RNF38 explained

RING finger protein 38 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RNF38 gene.^[1]

This gene encodes a protein with a coiled-coil motif and a RING-H2 motif (C3H2C2) at its carboxy-terminus. The RING motif is a zinc-binding domain found in a large set of proteins playing roles in diverse cellular processes including oncogenesis, development, signal transduction, and apoptosis. Alternate transcriptional splice variants, encoding different isoforms, have been characterized.

See also

• RING finger domain

Further reading

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• Kimura K . Diversification of transcriptional modulation: large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes . Genome Res. . 16 . 1 . 55–65 . 2006 . 16344560 . 10.1101/gr.4039406 . 1356129 . vanc. Wakamatsu A . Suzuki Y . 3 . Ota . T . Nishikawa . T . Yamashita . R . Yamamoto . J . Sekine . M . Tsuritani . K .
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• Gerhard DS . The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC) . Genome Res. . 14 . 10B . 2121–2127 . 2004 . 15489334 . 10.1101/gr.2596504 . 528928 . vanc. Wagner L . Feingold EA . 3 . Shenmen . CM . Grouse . LH . Schuler . G . Klein . SL . Old . S . Rasooly . R .
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• Strausberg RL . 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 . 16899–16903 . 2003 . 12477932 . 10.1073/pnas.242603899 . 139241 . vanc. Feingold EA . Grouse LH . 3 . Derge . JG . Klausner . RD . Collins . FS . Wagner . L . Shenmen . CM . Schuler . GD . 2002PNAS...9916899M . free .
• Eisenberg I . Cloning and characterization of a novel human gene RNF38 encoding a conserved putative protein with a RING finger domain . Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. . 294 . 5 . 1169–1176 . 2002 . 12074600 . 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00584-3 . vanc. Hochner H . Levi T . 3 . Yelin . R . Kahan . T . Mitrani-Rosenbaum . S .
• Xu XR . Insight into hepatocellular carcinogenesis at transcriptome level by comparing gene expression profiles of hepatocellular carcinoma with those of corresponding noncancerous liver . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 98 . 26 . 15089–15094 . 2002 . 11752456 . 10.1073/pnas.241522398 . 64988 . vanc. Huang J . Xu ZG . 3 . Qian . BZ . Zhu . ZD . Yan . Q . Cai . T . Zhang . X . Xiao . HS . 2001PNAS...9815089X . free .
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Notes and References

1. Web site: Entrez Gene: RNF38 ring finger protein 38.