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Treacle protein

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TCOF1
Identifiers
AliasesTCOF1,MFD1, TCS, TCS1, treacle, treacle ribosome biogenesis factor 1
External IDsOMIM:606847;MGI:892003;HomoloGene:68049;GeneCards:TCOF1;OMA:TCOF1 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001198984
NM_011552

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001185913
NP_035682

Location (UCSC)Chr 5: 150.36 – 150.4 MbChr 18: 60.95 – 60.98 Mb
PubMedsearch[3][4]
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Treacle proteinis aproteinthat studies suggest is involved in the production of a molecule calledribosomal RNA(rRNA) within cells. Treacle is active in thenucleolus,which is a small region inside thenucleuswhere rRNA is produced. As a major component of cell structures calledribosomes,rRNA is essential for the assembly of proteins. This protein is active during early embryonic development in structures that becomebonesand other tissues in the face. Although the precise function of this protein is unknown, researchers believe that it plays a critical role in the development of facial bones and related structures.

In humans, the treacle protein is encoded by theTCOF1(treacle ribosome biogenesis factor 1)gene.[5][6]TCOF1 encodes nucleolar proteins with an LIS1 homology domain.[7]The treacle protein is involved in rRNA gene transcription through its interaction withupstream binding factor(UBF). Mutations in this gene have been associated withTreacher Collins syndrome,a disorder which includes abnormal craniofacial development. Alternate transcriptional splice variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene, but only three of them have been characterized to date.[6]

Aside from its interaction with UBF, treacle has been implicated in themethylationof the precursor to mature ribosomal RNA by interaction with the nucleolar protein pNop56.[8]

The TCOF1 gene is located on the long (q) arm ofchromosome 5between positions 32 and 33.1, frombase pair149,717,427 to base pair 149,760,047.

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More than 120mutationsin the TCOF gene have been identified in people withTreacher Collins syndrome.Most of these mutations insert or delete a small number ofDNAbuilding blocks (base pairs) in the TCOF1 gene. TCOF1 mutations lead to the production of an abnormally small, nonfunctional version of treacle or prevent the cell from producing this protein. Researchers speculate that a loss of treacle reduces the production of rRNA in parts of theembryothat develop into facial bones and tissues. It is not known how loss of the treacle protein causes the specific problems with facial development found in Treacher Collins syndrome. For instance, mutations in the TCOF gene of these individuals often result in acleft palate.[9]

Model organisms

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Mutations in this gene inJindodogs have been associated to the observed cranial differences between Jindo andboxerdogs.[10]

References

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  1. ^abcGRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000070814Ensembl,May 2017
  2. ^abcGRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000024613Ensembl,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. ^Jabs EW, Li X, Coss CA, Taylor EW, Meyers DA, Weber JL (Feb 1992)."Mapping the Treacher Collins syndrome locus to 5q31.3----q33.3".Genomics.11(1): 193–8.doi:10.1016/0888-7543(91)90118-X.PMID1765376.
  6. ^ab"Entrez Gene: TCOF1 Treacher Collins-Franceschetti syndrome 1".
  7. ^Valdez BC, Henning D, So RB, Dixon J, Dixon MJ (2004)."The Treacher Collins syndrome (TCOF1) gene product is involved in ribosomal DNA gene transcription by interacting with upstream binding factor".Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.101(29): 10709–14.Bibcode:2004PNAS..10110709V.doi:10.1073/pnas.0402492101.PMC489999.PMID15249688.
  8. ^Gonzales B, Henning D, So RB, Dixon J, Dixon MJ, Valdez BC (2005)."The Treacher Collins syndrome (TCOF1) gene product is involved in pre-rRNA methylation".Hum Mol Genet.14(14): 2035–43.doi:10.1093/hmg/ddi208.PMID15930015.
  9. ^Dixon MJ, Marazita ML, Beaty TH, Murray JC (2011). "Cleft lip and palate: understanding genetic and environmental influences". Nature Reviews Genetics (12): 167-178.
  10. ^Kim RN, Kim DS, Choi SH, et al. (2012)."Genome analysis of the domestic dog (korean jindo) by massively parallel sequencing".DNA Res.19(3): 275–88.doi:10.1093/dnares/dss011.PMC3372376.PMID22474061.

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