LIN28B (gene)

LIN28B
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 4A4I
Identifiers
Aliases	LIN28B, CSDD2, lin-28 homolog B
External IDs	OMIM: 611044 MGI: 3584032 HomoloGene: 47607 GeneCards: LIN28B
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 6 (human) Band 6q16.3-q21 Start 104,936,616 bp End 105,083,332 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 10 (mouse) Band 10|10 B2 Start 45,252,716 bp End 45,362,491 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in placenta secondary oocyte sperm Brodmann area 23 testicle prefrontal cortex ganglionic eminence Brodmann area 9 hypothalamus superior frontal gyrus Top expressed in secondary oocyte spermatocyte morula yolk sac superior frontal gyrus neural tube spermatid lens blastocyst cerebellar cortex More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function DNA binding zinc ion binding protein binding metal ion binding RNA binding nucleic acid binding Cellular component cytoplasm nucleus nucleolus cytosol Biological process pre-miRNA processing miRNA catabolic process gene silencing regulation of transcription, DNA-templated RNA 3'-end processing Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 389421 380669 Ensembl ENSG00000187772 ENSMUSG00000063804 UniProt Q6ZN17 Q45KJ6 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004317 NM_001031772 NM_001033152 RefSeq (protein) NP_001004317 NP_001026942 Location (UCSC) Chr 6: 104.94 – 105.08 Mb Chr 10: 45.25 – 45.36 Mb PubMed search
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Lin-28 homolog B is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LIN28B gene.

Function

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the lin-28 family, which is characterized by the presence of a cold-shock domain and a pair of CCHC zinc finger domains. This gene is highly expressed in testis, fetal liver, placenta, and in primary human tumors and cancer cell lines. It is negatively regulated by microRNAs that target sites in the 3' UTR, and overexpression of this gene in primary tumors is linked to the repression of let-7 family of microRNAs and derepression of let-7 targets, which facilitates cellular transformation.

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.