Human Gene STRA6 (ENST00000449139.6) from GENCODE V43
Description: May act as a high-affinity cell-surface receptor for the complex retinol-retinol binding protein (RBP/RBP4). Acts by removing retinol from RBP/RBP4 and transports it across the plasma membrane, where it can be metabolized. This mechanism does not depend on endocytosis. Binds to RBP/RBP4 with high affinity. Increases cellular retinol uptake from the retinol-RBP complex (By similarity). (from UniProt Q9BX79) RefSeq Summary (NM_022369): The protein encoded by this gene is a membrane protein involved in the metabolism of retinol. The encoded protein acts as a receptor for retinol/retinol binding protein complexes. This protein removes the retinol from the complex and transports it across the cell membrane. Defects in this gene are a cause of syndromic microphthalmia type 9 (MCOPS9). Several transcript variants encoding a few different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2008]. Gencode Transcript: ENST00000449139.6 Gencode Gene: ENSG00000137868.19 Transcript (Including UTRs) Position: hg38 chr15:74,179,466-74,212,225 Size: 32,760 Total Exon Count: 19 Strand: - Coding Region Position: hg38 chr15:74,180,080-74,202,267 Size: 22,188 Coding Exon Count: 18
ID:STRA6_HUMAN DESCRIPTION: RecName: Full=Stimulated by retinoic acid gene 6 protein homolog; FUNCTION: May act as a high-affinity cell-surface receptor for the complex retinol-retinol binding protein (RBP/RBP4). Acts by removing retinol from RBP/RBP4 and transports it across the plasma membrane, where it can be metabolized. This mechanism does not depend on endocytosis. Binds to RBP/RBP4 with high affinity. Increases cellular retinol uptake from the retinol-RBP complex (By similarity). SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein (Potential). TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Broad expression. In adult eye expressed in sclera, retina, retinal pigment epithelium, and trabecular meshwork but not in choroid and iris. INDUCTION: Up-regulated in the colorectal cancer cell line WiDr by the administration of retinoic acid and in tumors with frequent defects in Wnt-1 signaling. DISEASE: Defects in STRA6 are the cause of microphthalmia syndromic type 9 (MCOPS9) [MIM:601186]; also called Matthew-Wood syndrome or Spear syndrome. Microphthalmia is a clinically heterogeneous disorder of eye formation, ranging from small size of a single eye to complete bilateral absence of ocular tissues (anophthalmia). In many cases, microphthalmia/anophthalmia occurs in association with syndromes that include non-ocular abnormalities. MCOPS9 is a rare clinical entity including as main characteristics anophthalmia or severe microphthalmia, and pulmonary hypoplasia or aplasia. DISEASE: Note=Mutations in STRA6 may be a cause of isolated colobomatous microphthalmia, a disorder of the eye characterized by an abnormally small ocular globe. SEQUENCE CAUTION: Sequence=BAB14122.1; Type=Erroneous initiation; Sequence=CAD97655.1; Type=Erroneous initiation;
The RNAfold program from the Vienna RNA Package is used to perform the secondary structure predictions and folding calculations. The estimated folding energy is in kcal/mol. The more negative the energy, the more secondary structure the RNA is likely to have.
ModBase Predicted Comparative 3D Structure on Q9BX79
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Orthologous Genes in Other Species
Orthologies between human, mouse, and rat are computed by taking the best BLASTP hit, and filtering out non-syntenic hits. For more distant species reciprocal-best BLASTP hits are used. Note that the absence of an ortholog in the table below may reflect incomplete annotations in the other species rather than a true absence of the orthologous gene.
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