RING finger protein 139, also known as TRC8, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RNF139gene.[1][2]
The protein encoded by this gene is a multi-membrane spanning protein containing a RING-H2 finger. This protein is located in the endoplasmic reticulum, and has been shown to possess ubiquitin ligase activity. This gene was found to be interrupted by a t(3:8) translocation in a family with hereditary renal and non-medullary thyroid cancer. Studies of the Drosophila counterpart suggested that this protein may interact with tumor suppressor protein VHL, as well as with COPS5/JAB1, a protein responsible for the degradation of tumor suppressor CDKN1B/P27KIP].[2]
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Brauweiler A, Lorick KL, Lee JP, et al. (2007). "RING-dependent tumor suppression and G2/M arrest induced by the TRC8 hereditary kidney cancer gene". Oncogene. 26 (16): 2263–71. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1210017. PMID17016439.
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