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    Genomics. 2003 Sep;82(3):343-54.

    Molecular cloning, structural analysis, and expression of a human IRLB, MYC promoter-binding protein: new DENN domain-containing protein family emerges small star, filled.

    Semova N, Kapanadze B, Corcoran M, Kutsenko A, Baranova A, Semov A.

    Genome Analysis Laboratory, Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.

    IRLB was originally identified as a partial cDNA clone, encoding a 191-aa protein binding the interferon-stimulated response element (ISRE) in the P2 promoter of human MYC. Here, we cloned the full-size IRLB using different bioinformatics tools and an RT-PCR approach. The full-size gene encompasses 131 kb within chromosome 15q22 and consists of 32 exons. IRLB is transcribed as a 6.6-kb mRNA encoding a protein of 1865 aa. IRLB is ubiquitously expressed and its expression is regulated in a growth- and cell cycle-dependent manner. In addition to the ISRE-binding domain IRLB contains a tripartite DENN domain, a nuclear localization signal, two PPRs, and a calmodulin-binding domain. The presence of DENN domains predicts possible interactions of IRLB with GTPases from the Rab family or regulation of growth-induced MAPKs. Strongly homologous proteins were identified in all available vertebrate genomes as well as in Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster. In human and mouse a family of IRLB proteins exists, consisting of at least three members.

    PMID: 12906859 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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