background:
MOV10 is a RNA helicase that is required for RNA-mediated gene silencing by RISC (RNA-induced silencing complex). Significantly, MOV10 is also required for the transcription and replication of the human hepatitis delta virus, also known as hepatitis D. Belonging to the same family as MOV10, MOV10L1 (Moloney leukemia virus 10-like protein 1) is a 1211 amino acid RNA helicase that is expressed as three isoforms. Interestingly, isoform 1 is expressed exclusively in testis and isoform 2 is specifically expressed in cardiac myocytes. Isoform 1 may play a role in male germ cell development, whereas isoform 2 has been shown to potentiate phenylephrine-induced hypertrophic response in cardiomyocytes. Each isoform contains a RNA interaction motif, ATP binding site and helicase motif through which it carries out its function.
Function:
MOV10 may be an helicase with an important function in development and/or control of cell proliferation. RNA silencing processes are guided by small RNAs known as siRNAs and microRNAs (miRNAs). They reside in ribonucleoprotein complexes, which guide the cleavage of complementary mRNAs or affect stability and translation of partial complementary mRNAs. Argonaute (Ago) proteins are at the heart of silencing effector complexes and bind the single-stranded siRNA and miRNA. Ago1- and Ago2-containing complexes have been purified from human cells, resulting in the discovery of novel factors such as the putative RNA helicase MOV10, and the RNA recognition motif (RRM)-containing protein TNRC6B/KIAA1093. The new proteins localize, similar to Ago proteins, to mRNA-degrading cytoplasmic P bodies, and they are functionally required to mediate miRNA-guided mRNA cleavage.
Subcellular Location:
Cytoplasmic.
Database links:
Entrez Gene: 17454 Mouse
Entrez Gene: 4343 Human
Entrez Gene: 100458347 Orangutan
Omim: 610742 Human
SwissProt: Q0V8H6 Cow
SwissProt: Q9HCE1 Human
SwissProt: P23249 Mouse
Unigene: 514941 Human
Unigene: 1597 Mouse
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