WDR45

WD repeat domain phosphoinositide-interacting protein 4 (WIPI-4) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WDR45 gene.[5][6] Mutations in this gene cause a distinct form of Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) called Beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration (BPAN).[7]

WDR45
Identifiers
AliasesWDR45, NBIA4, NBIA5, WDRX1, WIPI-4, WIPI4, JM5, WD repeat domain 45
External IDsOMIM: 300526 MGI: 1859606 HomoloGene: 48498 GeneCards: WDR45
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

11152

54636

Ensembl

ENSG00000196998

ENSMUSG00000039382

UniProt

Q9Y484

Q91VM3

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_007075
NM_001029896

NM_001290792
NM_001290794
NM_001290795
NM_172372

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001025067
NP_009006
NP_001025067.1

NP_001277721
NP_001277723
NP_001277724
NP_758960

Location (UCSC)Chr X: 49.07 – 49.1 MbChr X: 7.71 – 7.73 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Function

WIPI-4 is a member of the WD repeat protein family. WD repeats are minimally conserved regions of approximately 40 amino acids typically bracketed by gly-his and trp-asp (GH-WD), which may facilitate formation of heterotrimeric or multiprotein complexes. Members of this family are involved in a variety of cellular processes, including cell cycle progression, signal transduction, apoptosis, and gene regulation.

This gene WDR45 has a pseudogene at chromosome 4q31.3. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been found for this gene, but the biological validity and full-length nature of some variants have not been determined.[6]

Role in disease

De novo loss of function mutations in WDR45 were identified by exome sequencing in 20 patients with progressive neurodegeneration and evidence of iron on brain MRI scans.[7] The mutations cause an X-linked dominant form of NBIA now called Beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration (BPAN).[7] A name for the disease before the gene was identified was called static encephalopathy of childhood with neurodegeneration in adulthood (SENDA), though this term is no longer used. There are no current treatments for BPAN, though medications and therapies can be used to treat symptoms.[8]

See also

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000196998 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000039382 - 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. Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, Derge JG, Klausner RD, Collins FS, et al. (December 2002). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 99 (26): 16899–16903. Bibcode:2002PNAS...9916899M. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
  6. "Entrez Gene: WDR45 WD repeat domain 45".
  7. Haack TB, Hogarth P, Kruer MC, Gregory A, Wieland T, Schwarzmayr T, et al. (December 2012). "Exome sequencing reveals de novo WDR45 mutations causing a phenotypically distinct, X-linked dominant form of NBIA". American Journal of Human Genetics. 91 (6): 1144–1149. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.10.019. PMC 3516593. PMID 23176820. This clinically recognizable disorder is among the more common forms of NBIA, and we suggest that it be named accordingly as beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration.
  8. Spaull RV, Soo AK, Hogarth P, Hayflick SJ, Kurian MA (24 November 2021). "Towards Precision Therapies for Inherited Disorders of Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation". Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements. 11 (1): 51. doi:10.5334/tohm.661. PMC 8641530. PMID 34909266.

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