Cytoglobin

Cytoglobin is the protein product of CYGB, a human and mammalian gene.[5]

CYGB
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesCYGB, HGB, STAP, cytoglobin
External IDsOMIM: 608759 MGI: 2149481 HomoloGene: 12706 GeneCards: CYGB
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 17 (human)[1]
Band17q25.1Start76,527,356 bp[1]
End76,551,175 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

114757

114886

Ensembl

ENSG00000161544

ENSMUSG00000020810

UniProt

Q8WWM9

Q9CX80

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_134268

NM_030206

RefSeq (protein)

NP_599030

NP_084482

Location (UCSC)Chr 17: 76.53 – 76.55 MbChr 11: 116.65 – 116.65 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Cytoglobin is a globin molecule ubiquitously expressed in all tissues and most notably utilized in marine mammals. It was discovered in 2001[6] and named cytoglobin in 2002.[7] It is thought to protect against hypoxia. The predicted function of cytoglobin is the transfer of oxygen from arterial blood to the brain.[8]

Function

Cytoglobin is a ubiquitously expressed hexacoordinate hemoglobin that may facilitate diffusion of oxygen through tissues, scavenge nitric oxide or reactive oxygen species, or serve a protective function during oxidative stress.[5][9]

Applications

CYGB expression can be used as a specific marker with which hepatic stellate cells can be distinguished from portal myofibroblasts in the damaged human liver.[10]

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000161544 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000020810 - 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. "Entrez Gene: CYGB cytoglobin".
  6. Kawada N, Kristensen DB, Asahina K, Nakatani K, Minamiyama Y, Seki S, Yoshizato K (Jul 2001). "Characterization of a stellate cell activation-associated protein (STAP) with peroxidase activity found in rat hepatic stellate cells". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276 (27): 25318–23. doi:10.1074/jbc.M102630200. PMID 11320098.
  7. Burmester T, Ebner B, Weich B, Hankeln T (Apr 2002). "Cytoglobin: a novel globin type ubiquitously expressed in vertebrate tissues". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 19 (4): 416–21. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004096. PMID 11919282.
  8. "Why Diving Marine Mammals Resist Brain Damage from Low Oxygen". ScienceDaily. 20 December 2007.
  9. Trent JT, Hargrove MS (May 2002). "A ubiquitously expressed human hexacoordinate hemoglobin". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277 (22): 19538–45. doi:10.1074/jbc.M201934200. PMID 11893755.
  10. Motoyama H, Komiya T, Thuy le TT, Tamori A, Enomoto M, Morikawa H, Iwai S, Uchida-Kobayashi S, Fujii H, Hagihara A, Kawamura E, Murakami Y, Yoshizato K, Kawada N (Feb 2014). "Cytoglobin is expressed in hepatic stellate cells, but not in myofibroblasts, in normal and fibrotic human liver". Laboratory Investigation. 94 (2): 192–207. doi:10.1038/labinvest.2013.135. PMID 24296877.

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