Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
LCHN is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIAA1147 gene (NCBI Gene ID 57189) located on
however the gene's contribution to these states is not well understood.
Gene
KIAA1147 is located on the 7th chromosome in humans from bases 141652381-141702188 on the negative strand.[6] Additional names for KIAA1147 include PRO25611 ,[7] AI841796 in the mouse[8] and RGD1563986 in the rat.[9] Only one mRNA transcript of KIAA1147 has been reported in NCBI, and is composed of 9 exons.[1]
Protein
conserved domain within DENN family proteins,
[2] and is also primarily coil in protein DENND1B,
[16] which has been crystallized and confirmed to interact with the guanine nucleotide exchange domain of
Rab-35 .
[16] LCHN also contains a Stability of Polarity Axis (SPA) region.
[6] that may allow it to play a role in
cell division .
[17]
Expression
Immunohistochemistry shows localization of LCHN to cytoplasmic face of Golgi apparatus
Tissues
The
Transcriptional regulation
There are binding sites for two main groups of
HIFF (hypoxia inducible factor),
CREB (cAMP responsive factor linked to ER stress response), GREF (
glucocorticoid responsible factor),
HEAT (heat shock responsive factor), and HDBP (
Huntington's disease regulatory binding protein).
[24] In patients with FTD-ALS, there has been reported abnormal upstream
CpG methylation of KIAA1147
[5]
Interacting proteins
SETBP1
Yeast two-hybrid assays have shown LCHN to physically interact with SETBP1 ,[25] a protein that contains 3 nuclear localization signals .[26] Despite the lack of a predicted nuclear localization signal in its own sequence, this interaction suggests that LCHN may be able to enter and have functional importance in the nucleus .
TGOLN2
In affinity chromatography studies, LCHN has been reported to have a physical association with TGOLN2 ,[27] [28] a surface protein of the Golgi apparatus.[29] This likely explains immunohistochemical finding of strong LCHN localization near the Golgi apparatus [19] despite being a predicted cytoplasmic protein.[10]
Kallikreins
Affinity chromatography studies have also reported a physical association between LCHN and
It is possible that cleavage by these proteases may be relevant to LCHN's function.
EFNB3
LCHN has been reported to be capable of a physical association with EFNB3 ,[27] an ephrin receptor ligand with reported importance in neuronal development .[31] This, coupled with the high expression of LCHN in the developing central nervous system , suggests that binding of LCHN to EFNB3 may modulate neuronal development.
Predicted function
Neuronal insult
LCHN is localized to the developing mouse brain
LCHN expression has been reported to be unregulated following ischemic stroke, chronic alcoholism, and cell culture responses of immature and mature dendrites to prolonged hypoxia. it is likely that KIAA1147 plays a role in the brain’s response to sudden stress and injury.
Neuronal development
The presence of the SPA domain within LCHN suggests that it may play a role in
EFNB3, a protein with reported importance in neuronal development.
[27] [31] A second reported association with SETBP1 may open up the possibility for LCHN to play a role in cell cycle regulation from within the nucleus.
[25] [26] The predicted KIAA1147
promoter contains binding sites for cell-division related
factors and factors known to have specific expression during
neuronal development .
RNA in situ hybridization has shown KIAA1147 to be located at high levels in the developing brain. Together, these data suggest that LCHN plays a role in regulating cellular division during development of the brain.
Clinical significance
LCHN has been shown to be upregulated following a number of insults to the brain including the response to
SNPs in LCHN have been reported with high frequency.
[34]
Homology
Animalian LCHN Orthologs
Non-Animalian LCHN Orthologs
There are no reported
References