Homo sapiens Protein: PORCN
Summary
InnateDB Protein IDBP-63259.7
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol PORCN
Protein Name porcupine homolog (Drosophila)
Synonyms
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Protein ENSP00000352946
InnateDB Gene IDBG-63247 (PORCN)
Protein Structure
UniProt Annotation
Function protein-cysteine N-palmitoyltransferase that modulates the processing of Wnt proteins by mediating serine palmitoylation of Wnt family members. {ECO:0000269PubMed:12034504, ECO:0000269PubMed:20826466, ECO:0000269PubMed:24292069}.
Subcellular Localization Endoplasmic reticulum membrane {ECO:0000250}; Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000250}.
Disease Associations Focal dermal hypoplasia (FODH) [MIM:305600]: A rare congenital ectomesodermal disorder characterized by a combination of skin defects, skeletal abnormalities, and ocular anomalies. Affected individuals have patchy dermal hypoplasia, often in a distribution pattern following the Blaschko lines, and areas of subcutaneous fat herniation or deposition of fat into the dermis. In addition, sparse and brittle hair, hypoplastic nails and papillomas have been described. Skeletal abnormalities usually comprise syndactyly, ectrodactyly, and brachydactyly, and in some cases osteopathia striata has been seen. Patients frequently have ocular anomalies, including microphthalmia/ anophthalmia, coloboma, pigmentary and vascularization defects of the retina. Dental abnormalities are often present. {ECO:0000269PubMed:17546030, ECO:0000269PubMed:17546031, ECO:0000269PubMed:18325042, ECO:0000269PubMed:19277062, ECO:0000269PubMed:19309688, ECO:0000269PubMed:19586929, ECO:0000269PubMed:19863546, ECO:0000269PubMed:21472892}. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.
Tissue Specificity Isoform 1 is expressed in fetal brain, brain, amygdala, caudate nucleus, cerebellum, hippocampus, pituitary, thalamus, heart, skeletal muscle and testis. Isoform 4 is expressed in amygdala, corpus callosum, hippocampus, spinal cord, kidney, liver, lung, spleen, uterus, testis. Isoform 2 and isoform 3 are expressed in substantia negra, spinal cord, heart and lung. {ECO:0000269PubMed:12034504}.
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 10 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.
Predicted by orthology
Total 10 [view]
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0016746 transferase activity, transferring acyl groups
Biological Process
GO:0016055 Wnt signaling pathway
Cellular Component
Protein Structure and Domains
PDB ID
InterPro IPR004299 Membrane bound O-acyl transferase, MBOAT
PFAM PF03062
PRINTS
PIRSF
SMART
TIGRFAMs
Post-translational Modifications
Modification
Cross-References
SwissProt Q9H237
PhosphoSite PhosphoSite-Q9H237
TrEMBL C9JWI5
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 64840
UniGene Hs.386453
RefSeq NP_982300
HUGO HGNC:17652
OMIM 300651
CCDS CCDS14298
HPRD 06680
IMGT
EMBL AF196972 AF317058 AF317059 AF317060 AF317061 AK314745 BC019080 CH471224 L08239
GenPept AAA74510 AAG39628 AAG39629 AAG39630 AAG39631 AAH19080 BAG37285 EAW50780