DOP1B is a human gene located just above the Down Syndrome chromosomal region (DSCR) located at 21p22.2 sub-band.[5][6][7] Although the exact function of this gene is not yet fully understood, it has been proven to play a role in multiple biological processes, and its over-expression (triplication) has been linked to multiple facets of the Down Syndrome phenotype, most notably mental retardation.[6]

DOP1B
Identifiers
AliasesDOP1B, 21orf5, C21orf5, dopey family member 2, DOPEY2, DOP1 leucine zipper like protein B
External IDsOMIM: 604803; MGI: 1917278; HomoloGene: 21068; GeneCards: DOP1B; OMA:DOP1B - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
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UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_005128
NM_001320714

NM_026700
NM_027293
NM_001357118

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001307643
NP_005119

NP_080976
NP_081569
NP_001344047

Location (UCSC)Chr 21: 36.16 – 36.29 MbChr 16: 93.51 – 93.61 Mb
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Gene

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The DOP1B gene is located on human chromosome 21, at chromosome band 21q22.12.[5] This band is located in open reading frame 5, hence the alias C21orf5. DOP1B gene is composed of 137,493 bases making up 37 exons and 39 distinct gt-ag introns, all located between CBR3 and KIAA0136 genes.[6][8]

Transcription produces 10 unique mRNAs, 8 alternatively spliced variants, and 2 unspliced forms.[8] These unique mRNAs differ by varying truncation of the 3' and 5' ends, as well as the presence of 3 cassette exons.[8] These mRNA variants range from 7691bp (mRNA variant DOPEY2.aAug10) to 315bp (mRNA variant DOPEY2.jAug10-unspliced) and are further described in Table 1 below.[9]

The mRNA expressed and levels of expression differ based on the location and tissue type in the body, but overall has been found to be expressed ubiquitously.[6] The highest expression has been found in differentiating, rather than proliferating, tissue zones.[5] Transcript was identified with the highest confidence in the erythroleukemia, placental cells and overall in the brain, and at a medium confidence level in the perirhinal cortex, medial temporal lobe, colon, as well in the salivary and adrenal glands.[8]

Protein

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Of the ten mRNAs produced, six of them are translated into viable proteins. Please see table above for more details.[9] The largest, having a molecular weight of 258230 Da, and highest expressed protein, DOP1B.a, is composed of 2298 amino acids that make up an N-terminal domain, seven transmembrane domains, and a C-terminal coiled coil stretch that forms a leucine-like zipper domain.[8] Like other leucine zippers domains, DOP1B's C-terminal is hypothesized to be involved in multiple protein-protein and transcription factor interactions.[6] This indicates that DOP1B might act as a transcription co-activator; however, further research must be done to fully understand the precise physiological function.[6]

Protein Interactions

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Very little work has been done on understanding the intricacies of the protein interactions; however, STRING has identified direct links with three proteins: MON2, TRIP12, and HECTD1.[10] DOP1B is also indirectly associated with the following proteins: ARL16, ATP9A, ARL1, ATP9B, UBE3A, HERC5, HERC4, HACE1, UBE3C, and UBR5.[10] See Figure 2 for interactions.

 
Figure 2. Overview of direct protein interactions that have been experimentally determined. These interactions and relationships include gene fusions, co-occurrences, co-expressions, and homologies.[10]

Homology

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Phylogenesis suggest that DOP1B can be traced back to a common ancestor of animals and fungi due to its highly conserved C-terminal domain DOP1B has 84 known orthologs and 158 speciation nodes in the gene tree.[11] The most similar orthologs being in the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), dog (Canis familiaris), cow (Bos Taurus), as well as the rat and mouse (Rattus norvegicus and Mus musculus).[11]

The only known paralog is DOPEY1.[11]

Sub-cellular localization

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Gene Ontology (GO) has traced the DOP1B protein to 5 main areas: the Golgi membrane, the trans-Golgi network, cytosol, and extracellular endosome.[8] COMPARTMENTS localization data places the highest confidence of localization to the extracellular exosome and the Golgi membrane.[12]

Figure 1: Description of mRNA and Protein Variants:[9]

mRNA

Variant

Spliced mRNA Length Protein Length 5' UTR 3' UTR Unspliced pre-mRNA Length Number of Exons Tissue-mRNA Expression (no strict specificity implied)
aAug10 7691 bp 2298 aa 85 bp 709 bp 129746 bp 37 ubiquitous
bAug10 2173 bp 332aa 1174 bp 15610 bp 6 carcinoid, lung, colon, colon tumor, RER+
cAug10 742 bp 222 aa 74 bp 49789 bp 6 breast, t-lymphocytes
dAug10 623 bp 145 aa 188 bp 43664 bp 4 lung
eAug10 345 bp 114 aa 9925 bp 3 spleen
fAug10 571 bp 110 aa 241 bp 1322 bp 2 thalamus
gAug10 549 bp non-coding 11 bp 499 bp 794 bp 2 spleen
hAug- unspliced 543 bp non-coding 377 bp 543 bp 1 stomach
iAug10 514 bp non-coding 205 bp 204 bp 7377 bp 2 thyroid gland
jAug10-

unspliced

315 bp non-coding 165 bp 315 bp 1 marrow

Function

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As mentioned previously, the specific function and however, its function can be largely inferred through the study of similar genes. DOP1B has been found to be involved in the following processes: multicellular organism development in cell differentiation and developmental patterning, cognition, as well as endoplasmic reticulum organization and Golgi to endosome transport.[5][6][13][14]

