Retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator

X-linked retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator is a GTPase-binding protein that in humans is encoded by the RPGR gene.[5][6][7][8] The gene is located on the X-chromosome and is commonly associated with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP). In photoreceptor cells, RPGR is localized in the connecting cilium which connects the protein-synthesizing inner segment to the photosensitive outer segment and is involved in the modulation of cargo trafficked between the two segments.[9]

RPGR
Available structures
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Identifiers
AliasesRPGR, COD1, CORDX1, CRD, PCDX, RP15, RP3, XLRP3, orf15, Retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator
External IDsOMIM: 312610; MGI: 1344037; HomoloGene: 55455; GeneCards: RPGR; OMA:RPGR - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
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UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000328
NM_001023582
NM_001034853

RefSeq (protein)
Location (UCSC)Chr X: 38.27 – 38.33 MbChr X: 9.94 – 10.08 Mb
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Function

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This gene encodes a protein with a series of six RCC1-like domains (RLDs), characteristic of the highly conserved guanine nucleotide exchange factors. Mutations in this gene have been associated with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP). Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants that encode different isoforms of this gene have been reported, but the full-length natures of only some have been determined.[8]

The two major isoforms are RPGRconst, the default isoform, composed of exons 1-19, and RPGRORF15 which retains part of intron 15 as the terminal exon. ORF15 is the terminal exon of RPGRORF15 and is a mutational hotspot accounting for ~60% of RPGR patients with heterogeneous diseases ranging from XLRP to cone-rod degeneration and macular degeneration.[10] Alternatively, the RPGRconst isoform contains a putative prenylation domain on its C-terminal end[10] which is involved in posttranslational modification and allows membrane-association and protein trafficking.[11] The C-terminal domain of the RPGRconst isoform contains a CTIL motif (812CTIL815) which recruits prenyl-binding protein PDE6D which then shuttles the protein to the connecting cilium.[12]

Photoreceptor cells contain an inner segment and an outer segment which are joined by a connecting cilium. Protein synthesis occurs exclusively in the inner segment and all proteins must be trafficked across the connecting cilium to the outer segment where the phototransduction cascade takes place. RPGR is primarily located in a protein complex in the connecting cilium and is involved in regulating the cargo that is trafficked from the inner segment to the outer segment.[9]

Interactions

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Retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator has been shown to interact with PDE6D[13] nephronophthisis (NPHP) proteins[14] and RPGRIP1.[15] Binding to PDE6D has been shown to ensure ciliary localization of the RPGRconst isoform.[16] Additionally, the N-terminal of interacts with a PDE6D interacting protein, INPP5E (inositol polyphosphatase 5E).[12] INPP5E has been shown to regulates phosphoinositide metabolism and may modulate the phosphoinositide content of photoreceptor cells.[9]

RPGR has also been shown to preferentially interact with the GDP-bound form of the small GTPase RAB8A.[17] RAB8A is involved in rhodopsin trafficking in primary cilia.[18] The C-terminal domain of RPGRORF15 has been shown to interact with whirlin, a ciliary protein that is mutated in Usher Syndrome.[19] The RPGRORF15 isoform has been shown to be glutamylated on its N-terminus by tubulin-tyrosine ligase-like 5 (TTLL5).[20] It has also been shown that loss of TTLL5 mimics loss of RPGR in the mouse retina.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000156313Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000031174Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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  7. ^ Murga-Zamalloa CA, Atkins SJ, Peranen J, Swaroop A, Khanna H (Sep 2010). "Interaction of retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator (RPGR) with RAB8A GTPase: implications for cilia dysfunction and photoreceptor degeneration". Human Molecular Genetics. 19 (18): 3591–8. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddq275. PMC 2928130. PMID 20631154.
  8. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: RPGR retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator".
  9. ^ a b c Khanna H (October 2015). "Photoreceptor Sensory Cilium: Traversing the Ciliary Gate". Cells. 4 (4): 674–86. doi:10.3390/cells4040674. PMC 4695852. PMID 26501325.
  10. ^ a b Churchill JD, Bowne SJ, Sullivan LS, Lewis RA, Wheaton DK, Birch DG, et al. (February 2013). "Mutations in the X-linked retinitis pigmentosa genes RPGR and RP2 found in 8.5% of families with a provisional diagnosis of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa". Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 54 (2): 1411–6. doi:10.1167/iovs.12-11541. PMC 3597192. PMID 23372056.
  11. ^ Glomset JA, Farnsworth CC (1994). "Role of protein modification reactions in programming interactions between ras-related GTPases and cell membranes". Annual Review of Cell Biology. 10: 181–205. doi:10.1146/annurev.cb.10.110194.001145. PMID 7888176.
  12. ^ a b Rao KN, Zhang W, Li L, Anand M, Khanna H (2016b) Prenylated retinal ciliopathy protein RPGR interacts with PDE6delta and regulates ciliary localization of Joubert syndrome-associated protein INPP5E. Hum Mol Genet 25(20):4533–4545
  13. ^ Linari M, Ueffing M, Manson F, Wright A, Meitinger T, Becker J (Feb 1999). "The retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator, RPGR, interacts with the delta subunit of rod cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 96 (4): 1315–20. Bibcode:1999PNAS...96.1315L. doi:10.1073/pnas.96.4.1315. PMC 15460. PMID 9990021.
  14. ^ Murga-Zamalloa CA, Desai NJ, Hildebrandt F, Khanna H (July 2010). "Interaction of ciliary disease protein retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator with nephronophthisis-associated proteins in mammalian retinas". Molecular Vision. 16: 1373–81. PMC 2905641. PMID 20664800.
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  16. ^ Rao KN, Zhang W, Li L, Ronquillo C, Baehr W, Khanna H (May 2016). "Ciliopathy-associated protein CEP290 modifies the severity of retinal degeneration due to loss of RPGR". Human Molecular Genetics. 25 (10): 2005–2012. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddw075. PMC 5062589. PMID 26936822.
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  19. ^ Ebermann I, Scholl HP, Charbel Issa P, Becirovic E, Lamprecht J, Jurklies B, et al. (April 2007). "A novel gene for Usher syndrome type 2: mutations in the long isoform of whirlin are associated with retinitis pigmentosa and sensorineural hearing loss". Human Genetics. 121 (2): 203–11. doi:10.1007/s00439-006-0304-0. PMID 17171570. S2CID 22632047.
  20. ^ Sun X, Park JH, Gumerson J, Wu Z, Swaroop A, Qian H, Roll-Mecak A, Li T (2016) Loss of RPGR glutamylation underlies the pathogenic mechanism of retinal dystrophy caused by TTLL5 mutations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 113:E2925–E2934

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