WW domain-containing oxidoreductase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the WWOXgene.[5][6][7][8]
Function
WW domain-containing proteins are found in all eukaryotes and play an important role in the regulation of a wide variety of cellular functions such as protein degradation, transcription, and RNA splicing. This gene encodes a protein which contains 2 WW domains and a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase domain (SRD). The highest normal expression of this gene is detected in hormonally regulated tissues such as testis, ovary, and prostate. This expression pattern and the presence of an SRD domain suggest a role for this gene in steroid metabolism. The encoded protein is more than 90% identical to the mouse protein, which is an essential mediator of tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced apoptosis, suggesting a similar, important role in apoptosis for the human protein. In addition, there is evidence that this gene behaves as a suppressor of tumor growth. Alternative splicing of this gene generates transcript variants that encode different isoforms.[8]
WWOX is also known as human accelerated region 6. It may, therefore, have played a key role in differentiating humans from apes.[9]
^"Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^"Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^Bednarek AK, Laflin KJ, Daniel RL, Liao Q, Hawkins KA, Aldaz CM (May 2000). "WWOX, a novel WW domain-containing protein mapping to human chromosome 16q23.3-24.1, a region frequently affected in breast cancer". Cancer Res. 60 (8): 2140–5. PMID10786676.
^Mahajan NP, Whang YE, Mohler JL, Earp HS (November 2005). "Activated tyrosine kinase Ack1 promotes prostate tumorigenesis: role of Ack1 in polyubiquitination of tumor suppressor Wwox". Cancer Res. 65 (22): 10514–23. CiteSeerX10.1.1.322.9333. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-1127. PMID16288044.
Further reading
Ramos D, Aldaz CM (2006). "WWOX, a Chromosomal Fragile Site Gene and its Role in Cancer". New trends in cancer for the 21st century. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Vol. 587. pp. 149–59. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-5133-3_14. ISBN 978-1-4020-4966-8. PMID17163164.
Bednarek AK, Keck-Waggoner CL, Daniel RL, Laflin KJ, Bergsagel PL, Kiguchi K, Brenner AJ, Aldaz CM (2001). "WWOX, the FRA16D gene, behaves as a suppressor of tumor growth". Cancer Res. 61 (22): 8068–73. PMID11719429.
Kuroki T, Trapasso F, Shiraishi T, Alder H, Mimori K, Mori M, Croce CM (2002). "Genetic alterations of the tumor suppressor gene WWOX in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma". Cancer Res. 62 (8): 2258–60. PMID11956080.
Watanabe A, Hippo Y, Taniguchi H, Iwanari H, Yashiro M, Hirakawa K, Kodama T, Aburatani H (2004). "An opposing view on WWOX protein function as a tumor suppressor". Cancer Res. 63 (24): 8629–33. PMID14695174.
Chen ST, Chuang JI, Wang JP, Tsai MS, Li H, Chang NS (2004). "Expression of WW domain-containing oxidoreductase WOX1 in the developing murine nervous system". Neuroscience. 124 (4): 831–9. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2003.12.036. PMID15026124. S2CID14784743.
Ishii H, Mimori K, Vecchione A, Sutheesophon K, Fujiwara T, Mori M, Furukawa Y (2004). "Effect of exogenous E2F-1 on the expression of common chromosome fragile site genes, FHIT and WWOX". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 316 (4): 1088–93. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.02.159. PMID15044096.
Kuroki T, Yendamuri S, Trapasso F, Matsuyama A, Aqeilan RI, Alder H, Rattan S, Cesari R, Nolli ML, Williams NN, Mori M, Kanematsu T, Croce CM (2004). "The tumor suppressor gene WWOX at FRA16D is involved in pancreatic carcinogenesis". Clin. Cancer Res. 10 (7): 2459–65. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-03-0096. PMID15073125. S2CID5830887.
Guler G, Uner A, Guler N, Han SY, Iliopoulos D, Hauck WW, McCue P, Huebner K (2004). "The fragile genes FHIT and WWOX are inactivated coordinately in invasive breast carcinoma". Cancer. 100 (8): 1605–14. doi:10.1002/cncr.20137. PMID15073846. S2CID23157412.