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WD repeat-containing protein 77

Methylosome protein 50 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WDR77 gene.

Last revised
Jun 13, 2026
Read time
≈ 4 min
Length
946 w
Citations
13
Source
WDR77
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesWDR77, MEP-50, MEP50, Nbla10071, p44, p44/Mep50, HKMT1069, WD repeat domain 77
External IDsOMIM: 611734; MGI: 1917715; HomoloGene: 11466; GeneCards: WDR77; OMA:WDR77 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_024102
NM_001317062
NM_001317063
NM_001317064

NM_027432

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001303991
NP_001303992
NP_001303993
NP_077007

NP_081708

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 111.44 – 111.45 MbChr 3: 105.87 – 105.88 Mb
PubMed search34
Wikidata
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Methylosome protein 50 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WDR77 gene.567

Interactions

WD repeat-containing protein 77 has been shown to interact with CTDP18 and Protein arginine methyltransferase 5.5

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000116455Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000000561Ensembl, 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. Friesen WJ, Wyce A, Paushkin S, Abel L, Rappsilber J, Mann M, Dreyfuss G (Mar 2002). "A novel WD repeat protein component of the methylosome binds Sm proteins". J Biol Chem. 277 (10): 8243–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.M109984200. PMID 11756452.
  6. Andersson B, Wentland MA, Ricafrente JY, Liu W, Gibbs RA (Jun 1996). "A "double adaptor" method for improved shotgun library construction". Anal Biochem. 236 (1): 107–13. doi:10.1006/abio.1996.0138. PMID 8619474.
  7. "Entrez Gene: WDR77 WD repeat domain 77".
  8. Licciardo P, Amente Stefano, Ruggiero Luca, Monti Maria, Pucci Piero, Lania Luigi, Majello Barbara (Feb 2003). "The FCP1 phosphatase interacts with RNA polymerase II and with MEP50 a component of the methylosome complex involved in the assembly of snRNP". Nucleic Acids Res. 31 (3). England: 999–1005. doi:10.1093/nar/gkg197. PMC 149217. PMID 12560496.
Further reading

Further reading

External links
  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: Q9BQA1 (Methylosome protein 50) at the PDBe-KB.