PDCD7 explained

Programmed cell death protein 7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PDCD7 gene.^{[1] [2]}

This gene encodes a protein with sequence similarity to a mouse protein originally identified in embryonic stem cells. In mouse T-cell lines, this protein appears to be related to glucocorticoid- and staurine-induced apoptotic pathways, and to be linked to ceramide-mediated signalling. These observations suggest that this gene product is involved in specific apoptotic processes in T-cells.

Further reading

• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, etal . The Status, Quality, and Expansion of the NIH Full-Length cDNA Project: The Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC) . Genome Res. . 14 . 10B . 2121–7 . 2004 . 15489334 . 10.1101/gr.2596504 . 528928 .
• Colland F, Jacq X, Trouplin V, etal . Functional Proteomics Mapping of a Human Signaling Pathway . Genome Res. . 14 . 7 . 1324–32 . 2004 . 15231748 . 10.1101/gr.2334104 . 442148 .
• Will CL, Schneider C, Hossbach M, etal . The human 18S U11/U12 snRNP contains a set of novel proteins not found in the U2-dependent spliceosome . RNA . 10 . 6 . 929–41 . 2004 . 15146077 . 10.1261/rna.7320604 . 1370585 .
• Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, etal . Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs . Nat. Genet. . 36 . 1 . 40–5 . 2004 . 14702039 . 10.1038/ng1285 . free .
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, etal . Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 99 . 26 . 16899–903 . 2003 . 12477932 . 10.1073/pnas.242603899 . 139241 . 2002PNAS...9916899M . free .
• Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, etal . Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library . Gene . 200 . 1–2 . 149–56 . 1997 . 9373149 . 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3 .
• Maruyama K, Sugano S . Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides . Gene . 138 . 1–2 . 171–4 . 1994 . 8125298 . 10.1016/0378-1119(94)90802-8 .

Notes and References

1. Park EJ, Kim JH, Seong RH, Kim CG, Park SD, Hong SH . Characterization of a novel mouse cDNA, ES18, involved in apoptotic cell death of T-cells . Nucleic Acids Res . 27 . 6 . 1524–30 . Apr 1999 . 10037816 . 148348 . 10.1093/nar/27.6.1524 .
2. Web site: Entrez Gene: PDCD7 programmed cell death 7.