Scientific background: |
FXYD5(FXYD domain-containing ion transport regulator 5), also known as Dysadherin, is
a protein that in humans is encoded by the FXYD5 gene. The gene encodes a member of a family of
small membrane proteins that share a 35-amino acid signature sequence domain, beginning with the
sequence PFXYD and containing 7 invariant and 6 highly conserved amino acids. The FXYD5 gene is
mapped on 19q13.12. The deduced FXYD5 protein, the largest of the 7, contains 178 amino acids and
has a signal peptide. Immunoreactivity for dysadherin, localized at cell-cell boundaries, was detected in
39 of 51 papillary carcinomas and in all 31 undifferentiated carcinomas but not in the follicular
carcinomas or normal thyroid tissue controls. Dysadherin expression was significantly higher in
undifferentiated carcinoma than in papillary carcinoma or follicular carcinoma and showed significant
negative correlation with E-cadherin expression |
References: |
1. Ino, Y., Gotoh, M., Sakamoto, M., Tsukagoshi, K., Hirohashi, S. Dysadherin, a cancer-associated
cell membrane glycoprotein, down-regulates E-cadherin and promotes metastasis. Proc. Nat. Acad.
Sci. 99: 365-370, 2002.
2. Omasa, T., Chen, Y.-G., Mantalaris, A., Wu, J. H. D. A cDNA from human bone marrow encoding a
protein exhibiting homology to the ATP1-gamma-1/PLM/MAT8 family of transmembrane
proteins. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1517: 307-310, 2001.
3. Sweadner, K. J., Rael, E. The FXYD gene family of small ion transport regulators or channels:
cDNA sequence, protein signature sequence, and expression. Genomics 68: 41-56, 2000 |