Integrin alpha 6

ITGA6
Identifiers
AliasesITGA6, CD49f, ITGA6B, VLA-6, integrin subunit alpha 6
External IDsMGI: 96605 HomoloGene: 20091 GeneCards: ITGA6
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 2 (human)[1]
Band2q31.1Start172,427,354 bp[1]
End172,506,282 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern


More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

3655

16403

Ensembl

ENSG00000091409

ENSMUSG00000027111

UniProt

P23229

Q61739

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000210
NM_001079818
NM_001316306
NM_001365529
NM_001365530

NM_001277970
NM_008397

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000201
NP_001073286
NP_001303235
NP_001352458
NP_001352459

NP_001264899
NP_032423

Location (UCSC)Chr 2: 172.43 – 172.51 MbChr 2: 71.75 – 71.86 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Integrin alpha-6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ITGA6 gene.

Function

The ITGA6 protein product is the integrin alpha chain alpha 6. Integrins are integral cell-surface proteins composed of an alpha chain and a beta chain. A given chain may combine with multiple partners resulting in different integrins. For example, alpha 6 may combine with beta 4 in the integrin referred to as TSP180, or with beta 1 in the integrin VLA-6. Integrins are known to participate in cell adhesion as well as cell-surface mediated signalling. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[5]

Interactions

ITGA6 has been shown to interact with TSPAN4[6] and GIPC1.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000091409 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000027111 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  5. "Entrez Gene: ITGA6 integrin, alpha 6".
  6. Tachibana I, Bodorova J, Berditchevski F, Zutter MM, Hemler ME (November 1997). "NAG-2, a novel transmembrane-4 superfamily (TM4SF) protein that complexes with integrins and other TM4SF proteins". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272 (46): 29181–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.46.29181. PMID 9360996.
  7. Tani TT, Mercurio AM (September 2001). "PDZ interaction sites in integrin alpha subunits. T14853, TIP/GIPC binds to a type I recognition sequence in alpha 6A/alpha 5 and a novel sequence in alpha 6B". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276 (39): 36535–42. doi:10.1074/jbc.M105785200. PMID 11479315.

Further reading

  • Lipscomb EA, Mercurio AM (September 2005). "Mobilization and activation of a signaling competent alpha6beta4integrin underlies its contribution to carcinoma progression". Cancer Metastasis Reviews. 24 (3): 413–23. doi:10.1007/s10555-005-5133-4. PMID 16258729.
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