Ectodysplasin A

Ectodysplasin A (EDA) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EDA gene.

EDA
Available structures
PDBHuman UniProt search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesEDA, ECTD1, ED1, ED1-A1, ED1-A2, EDA-A1, EDA-A2, EDA1, EDA2, HED, HED1, ODT1, STHAGX1, XHED, XLHED, TNLG7C, ectodysplasin A
External IDsOMIM: 300451 GeneCards: EDA
Gene location (Human)
Chr.X chromosome (human)[1]
BandXq13.1Start69,616,067 bp[1]
End70,039,472 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

1896

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Ensembl

ENSG00000158813

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UniProt

Q92838

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RefSeq (mRNA)

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_001005609
NP_001005610
NP_001005612
NP_001005613
NP_001390

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Location (UCSC)Chr X: 69.62 – 70.04 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2]n/a
Wikidata
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Ectodysplasin A is a transmembrane protein of the TNF family which plays an important role in the development of ectodermal tissues such as skin in humans.[3][4] It is recognized by the ectodysplasin A receptor.

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a type II membrane protein that can be cleaved by furin to produce a secreted form. The encoded protein, which belongs to the tumor necrosis factor family, acts as a homotrimer and may be involved in cell-cell signaling during the development of ectodermal organs. Along with c-Met, it has been shown to be involved in the differentiation of anatomical placodes, precursors of scales, feathers and hair follicles in vertebrates.[5] Defects in this gene are a cause of ectodermal dysplasia, anhidrotic, which is also known as X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia. Several transcript variants encoding many different isoforms have been found for this gene.[4]

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000158813 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. Kere J, Srivastava AK, Montonen O, Zonana J, Thomas N, Ferguson B, Munoz F, Morgan D, Clarke A, Baybayan P, Chen EY, Ezer S, Saarialho-Kere U, de la Chapelle A, Schlessinger D (Sep 1996). "X-linked anhidrotic (hypohidrotic) ectodermal dysplasia is caused by mutation in a novel transmembrane protein". Nat Genet. 13 (4): 409–16. doi:10.1038/ng0895-409. PMID 8696334.
  4. "Entrez Gene: EDA ectodysplasin A".
  5. Barrow-McGee R, Kishi N, Joffre C, Ménard L, Hervieu A, Bakhouche BA, et al. (2016). "Beta 1-integrin-c-Met cooperation reveals an inside-in survival signalling on autophagy-related endomembranes". Nature Communications. 7: 11942. Bibcode:2016NatCo...711942B. doi:10.1038/ncomms11942. PMC 4931016. PMID 27336951.

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