TEP1

Telomerase protein component 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the TEP1 gene.[5][6]

TEP1
Identifiers
Aliases	TEP1, TLP1, TP1, TROVE1, VAULT2, p240, telomerase associated protein 1
External IDs	OMIM: 601686 MGI: 109573 HomoloGene: 5157 GeneCards: TEP1
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 14 (human)[1] Band 14q11.2 Start 20,365,667 bp[1] End 20,413,501 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 14 (mouse)[2] Band 14 C1|14 26.26 cM Start 50,824,059 bp[2] End 50,870,560 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function • ATP binding • p53 binding • nucleotide binding • enzyme binding • telomerase RNA binding • telomerase activity • RNA binding Cellular component • chromosome, telomeric region • telomerase holoenzyme complex • cell nucleus • cytoplasm • nuclear matrix • chromosome • U5 snRNP • precatalytic spliceosome • catalytic step 2 spliceosome • ribonucleoprotein Biological process • telomere maintenance via recombination • RNA-dependent DNA biosynthetic process • RNA splicing Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	7011	21745
Ensembl	ENSG00000129566	ENSMUSG00000006281
UniProt	Q99973	P97499
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_007110 NM_001319035	NM_009351
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001305964 NP_009041	NP_033377
Location (UCSC)	Chr 14: 20.37 – 20.41 Mb	Chr 14: 50.82 – 50.87 Mb
PubMed search	[3]	[4]
Wikidata
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Function

This gene product is a component of the ribonucleoprotein complex responsible for telomerase activity which catalyzes the addition of new telomeres on the chromosome ends. The telomerase-associated proteins are conserved from ciliates to humans.[6] It is also a minor vault protein.

References

1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000129566 - Ensembl, May 2017
2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000006281 - Ensembl, May 2017
3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
5. Saito T, Matsuda Y, Suzuki T, Hayashi A, Yuan X, Saito M, Nakayama J, Hori T, Ishikawa F (November 1997). "Comparative gene mapping of the human and mouse TEP1 genes, which encode one protein component of telomerases". Genomics. 46 (1): 46–50. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.5005. PMID 9403057.
6. "Entrez Gene: TEP1 telomerase-associated protein 1".

Further reading

• Joly EC, Tremblay E, Tanguay RM, Wu Y, Bibor-Hardy V (October 1994). "TRiC-P5, a novel TCP1-related protein, is localized in the cytoplasm and in the nuclear matrix". Journal of Cell Science. 107 ( Pt 10) (10): 2851–9. PMID 7876352.
• Harrington L, McPhail T, Mar V, Zhou W, Oulton R, Bass MB, Arruda I, Robinson MO (February 1997). "A mammalian telomerase-associated protein". Science. 275 (5302): 973–7. doi:10.1126/science.275.5302.973. PMID 9020079.
• Harrington L, Zhou W, McPhail T, Oulton R, Yeung DS, Mar V, Bass MB, Robinson MO (December 1997). "Human telomerase contains evolutionarily conserved catalytic and structural subunits". Genes & Development. 11 (23): 3109–15. doi:10.1101/gad.11.23.3109. PMC 316744. PMID 9389643.
• Li H, Zhao L, Yang Z, Funder JW, Liu JP (December 1998). "Telomerase is controlled by protein kinase Calpha in human breast cancer cells". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273 (50): 33436–42. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.50.33436. PMID 9837921.
• Kickhoefer VA, Stephen AG, Harrington L, Robinson MO, Rome LH (November 1999). "Vaults and telomerase share a common subunit, TEP1". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274 (46): 32712–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.46.32712. PMID 10551828.
• Li H, Cao Y, Berndt MC, Funder JW, Liu JP (November 1999). "Molecular interactions between telomerase and the tumor suppressor protein p53 in vitro". Oncogene. 18 (48): 6785–94. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1203061. PMID 10597287.
• Koyanagi Y, Kobayashi D, Yajima T, Asanuma K, Kimura T, Sato T, Kida T, Yagihashi A, Kameshima H, Watanabe N (2000). "Telomerase activity is down regulated via decreases in hTERT mRNA but not TEP1 mRNA or hTERC during the differentiation of leukemic cells". Anticancer Research. 20 (2A): 773–8. PMID 10810353.
• Beattie TL, Zhou W, Robinson MO, Harrington L (October 2000). "Polymerization defects within human telomerase are distinct from telomerase RNA and TEP1 binding". Molecular Biology of the Cell. 11 (10): 3329–40. doi:10.1091/mbc.11.10.3329. PMC 14995. PMID 11029039.
• Zhang RG, Zhang RP, Wang XW, Xie H (March 2002). "Effects of cisplatin on telomerase activity and telomere length in BEL-7404 human hepatoma cells". Cell Research. 12 (1): 55–62. doi:10.1038/sj.cr.7290110. PMID 11942411.
• Chang JT, Chen YL, Yang HT, Chen CY, Cheng AJ (July 2002). "Differential regulation of telomerase activity by six telomerase subunits". European Journal of Biochemistry. 269 (14): 3442–50. doi:10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03025.x. PMID 12135483.
• Zhou JH, Zhang HM, Chen Q, Han DD, Pei F, Zhang LS, Yang DT (August 2003). "Relationship between telomerase activity and its subunit expression and inhibitory effect of antisense hTR on pancreatic carcinoma". World Journal of Gastroenterology. 9 (8): 1808–14. doi:10.3748/wjg.v9.i8.1808. PMC 4611549. PMID 12918126.
• Li C, Wu MY, Liang YR, Wu XY (November 2003). "Correlation between expression of human telomerase subunits and telomerase activity in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma". World Journal of Gastroenterology. 9 (11): 2395–9. doi:10.3748/wjg.v9.i11.2395. PMC 4656508. PMID 14606063.
• Lim J, Hao T, Shaw C, Patel AJ, Szabó G, Rual JF, Fisk CJ, Li N, Smolyar A, Hill DE, Barabási AL, Vidal M, Zoghbi HY (May 2006). "A protein-protein interaction network for human inherited ataxias and disorders of Purkinje cell degeneration". Cell. 125 (4): 801–14. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.03.032. PMID 16713569.