APOBEC1

APOBEC1
Identifiers
AliasesAPOBEC1, APOBEC-1, BEDP, CDAR1, HEPR, apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme catalytic subunit 1
External IDsOMIM: 600130; MGI: 103298; HomoloGene: 1243; GeneCards: APOBEC1; OMA:APOBEC1 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_005889
NM_001304566
NM_001644

NM_001134391
NM_031159

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001291495
NP_001635
NP_005880

NP_001127863
NP_112436

Location (UCSC)Chr 12: 7.65 – 7.67 MbChr 6: 122.55 – 122.58 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide 1 also known as C->U-editing enzyme APOBEC-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the APOBEC1 gene.[5]

This gene encodes a member of the APOBEC protein family and the cytidine deaminase enzyme family. The encoded protein forms a multiple-protein RNA editing holoenzyme with APOBEC1 complementation factor (A1CF). This holoenzyme is involved in the editing of cytosine-to-uracil (C-to-U) nucleotide bases in apolipoprotein B and neurofibromin 1 mRNAs.[5]

APOBEC-1 (A1) has been linked with cholesterol control, cancer development and inhibition of viral replication.[6] Its function relies on introducing a stop codon into apolipoprotein B (ApoB) mRNA, which alters lipid metabolism in the gastrointestinal tract. The editing mechanism is highly specific. A1’s deamination of the cytosine base yields uracil, which creates a stop codon in the mRNA.

The overall deamination of cytidine to form uridine.

A1 has been linked with both positive and negative health effects. In rodents, it has wide tissue distribution where as in humans, it is only expressed in the small intestine.[7]

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000111701Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000040613Ensembl, 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. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: APOBEC1 apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide 1".
  6. ^ Rosenberg BR, Hamilton CE, Mwangi MM, Dewell S, Papavasiliou FN (2011). "Transcriptome-wide sequencing reveals numerous APOBEC1 mRNA-editing targets in transcript 3' UTRs". Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 18 (2): 230–6. doi:10.1038/nsmb.1975. PMC 3075553. PMID 21258325.
  7. ^ Teng BB, Ochsner S, Zhang Q, Soman KV, Lau PP, Chan L (1999). "Mutational analysis of apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme (APOBEC1). structure-function relationships of RNA editing and dimerization". J. Lipid Res. 40 (4): 623–35. doi:10.1016/S0022-2275(20)32141-6. PMID 10191286.