Description
Product Characteristics:
F-box proteins are critical components of the SCF (Skp1-CUL-1-F-box protein) type E3 ubiquitin ligase complex and are involved in substrate recognition and protein recruitment. F-box proteins are members of a large family that regulate the cell cycle, immune response, signaling cascades and developmental programs by targeting proteins, such as cyclins, for degradation by the proteasome after ubiquitination. FBL11, also known as FBXL11 (F-box and leucine-rich repeat protein 11), CXXC8, KDM2A, JHDM1A (JmjC domain-containing histone demethylation protein 1A) or LILINA, is a 1,162 amino acid member of the F-box protein family that contains one F-box domain and localizes to the nucleus. Expressed ubiquitously with highest expression in testis, ovary and brain, FBL11 functions to demethylate the Lys-36 residue of histone H3, thereby modulating the histone code. Additionally, FBL11 is thought to promote the ubiquitination and subsequent degradation of various phosphorylated proteins. Three isoforms of FBL11 exist due to alternative splicing events.
Subcellular location: Nucleus
Synonyms: [Histone-H3]-lysine-36 demethylase 1A, CXXC-type zinc finger protein 8, CXXC8, F box / LRR repeat protein 11, F box and leucine rich repeat protein 11, F box protein FBL7, F-box and leucine-rich repeat protein 11, F-box protein FBL7, F-box protein Lilina, F-box/LRR-repeat protein 11, FBL11, FBL7, FBXL11, JHDM1A, JmjC domain-containing histone demethylation protein 1A, kdm2a, KDM2A_HUMAN, Lysine-specic demethylase 2A.
Target Information: This gene encodes a member of the F-box protein family which is characterized by an approximately 40 amino acid motif, the F-box. The F-box proteins constitute one of the four subunits of ubiquitin protein ligase complex called SCFs (SKP1-cullin-F-box), which function in phosphorylation-dependent ubiquitination. The F-box proteins are divided into 3 classes: Fbws containing WD-40 domains, Fbls containing leucine-rich repeats, and Fbxs containing either different protein-protein interaction modules or no recognizable motifs. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the Fbls class and, in addition to an F-box, contains at least six highly degenerated leucine-rich repeats. This family member plays a role in epigenetic silencing. It nucleates at CpG islands and specifically demethylates both mono- and di-methylated lysine-36 of histone H3. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2012]