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Facts about Protein argonaute-1.
Lacks endonuclease activity and does not appear to cleave target mRNAs. Also required for transcriptional gene silencing (TGS) of promoter regions that are complementary to bound brief antigene RNAs (agRNAs).
Human | |
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Gene Name: | AGO1 |
Uniprot: | Q9UL18 |
Entrez: | 26523 |
Belongs to: |
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argonaute family |
AGO1Q99; argonaute 1; argonaute1; DKFZp686M13167; eIF2C 1; eIF-2C 1; EIF2C; Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2C 1; eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2C, 1; GERP95; Golgi Endoplasmic Reticulum protein 95 kDa; hAgo1; protein argonaute-1; Putative RNA-binding protein Q99
Mass (kDA):
97.214 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 1p34.3 |
Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (35869808..35930532) |
Cytoplasm, P-body.
PMID: 10534406 by Koesters R., et al. Human eukaryotic initiation factor EIF2C1 gene: cDNA sequence, genomic organization, localization to chromosomal bands 1p34-p35, and expression.
PMID: 15260970 by Meister G., et al. Human Argonaute2 mediates RNA cleavage targeted by miRNAs and siRNAs.