene encodes a member of the WD repeat protein family. WD repeats are minimally conserved regions of approximately 40 amino acids typically bracketed by gly-his and trp-asp (GH-WD), which may facilitate formation of heterotrimeric or multiprotein complexes. Members of this family are involved in a variety of cellular processes, including cell cycle progression, signal transduction, apoptosis, and gene regulation. This protein contains 7 WD repeats. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been identified.6

Interactions

WDR5 has been shown to interact with Host cell factor C178 and MLL.7 It also interacts with the long non-coding RNA HOTTIP and to the lncRNA NeST.910 WDR5 is a key determinant for MYC recruitment to chromatin11

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000196363Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000026917Ensembl, 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. Gori F, Divieti P, Demay MB (Dec 2001). "Cloning and characterization of a novel WD-40 repeat protein that dramatically accelerates osteoblastic differentiation". J Biol Chem. 276 (49): 46515–22. doi:10.1074/jbc.M105757200. PMID 11551928.
  6. "Entrez Gene: WDR5 WD repeat domain 5".
  7. Yokoyama, Akihiko; Wang Zhong; Wysocka Joanna; Sanyal Mrinmoy; Aufiero Deborah J; Kitabayashi Issay; Herr Winship; Cleary Michael L (Jul 2004). "Leukemia proto-oncoprotein MLL forms a SET1-like histone methyltransferase complex with menin to regulate Hox gene expression". Mol. Cell. Biol. 24 (13): 5639–49. doi:10.1128/MCB.24.13.5639-5649.2004. ISSN 0270-7306. PMC 480881. PMID 15199122.
  8. Wysocka, Joanna; Myers Michael P; Laherty Carol D; Eisenman Robert N; Herr Winship (Apr 2003). "Human Sin3 deacetylase and trithorax-related Set1/Ash2 histone H3-K4 methyltransferase are tethered together selectively by the cell-proliferation factor HCF-1". Genes Dev. 17 (7): 896–911. doi:10.1101/gad.252103. ISSN 0890-9369. PMC 196026. PMID 12670868.
  9. Wells, Alexandria C.; Pobezinskaya, Elena L.; Pobezinsky, Leonid A. (April 2020). "Non-coding RNAs in CD8 T cell biology". Molecular Immunology. 120: 67–73. doi:10.1016/j.molimm.2020.01.023. ISSN 1872-9142. PMC 7093237. PMID 32085976.
  10. Wang KC, Yang YW, Liu B, Sanyal A, Corces-Zimmerman R, Chen Y, et al. (2011). "A long noncoding RNA maintains active chromatin to coordinate homeotic gene expression". Nature. 472 (7341): 120–4. Bibcode:2011Natur.472..120W. doi:10.1038/nature09819. PMC 3670758. PMID 21423168.
  11. Thomas, L. R.; Tansey, W. P. (2015). "Interaction with WDR5 Promotes Target Gene Recognition and Tumorigenesis by MYC". Molecular Cell. 58 (3): 1–13. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2015.02.028. PMC 4427524. PMID 25818646.
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