Bos taurus Protein: PLD6
Summary
InnateDB Protein IDBP-690402.2
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol PLD6
Protein Name Mitochondrial cardiolipin hydrolase
Synonyms mitoPLD;
Species Bos taurus
Ensembl Protein ENSBTAP00000010531
InnateDB Gene IDBG-638345 (PLD6)
Protein Structure
UniProt Annotation
Function Regulates mitochondrial shape through facilitating mitochondrial fusion. During spermatogenesis, plays a critical role in PIWI-interacting RNA (piRNA) biogenesis (By similarity). piRNAs provide essential protection against the activity of mobile genetic elements. piRNA-mediated transposon silencing is thus critical for maintaining genome stability, in particular in germline cells when transposons are mobilized as a consequence of wide-spread genomic demethylation. Has been shown to be a backbone-non-specific, single strand-specific nuclease, cleaving either RNA or DNA substrates with similar affinity (By similarity). Produces 5' phosphate and 3' hydroxyl termini, suggesting it could directly participate in the processing of primary piRNA transcripts (By similarity). Has been proposed to act as a cardiolipin hydrolase to generate phosphatidic acid at mitochondrial surface. Although it cannot be excluded that it can act as a phospholipase in some circumstances, it should be noted that cardiolipin hydrolase activity is either undetectable in vitro, or very low. In addition, cardiolipin is almost exclusively found on the inner mitochondrial membrane, while PLD6 localizes to the outer mitochondrial membrane, facing the cytosol (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
Subcellular Localization Mitochondrion outer membrane {ECO:0000250}; Single-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000250}.
Disease Associations
Tissue Specificity
Comments
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 0 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0003824 catalytic activity
GO:0004518 nuclease activity
GO:0004519 endonuclease activity
GO:0016787 hydrolase activity
GO:0035755 cardiolipin hydrolase activity
GO:0042803 protein homodimerization activity
GO:0046872 metal ion binding
Biological Process
GO:0006629 lipid metabolic process
GO:0007126 meiotic nuclear division
GO:0007283 spermatogenesis
GO:0007286 spermatid development
GO:0008053 mitochondrial fusion
GO:0008152 metabolic process
GO:0016042 lipid catabolic process
GO:0030154 cell differentiation
GO:0030719 P granule organization
GO:0034587 piRNA metabolic process
GO:0043046 DNA methylation involved in gamete generation
GO:0090305 nucleic acid phosphodiester bond hydrolysis
Cellular Component
GO:0005739 mitochondrion
GO:0005741 mitochondrial outer membrane
GO:0016020 membrane
GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
Protein Structure and Domains
PDB ID
InterPro IPR001736 Phospholipase D/Transphosphatidylase
PFAM PF00614
PRINTS
PIRSF
SMART SM00155
TIGRFAMs
Post-translational Modifications
Modification
Cross-References
SwissProt E1BE10
PhosphoSite PhosphoSite-
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 526651
UniGene Bt.88339
RefSeq NP_001258919
HUGO
OMIM
CCDS
HPRD
IMGT
EMBL AAFC03031113
GenPept