Hyaluronan-mediated motility receptor

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HMMR
Identifiers
Gene ontology
Molecular function
Cellular component
Biological process
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_012485
NM_001142556
NM_001142557
NM_012484

NM_013552

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001136028
NP_001136029
NP_036616
NP_036617

NP_038580

Location (UCSC)Chr 5: 163.46 – 163.49 MbChr 11: 40.59 – 40.62 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Hyaluronan-mediated motility receptor (HMMR), also known as RHAMM (Receptor for Hyaluronan Mediated Motility) is a protein which in humans is encoded by the HMMR gene.[5] RHAMM recently has been also designated CD168 (cluster of differentiation 168).

Function

RHAMM was originally discovered as a soluble protein that altered migratory cell behavior and bound to

Golgi complex, RHAMM does not contain a membrane spanning domain nor does the mRNA transcript contain a signal sequence. RHAMM is localized inside the cell and is unconventionally exported to the cell surface in response to certain defined stimuli such as wounding and cytokines including TGF-β.[7] The precise unconventional export mechanism for transporting RHAMM to the extracellular space is still unclear but may involve transport channels or proteins, flippase activity, or exocytosis, similar to other non-conventionally exported cell surface proteins such as BFGF1,2 and epimorphin.[8]

Intracellularly, RHAMM associates with

microtubules and, working with BRCA1 and BARD1, plays a role in the regulation of mitosis,[8][9][10] and in maintaining mitotic spindle integrity.[11] RHAMM also binds directly with ERK1 and forms complexes with ERK1,2 and MEK1,[11] suggesting a role as a scaffold protein that targets these MAP kinases to the nucleus.[12]

Extracellularly, RHAMM associates with CD44, and upon binding to

hyaluronan, activates intracellular signaling pathways, mainly the MAPK pathway via ERK1,2 activation[13] Variants of RHAMM caused by alternative splicing have been observed, and alternative start codon usage has been proposed in mice and directly observed in humans.[5]

Clinical significance

RHAMM is over expressed in

Elevated levels of RHAMM and

While RHAMM has been less studied than CD44 in the process of

endothelial cells towards the tumor.[25]

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000072571Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000020330Ensembl, 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: HMMR hyaluronan-mediated motility receptor (RHAMM)".
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Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.