Sodium/potassium/calcium exchanger 5

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SLC24A5
Identifiers
Gene ontology
Molecular function
Cellular component
Biological process
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Ensembl

ENSG00000188467

ENSMUSG00000035183

UniProt

Q71RS6

Q8C261

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_205850

NM_175034

RefSeq (protein)

NP_995322

NP_778199

Location (UCSC)Chr 15: 48.12 – 48.14 MbChr 2: 124.91 – 124.93 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Sodium/potassium/calcium exchanger 5 (NCKX5), also known as solute carrier family 24 member 5 (SLC24A5), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC24A5 gene that has a major influence on natural skin colour variation.[5] The NCKX5 protein is a member of the potassium-dependent sodium/calcium exchanger family. Sequence variation in the SLC24A5 gene, particularly a non-synonymous SNP changing the amino acid at position 111 in NCKX5 from alanine to threonine, has been associated with differences in skin pigmentation.[6]

The SLC24A5 gene's derived threonine or Ala111Thr allele (rs1426654

Europeans as recently as within the last 5,000 years,[9] and is fixed in modern European populations.[10][11][12] It was introduced into Khoisan people via "back-to-Africa" migration around 2,000 years ago is partly responsible for their differing skin tone to most other African populations.[13]

Gene

chromosome 15
at position 21.1.

The SLC24A5 gene, in humans, is located on the long (q) arm of

chromosome 15 on position 21.1, from base pair 46,200,461 to base pair 46,221,881.[5]

Protein

NCKX5 is 43 k

Da protein that is partially localized to the trans-Golgi network in melanocytes. Removal of the NCKX5 protein disrupts melanogenesis in human and mouse melanocytes, causing a significant reduction in melanin pigment production. Site-directed mutagenesis corresponding to a non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphism in SLC24A5 alters a residue in NCKX5 (A111T) that is important for NCKX5 sodium-calcium exchanger activity.[6]

Effect on skin color

Global frequency distribution of the SLC24A5 gene's ancestral Ala111 allele (yellow) and its derived Ala111Thr allele (blue).

SLC24A5 appears to have played a key role in the evolution of light skin in humans of European ancestry. The gene's function in pigmentation was discovered in zebrafish as a result of the positional cloning of the gene responsible for the "golden" variety of this common pet store fish. Evidence in the International HapMap Project database of genetic variation in human populations showed that Europeans, represented by the "CEU" population, had two primary alleles differing by only one nucleotide, changing the 111th amino acid from alanine to threonine, abbreviated "A111T".[5][14][15]

The derived threonine allele (Ala111Thr; also known as A111T or Thr111) represented 98.7 to 100% of the alleles in European samples, while the ancestral or alanine form was found in 93 to 100% of samples of Sub-Saharan Africans, East Asians and Indigenous Americans. The variation is a

SNP polymorphism rs1426654, which had been previously shown to be second among 3011 tabulated SNPs ranked as ancestry-informative markers. This single change in SLC24A5 explains between 25 and 38% of the difference in skin melanin index between peoples of sub-Saharan African and European ancestry.[5]

The SNP rs2470102 independently affects skin pigmentation variation among the South Asian population.[16]

Furthermore, the European mutation is associated with the largest region of diminished genetic variation in the CEU HapMap population, suggesting the possibility that the A111T mutation may be the subject of the single largest degree of selection in human populations of European ancestry.[5] It is hypothesized that selection for the derived allele is based on the need for sunlight to produce the essential nutrient vitamin D. In northerly latitudes, where there is less sun, greater requirement for body coverage due to colder climate, and frequently, diets poor in vitamin D, making lighter skin more suitable for survival.[17]

The earliest known sample of the threonine allele is 13,000 years old from Satsurblia Cave in Georgia.[18] The allele was widespread from Anatolia to Ukraine and Iran at the beginning of the Neolithic.[19][20][21]

This allele forms part of the HIrisplex DNA test system used to estimate pigmentation in forensic investigations.[22][23]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000188467 – Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000035183 – Ensembl, 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. ^
    S2CID 2245002
    .
  6. ^
    PMID 18166528
    .
  7. ^ Reference SNP(refSNP) Cluster Report: rs1426654 **clinically associated**. Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (2008-12-30). Retrieved on 2011-02-27.
  8. PMID 17182896
    .
  9. PMID 24616518
    .
  10. PMID 22923467
    .
  11. S2CID 11192076
    .
  12. PMID 22912732
    .
  13. PMID 30530665
    .
  14. ^ "Key gene 'controls skin colour'". Health. BBC News. 2005-12-16. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
  15. ^ "Fish gene sheds light on human skin color variation". Penn State Live. Penn State University. 2005-12-16. Archived from the original on 2010-07-21. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
  16. ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  17. PMID 10896812. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2012-01-14.
  18. PMID 26567969
    .
  19. PMID 27417496
    .
  20. bioRxiv 10.1101/016477
    .
  21. PMID 28162894
    .
  22. S2CID 21673970
    .
  23. ^ Pollack A (23 February 2015). "Building a Face, and a Case, on DNA". New York Times. Retrieved 7 April 2019.

Further reading

External links

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