LETM1-like protein family

LETM1-like is a family of evolutionarily related proteins.

LETM1
Identifiers
Symbol	LETM1
Pfam	PF07766
InterPro	IPR011685
TCDB	8.A.20
Available protein structures: Pfam   structures / ECOD   PDB RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj PDBsum structure summary

This is a group of mainly hypothetical eukaryotic proteins. Putative features found in LETM1, such as a transmembrane domain and a CK2 and PKC phosphorylation site,[1] are relatively conserved throughout the family. Deletion of LETM1 is thought to be involved in the development of Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome in humans.[1] A member of this family, SWISSPROT, is known to be expressed in the mitochondria of Drosophila melanogaster,[2] suggesting that this may be a group of mitochondrial proteins.

Examples

Human gene encoding members of this family include:

• LETM1, LETM2, LETMD1

References

1. Endele S, Fuhry M, Pak SJ, Zabel BU, Winterpacht A (September 1999). "LETM1, a novel gene encoding a putative EF-hand Ca(2+)-binding protein, flanks the Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) critical region and is deleted in most WHS patients". Genomics. 60 (2): 218–25. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.5881. PMID 10486213.
2. Caggese C, Ragone G, Perrini B, Moschetti R, De Pinto V, Caizzi R, Barsanti P (February 1999). "Identification of nuclear genes encoding mitochondrial proteins: isolation of a collection of D. melanogaster cDNAs homologous to sequences in the Human Gene Index database". Mol. Gen. Genet. 261 (1): 64–70. doi:10.1007/s004380050942. PMID 10071211. S2CID 23811774.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Pfam and InterPro: IPR011685