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Transitionally controlled tumor protein 1 (TCTP1/TPT1)
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You may include any references to papers as in: the use of JSmol in Proteopedia [1] or to the article describing Jmol [2] to the rescue.
Function
TCTP1 is a highly conserved essential anti-apoptotic protein that is known to play a key role in tumor growth. High levels of expression TCTP1 are commonly seen in dividing cells, and it is overexpressed in tumor cells. [3] Decreased expression of TCTP1 in malignant cells has been identified as one possible mechanism of tumor reversion, where tumorgenic cancerous cells cease to be malignant. Specifically, TCTP1 expression is almost undetectable in reverted cells. [4]
Multiple proposed mechanisms have been proposed to explain TCTP1's ability to help regulate tumorgenic activity. TCTP1 may interact with the pro-apoptotic factor Bax.
While many mammals, including humans have one copy of TCTP1, the capybara, the largest rodent has multiple copies of the TCTP1 gene. It is hypothesized that these multiple copies are one mechanism of cell proliferation and growth that enables the capybara to achieve such a large size.
Disease
Relevance
Structural highlights
TCTP has three α helices and nine β strands arranged into two distorted β sheets.
TCTP1 is hypothesized to interact with Bax which has two helices (H5-H6) that are structurally very similar to the H2/H3 in TCTP1.
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References
- ↑ Hanson, R. M., Prilusky, J., Renjian, Z., Nakane, T. and Sussman, J. L. (2013), JSmol and the Next-Generation Web-Based Representation of 3D Molecular Structure as Applied to Proteopedia. Isr. J. Chem., 53:207-216. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijch.201300024
- ↑ Herraez A. Biomolecules in the computer: Jmol to the rescue. Biochem Mol Biol Educ. 2006 Jul;34(4):255-61. doi: 10.1002/bmb.2006.494034042644. PMID:21638687 doi:10.1002/bmb.2006.494034042644
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- ↑ . PMID:216315890657