Rootletin, also known as ciliary rootlet coiled-coil protein (CROCC) is a protein in humans that is encoded by the CROCC gene.[5][6][7] Rootletin is a component of the ciliary rootlet and, together with CEP68 and CEP250, is required for centrosome cohesion.[8]

CROCC
Identifiers
AliasesCROCC, ROLT, ciliary rootlet coiled-coil, rootletin, TAX1BP2
External IDsOMIM: 615776; MGI: 3529431; HomoloGene: 16811; GeneCards: CROCC; OMA:CROCC - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_014675

NM_001145958
NM_172122

RefSeq (protein)

NP_055490

NP_001139430
NP_742120

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 16.74 – 16.97 MbChr 4: 140.74 – 140.79 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Rootletin
Identifiers
SymbolRootletin
PfamPF15035
Available protein structures:
Pfam  structures / ECOD  
PDBRCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsumstructure summary

Rootletin is an important protein in the ciliary rootlet, particularly for the structure and is considered important protein in mitosis as a centrosome linker.

Function

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This protein forms part of the ciliary rootlet structure. It also contributes to the centrosome cohesion before mitosis.[9] Expression of rootletin leads to the formation of fibrous protein.

Structure

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This protein is part of the structure of a ciliary rootlet. This cytoskeletal-like structure starts from the basal body at one end of the cilium and extends towards the nucleus. Its molecular structure consists of a globular head domain and a tail domain made up of coiled-coil structures.[5]

Protein interactions

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A large coiled-coil protein, C-Nap1, is a docking site for the fibrous tether to proximal ends of centrioles which Rootletin physically interacts with. Furthermore, Rootletin is phosphorylated by Nek2 kinase.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000058453Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000040860Ensembl, 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. ^ a b Yang J, Liu X, Yue G, Adamian M, Bulgakov O, Li T (Nov 2002). "Rootletin, a novel coiled-coil protein, is a structural component of the ciliary rootlet". J Cell Biol. 159 (3): 431–40. doi:10.1083/jcb.200207153. PMC 2173070. PMID 12427867.
  6. ^ McClintock TS, Glasser CE, Bose SC, Bergman DA (Jan 2008). "Tissue expression patterns identify mouse cilia genes". Physiol Genomics. 32 (2): 198–206. doi:10.1152/physiolgenomics.00128.2007. PMID 17971504.
  7. ^ "Entrez Gene: CROCC ciliary rootlet coiled-coil, rootletin".
  8. ^ Graser S, Stierhof YD, Nigg EA (December 2007). "Cep68 and Cep215 (Cdk5rap2) are required for centrosome cohesion". J. Cell Sci. 120 (Pt 24): 4321–31. doi:10.1242/jcs.020248. PMID 18042621.
  9. ^ Bahe S, Stierhof YD, Wilkinson CJ, Leiss F, Nigg EA (October 2005). "Rootletin forms centriole-associated filaments and functions in centrosome cohesion". J. Cell Biol. 171 (1): 27–33. doi:10.1083/jcb.200504107. PMC 2171225. PMID 16203858.
  10. ^ Lim HH, Zhang T, Surana U (July 2009). "Regulation of centrosome separation in yeast and vertebrates: common threads". Trends Cell Biol. 19 (7): 325–33. doi:10.1016/j.tcb.2009.03.008. PMID 19576775.

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