Bos taurus Protein: ISG15
Summary
InnateDB Protein IDBP-687402.2
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol ISG15
Protein Name Ubiquitin-like protein ISG15
Synonyms
Species Bos taurus
Ensembl Protein ENSBTAP00000019573
InnateDB Gene IDBG-635562 (ISG15)
Protein Structure
UniProt Annotation
Function Ubiquitin-like protein which plays a key role in the innate immune response to viral infection either via its conjugation to a target protein (ISGylation) or via its action as a free or unconjugated protein. ISGylation involves a cascade of enzymatic reactions involving E1, E2, and E3 enzymes which catalyze the conjugation of ISG15 to a lysine residue in the target protein. Exhibits antiviral activity towards both DNA and RNA viruses. The secreted form of ISG15 can: induce natural killer cell proliferation, augment lymphokine-activated-killer (LAK) activity, induce dendritic cell maturation, act as a chemotactic factor for neutrophils and act as a IFN-gamma-inducing cytokine playing an essential role in antimycobacterial immunity (By similarity). In response to IFN-tau secreted by the conceptus, may ligate to and regulate proteins involved in the release of prostaglandin F2-alpha (PGF), and thus prevent lysis of the corpus luteum and maintain the pregnancy. {ECO:0000250, ECO:0000269PubMed:9546718}.
Subcellular Localization Cytoplasm. Secreted {ECO:0000250}. Note=Exists in three distinct states: free within the cell, released into the extracellular space, or conjugated to target proteins. {ECO:0000250}.
Disease Associations
Tissue Specificity Expressed in endometrium and uterine flushings of pregnant cow. Also secreted. Not detected in spleen, liver, corpus luteum or muscle. {ECO:0000269PubMed:10406469, ECO:0000269PubMed:9348245}.
Comments
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 0 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 177 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.
Predicted by orthology
Total 177 [view]
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0005515 protein binding
GO:0031386 protein tag
Biological Process
GO:0019941 modification-dependent protein catabolic process
GO:0031397 negative regulation of protein ubiquitination
GO:0032020 ISG15-protein conjugation
GO:0032649 regulation of interferon-gamma production
GO:0034340 response to type I interferon
GO:0042742 defense response to bacterium
GO:0045071 negative regulation of viral genome replication
GO:0045648 positive regulation of erythrocyte differentiation
GO:0051607 defense response to virus
Cellular Component
GO:0005576 extracellular region
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Protein Structure and Domains
PDB ID
InterPro IPR000626 Ubiquitin-like
IPR019956 Ubiquitin
IPR022617 Rad60/SUMO-like domain
IPR029071 Ubiquitin-related domain
PFAM PF00240
PF14560
PF11976
PRINTS PR00348
PIRSF
SMART SM00213
TIGRFAMs
Post-translational Modifications
Modification
Cross-References
SwissProt O02741
PhosphoSite PhosphoSite-
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 281871
UniGene
RefSeq NP_776791
HUGO
OMIM
CCDS
HPRD
IMGT
EMBL AF069133 BC102318 U96014
GenPept AAB57687 AAD56716 AAI02319