Homo sapiens Gene: MB21D1
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-92358.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol MB21D1
Gene Name Mab-21 domain containing 1
Synonyms
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Gene ENSG00000164430
Encoded Proteins
Mab-21 domain containing 1
Mab-21 domain containing 1
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
InnateDB Annotation
Summary
MB21D1 (cGAS) is a cytosolic DNA sensor and is required for the induction of the interferon response.
Cytosolic DNA sensor cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS, also known as MB21D1) is pivotal in protecting the host from both DNA and RNA viruses
Cytosolic DNA sensor cGAS (MB21D1) is essential in human dentritic cells for innate sensing of HIV-1 and HIV-2.
Cytosolic RNA:DNA hybrids are sensed by the MB21D1-TMEM173 (cGAS-STING) pathway of the innate immune system.
IFI16 and MB21D1 interact and cooperate during herpes simplex virus infection to initiate innate signalling.
PQBP1 directly binds to reverse-transcribed HIV-1 DNA and interacts with MB21D1 to initiate an IRF3-dependent innate response.
InnateDB Annotation from Orthologs
Summary
[Mus musculus] Aberrant mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) packaging promotes escape of mtDNA into the cytosol, where it engages the DNA sensor Mb21d1 and promotes Tmem173-Irf3-dependent signalling to elevate IFN-stimulated gene expression, potentiate type I IFN responses and confer broad viral resistance.
[Mus musculus] The cationic polymer and vaccine adjuvant chitosan can engage the Tmem173/Mb21d1 (STING/cGAS) pathway to trigger innate and adaptive immune responses.
Entrez Gene
Summary Currently no Entrez Summary Available. You might want to check the Summary Sections of the Orthologs.
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 6:73413515-73452276
Strand Reverse strand
Band q13
Transcripts
ENST00000370318 ENSP00000359342
ENST00000370315 ENSP00000359339
ENST00000459924
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 4 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Experimentally validated
Total 4 [view]
Protein-Protein 4 [view]
Protein-DNA 0
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0003677 DNA binding
GO:0005524 ATP binding
GO:0005525 GTP binding
GO:0046872 metal ion binding
GO:0061501 cyclic-GMP-AMP synthase activity
Biological Process
GO:0002218 activation of innate immune response
GO:0002230 positive regulation of defense response to virus by host
GO:0009190 cyclic nucleotide biosynthetic process
GO:0032481 positive regulation of type I interferon production
GO:0045087 innate immune response (InnateDB)
GO:0051607 defense response to virus
GO:0071360 cellular response to exogenous dsRNA
Cellular Component
GO:0005829 cytosol
Orthologs
Species
Mus musculus
Bos taurus
Gene ID
Gene Order
Not yet available
Pathways
NETPATH
REACTOME
STING mediated induction of host immune responses pathway
Innate Immune System pathway
Immune System pathway
Cytosolic sensors of pathogen-associated DNA pathway
KEGG
Cytosolic DNA-sensing pathway pathway
INOH
PID NCI
Cross-References
SwissProt
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene
UniGene Hs.658405
RefSeq NM_138441 XM_006715327
HUGO
OMIM
CCDS CCDS4978
HPRD 12857
IMGT
EMBL
GenPept
RNA Seq Atlas