Cell differentiation and patterning

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The DOP1B ortholog, pad-1, in C. elegans, was found to have a role in cell differentiation and patterning. In an experiment where the pad-1 was silenced using RNA-mediated interference, the phenotype of the injected worm's offspring was fetal lethality.[5] The reason being: most of the embryonic tissues did not undergo appropriate cell patterning during gastrulation.[5] Abnormally positioned cells lead to misinformation of organs; the failed morphogenesis of embryo.[5] A similar observation was made in the inactivation of the Dop1 gene, the DOP1B ortholog, in S. cerevisiae.[6] The inactivation lead to abnormal cell positioning and subsequent death. Overexpression of the N-terminal in S. cerevisiae also resulted in a loss of proper growth polarity and abnormal asexual reproductive patterning.[6] This function was further supported by the function of the ortholog DopA in A. nidulans, which similarly codes for a 207kDa protein that also contains leucine zipper-like domains.[15] Its inactivation revealed its role directing alternations in cell division timing, growth polarity, as well as cell-specific gene expression, ultimately affecting organogenesis and cell differentiation.[15]

Endoplasmic reticulum and golgi transport

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Dop1, an ortholog of DOP1B, in S. cerevisiae was found to play an essential role in membrane organization.[13] It was found that it forms a complex with another protein, Mon2, which recruits the pool of Dop1 from the Golgi.[13] In a Mon2 knockout model, Dop1 was mislocalized, and in turn resulted in defective cycling between endosomes and the Golgi.[13] In a Dop1 knockout model, severe defects in the endoplasmic reticulum organization.[13] This Dop1 and Mon2 complex was also linked to traffic in the endocytic pathway.[13]

Clinical significance

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Cognition

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DOP1B has been identified as a CNV region in Alzheimer's disease subjects, and its triplication has been tied to various phenotypic aspects of Down Syndrome.[14]

Down syndrome

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DOP1B has been associated with the Down Syndrome phenotype.[6] When DOP1B was overexpressed in mice, abnormal lamination patterns of cortical cells was observed, as well as altered cortical, hippocampal, and cerebellar cells, regions that play key roles in memory and learning.[6] These changes are similar to those observed in Down Syndrome patients.[6] It is because of this that C21orf15 is now being studied as a new candidate gene for the intellectual disability phenotype in Down Syndrome.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000142197Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000022946Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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  7. ^ Shapiro BL (1999). "The Down Syndrome critical region". The Molecular Biology of Down Syndrome. Vol. 57. pp. 41–60. doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-6380-1_3. ISBN 978-3-211-83377-3. PMID 10666667. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  8. ^ a b c d e f Consortium GO. "AmiGO 2: Term Details for "molecular_function" (GO:0003674)". amigo.geneontology.org. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  9. ^ a b c Thierry-Mieg D, Thierry-Mieg J. "AceView: Gene:DOPEY2, a comprehensive annotation of human, mouse and worm genes with mRNAs or ESTsAceView". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. NCBI/NLM/NIH. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  10. ^ a b c "26 items (Homo sapiens) - STRING network view". string-db.org. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  11. ^ a b c "Gene: DOPEY2 (ENSG00000142197) - Gene tree - Homo sapiens - Ensembl genome browser 90". www.ensembl.org. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  12. ^ "COMPARTMENTS - DOPEY2". compartments.jensenlab.org. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
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  14. ^ a b Swaminathan S, Huentelman MJ, Corneveaux JJ, Myers AJ, Faber KM, Foroud T, Mayeux R, Shen L, Kim S, Turk M, Hardy J, Reiman EM, Saykin AJ (2012). "Analysis of copy number variation in Alzheimer's disease in a cohort of clinically characterized and neuropathologically verified individuals". PLOS ONE. 7 (12): e50640. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...750640S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050640. PMC 3515604. PMID 23227193.
  15. ^ a b Pascon RC, Miller BL (June 2000). "Morphogenesis in Aspergillus nidulans requires Dopey (DopA), a member of a novel family of leucine zipper-like proteins conserved from yeast to humans". Molecular Microbiology. 36 (6): 1250–64. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01950.x. PMID 10931277. S2CID 27402390.

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