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Symbol UNC13D contributors: mct/npt - updated : 19-09-2015
HGNC name unc-13 homolog D (C. elegans)
HGNC id 23147
EXPRESSION
Type widely
   expressed in (based on citations)
organ(s)
SystemOrgan level 1Organ level 2Organ level 3Organ level 4LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Digestivestomach   highly
Lymphoid/Immunelymph node   highly
Nervousbraindiencephalonepithalamuspineal gland 
Reproductivefemale systemuteruscervix  
tissue
SystemTissueTissue level 1Tissue level 2LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Epithelialsecretoryglandularexocrine 
cell lineage
cell lines
fluid/secretion
at STAGE
PROTEIN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
STRUCTURE
motifs/domains
  • N- and C-terminal C2 domains (C2A and C2B) predicted to bind Ca(2+)
  • one MH (MUNC13 homology) domain
  • HOMOLOGY
    interspecies ortholog to murine Unc13d
    ortholog to rattus Unc13d
    Homologene
    FAMILY
  • phospholipid binding domain containing protein family
  • CAPS/Munc13 protein family
  • CATEGORY immunity/defense
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION     intracellular
    intracellular,cytoplasm,organelle,membrane
    intracellular,cytoplasm,organelle,endosome
    intracellular,cytoplasm,organelle,lysosome
    text colocalizes with cytotoxic granules at the plasma membrane
    basic FUNCTION
  • required for the regulated secretion of cytotoxic granules at the priming stage of the exocytic pathway
  • involved in Ca(2+)-dependent secretory lysosome exocytosis in mast cells (Higashio 2008)
  • importance of UNC13D in platelets, indicating that it is a limiting factor required for platelet secretion and hemostasis
  • restricts motility of RAB27A-expressing vesicles to facilitate lipopolysaccharide-induced priming of exocytosis in neutrophils
  • essential in intracellular trafficking and exocytosis of lytic granules
  • possible function as a Ca(2+) sensor at rate-limiting priming steps in granule exocytosis
  • novel functions in the innate immune response of the neutrophil and have direct implications for the understanding of immunodeficiencies in patients with UNC13D deficiency
  • involved in perforin secretion and FHL development
  • regulates the late endocytic machinery and late endosomal-associated innate immune cellular functions
  • CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS exocytosis transport
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling
    a component DOC2A-UNC13D system regulates Ca(2+)-dependent secretory lysosome exocytosis in mast cells (Higashio 2008)
    INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
  • exhibited Ca(2+)-stimulated SNARE interactions dependent on C2A and Ca(2+)-dependent membrane binding dependent on C2B
  • RAB27A effector that coordinates exocytosis in hematopoietic cell
  • UNC13D binding to STX7 was significantly increased by calcium
  • cell & other
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    corresponding disease(s) HPLH3
    Susceptibility to autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS)
    Variant & Polymorphism other
  • rare loss-of-function variations of UND13D are risk factors for ALPS development
  • Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS