The tripartite motif family identifies cell compartments

EMBO J. 2001 May 1;20(9):2140-51. doi: 10.1093/emboj/20.9.2140.

Abstract

A functional genomic approach, based on systematic data gathering, was used to characterize a family of proteins containing a tripartite motif (TRIM). A total of 37 TRIM genes/proteins were studied, 21 of which were novel. The results demonstrate that TRIM proteins share a common function: by means of homo-multimerization they identify specific cell compartments.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Motifs / physiology*
  • Animals
  • Blotting, Northern
  • Carrier Proteins*
  • Cell Compartmentation / physiology*
  • Cell Line
  • Chromosome Mapping
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Databases, Factual
  • Embryo, Mammalian
  • Humans
  • In Situ Hybridization
  • Mice
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Multigene Family / genetics*
  • Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins*
  • Organ Specificity
  • Protein Binding / physiology
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary / physiology
  • Proteins / physiology*
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Subcellular Fractions / metabolism
  • Two-Hybrid System Techniques
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases

Substances

  • Carrier Proteins
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Proteins
  • Trim8 protein, mouse
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases

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