TMEM106C is a gene that encodes the transmembrane protein 106C (TMEM106C) in Homo sapiens It has been found to be overexpressed in cancer cells and also is related to distal arthrogryposis,[5][6] a condition of stiff joints and irregular muscle development. The TMEM106C gene contains a domain of unknown function, DUF1356, that spans most of the protein. Transmembrane protein 106C also goes by the aliases MGC5576 or MGC111210, LOC79022.[7]

TMEM106C
Identifiers
AliasesTMEM106C, transmembrane protein 106C
External IDsMGI: 1196384; HomoloGene: 11440; GeneCards: TMEM106C; OMA:TMEM106C - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
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UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001252153
NM_201359
NM_001356508

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001137313
NP_001137314
NP_001137315
NP_076961

NP_001239082
NP_958747
NP_001343437

Location (UCSC)Chr 12: 47.96 – 47.97 MbChr 15: 97.86 – 97.87 Mb
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Location and gene neighborhood

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The TMEM106C gene is located on the long arm of the 12th chromosome. It is found at position 12q13.1. This gene spans from 48357225 to 48362667 on chromosome 12.[7] This gene is in between COL2A1, the human type II collagen gene, and VDR, the human Vitamin D Receptor gene.[8] This protein is found to be an integral part of the endoplasm reticulum membrane.[9]

Protein structure

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The N and C-terminal ends of the protein are found in the cytosol of the cell [10]

The TMEM106A protein has a molecular weight of 27.9 kdal with a PI of 6.325.[11] It has 250 amino acids, 230 of which are in the domain of unknown function. No signal peptide has been found for this protein but TMEM106C has transmembrane regions which gives evidence for an internal signal peptide.[12] This protein spans the ER membrane 2 times.[10] There is evidence that these transmembrane regions take on helical structures.[13] The predicted structure of the protein is shown to the left:

TMEM106C is valine-rich with no tryptophan.[11]

There are several areas for post-translational modification for TMEM106A including:[14]

Expression

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This gene is highly expressed. TMEM106C is expressed 4.9 times the average gene.[7] TMEM106C has ubiquitous expression. It can be found expressed in many tissues types. Tissue types with high expression included the adrenal gland, eye, reproductive organs, cervix and blood. High expression was found using EST and GEO data.

 
Expression Patterns found in Various Tissue Types [18]

This gene is also found overexpressed in cancer cells. This gene has found to be expressed three times more in adrenal tumor and twice more in bladder carcinoma and retinoblastoma than normal expression.

 
Expression Levels found in Leukemia[19]

It is also found to be highly expressed in breast (mammary gland) tumor, cervical tumor, esophageal tumor, leukemia, liver tumor; lung tumor, pancreatic tumor, prostate cancer, and soft tissue/muscle tissue tumor.[20]

TMEM106C is found in all stages of development from embryoid body, blastocyst, fetus, infant, juvenile and adult.[21]

Homology

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Paralogs

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There are two paralogs for TMEM106C. These paralogs are TMEM106A and TMEM106B.[6] Both genes are found highly conserved in Mammalia. TMEM106A is also found to be conserved in invertebrates as well. The protein was found in tapeworms and other invertebrate worms.[22]

Protein Accession number Amino acids Identity percent
TMEM106A AAI46977 262 36
TMEM106B NP_001127704 274 43
TMEM106C NP_001137314.1 250 100

Orthologs

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TMEM106C is highly conserved in Mammalia. Links to sequences can be found in the table below:[22]

Organism Common name Accession number Amino acids Identity percent Notes
Homo sapiens Human NP_001137314.1 250 100 Mammal
Macaca mulatta Rhesus macaque NP_001253653.1 249 98 Mammal
Equus caballus Horse XP_001490277.1 249 90 Mammal
Mus musculus Mouse NP_001239082.1 260 79 Mammal
Alligator mississippiensis American alligator XP_006273403.1 271 77 Reptile
Chrysemys picta bellii Painted turtle XP_005291963.1 270 73 Reptile
Falco cherrug Saker falcon XP_005436184.1 274 74 Aves
Gallus gallus Chicken XP_003643471.1 253 65 Aves
Xenopus tropicalis Western clawed frog NP_001016848.1 263 64 Amphibia
Latimeria chalumnae Coelacanth XP_005986345.1 258 61 Actinoterygii
Danio rerio Zebrafish NP_001070764.1 275 57 Actinoterygii

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000134291Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000052369Ensembl, 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. ^ Genini, S. (16 May 2006). "Radiation Hybrid Mapping of 18 Positional and Physiological Candidate Genes for Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita on Porcine Chromosome 5". Animal Genetics. 37 (3): 239–244. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2052.2006.01447.x. PMID 16734683.
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  7. ^ a b c Thierry-Mieg, Danielle and Jean (2 Jun 2010). "Homo sapiens complex locus TMEM106C, encoding transmembrane protein 106C". Aceview National Center for BioInformation technology, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.
  8. ^ "TMEM106C transmembrane protein 106C Homo sapiens (human)". NCBI. 4 May 2014.
  9. ^ Nakai, K. (19 Nov 1999). "PSORT II Prediction".
  10. ^ a b Mitaku Group. "Classification and Secondary Structure Prediction of Membrane Proteins". Department of Applied Physics Nagoya University.
  11. ^ a b "Biology Workbench 3.2". SDSC: San Diego SuperComputer Center. 11 May 2011.
  12. ^ Krogh, Anders (12 Jun 2013). "TMHMM Server v 2.0".
  13. ^ Tusnady, G.E. (2001). "HMMTop: Prediction of transmembrane helices and topology of proteins v 2.0".
  14. ^ Artimo P, Jonnalagedda M, Arnold K, Baratin D, Csardi G, de Castro E, Duvaud S, Flegel V, Fortier A, Gasteiger E, Grosdidier A, Hernandez C, Ioannidis V, Kuznetsov D, Liechti R, Moretti S, Mostaguir K, Redaschi N, Rossier G, Xenarios I, Stockinger H (2012). "ExPASy: SIB bioinformatics resource portal". Nucleic Acids Research. 40 (Web Server issue). Nucleic Acids Res, 40(W1):W597-W603: W597-603. doi:10.1093/nar/gks400. PMC 3394269. PMID 22661580.
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  16. ^ Yu Xue; Jian Ren; Xinjiao Gao; Changjiang Jin; Longping Wen & Xuebiao Yao (10 Aug 2012). "Tool to Predict Kinase-specific Phosphorylation Sites in Hierarchy". GPS.
  17. ^ R. Gupta, E. Jung & S. Brunak. (2004). "Prediction of N-glycosylation sites in human proteins". NetNGlyc 1.0 Server.
  18. ^ "GEO data".
  19. ^ "GEO data 2".
  20. ^ Mosca E, Alfieri R, Merelli I, Viti F, Calabria A, Milanesi L (3 Jul 2010). "TMEM106C". Genes to Systems Breast Cancer Database.
  21. ^ "TMEM106C: Transmembrane protein 106C". EST profile. First Gov. Health and Human Services. 28 Oct 2009.
  22. ^ a b "BLAST". National Center for Biotechnology Information. National Library of Medicine. 2014.