Protein THEMIS

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THEMIS
Identifiers
AliasesTHEMIS, C6orf190, C6orf207, GASP, SPOT, TSEPA, bA325O24.3, bA325O24.4, thymocyte selection associated
External IDsOMIM: 613607 MGI: 2443552 HomoloGene: 72287 GeneCards: THEMIS
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_178666
NM_001305663
NM_001374699

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001010923
NP_001158157
NP_001158159
NP_001305460

NP_001292592
NP_848781
NP_001361628

Location (UCSC)Chr 6: 127.71 – 127.92 MbChr 10: 28.67 – 28.88 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Protein THEMIS is a protein that in humans is encoded by the THEMIS gene.[5][6][7]

Function[]

This protein plays a regulatory role in both positive and negative T cell selection during late thymocyte development. The protein functions through T-cell antigen receptor signaling, and is necessary for proper lineage commitment and maturation of T-cells.[8]

The name[]

THEMIS is an acronym for thymocyte-expressed-molecule. Themis is also the name of a Titan in Greek mythology who weighed the fates of humans, an apt choice since the protein is important in deciding the fate of the T cell during development.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c ENSG00000172673 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000275122, ENSG00000172673 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000049109 - 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. ^ Fu G, Vallée S, Rybakin V, McGuire MV, Ampudia J, Brockmeyer C, Salek M, Fallen PR, Hoerter JA, Munshi A, Huang YH, Hu J, Fox HS, Sauer K, Acuto O, Gascoigne NR (August 2009). "Themis controls thymocyte selection through regulation of T cell antigen receptor-mediated signaling". Nat. Immunol. 10 (8): 848–56. doi:10.1038/ni.1766. PMC 2757056. PMID 19597499.
  6. ^ Lesourne R, Uehara S, Lee J, Song KD, Li L, Pinkhasov J, Zhang Y, Weng NP, Wildt KF, Wang L, Bosselut R, Love PE (August 2009). "Themis, a T cell-specific protein important for late thymocyte development". Nat. Immunol. 10 (8): 840–7. doi:10.1038/ni.1768. PMC 2848698. PMID 19597498.
  7. ^ Johnson AL, Aravind L, Shulzhenko N, Morgun A, Choi SY, Crockford TL, Lambe T, Domaschenz H, Kucharska EM, Zheng L, Vinuesa CG, Lenardo MJ, Goodnow CC, Cornall RJ, Schwartz RH (August 2009). "Themis is a member of a new metazoan gene family and is required for the completion of thymocyte positive selection". Nat. Immunol. 10 (8): 831–9. doi:10.1038/ni.1769. PMC 2908989. PMID 19597497.
  8. ^ "Entrez Gene: thymocyte selection associated".
  9. ^ Zielinska E (2009-11-01). "Six degrees of science". The Scientist.

Further reading[]

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.


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