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Symbol SETX contributors: mct/npt - updated : 16-09-2016
HGNC name senataxin
HGNC id 445
DNA
TYPE functioning gene
STRUCTURE 95.29 kb     26 Exon(s)
MAPPING cloned Y linked N status provisional
RNA
TRANSCRIPTS type messenger
identificationnb exonstypebpproduct
ProteinkDaAAspecific expressionYearPubmed
26 - 11016 302.7 2677 - 2004 14770181
EXPRESSION
Type ubiquitous
   expressed in (based on citations)
organ(s)
SystemOrgan level 1Organ level 2Organ level 3Organ level 4LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Digestiveintestinelarge intestinecolon  
Lymphoid/Immunelymph node    
 spleen    
Nervousbrain    
Reproductivefemale systembreastmammary gland  
 male systemtestis   
Respiratoryrespiratory tractlarynx   
tissue
SystemTissueTissue level 1Tissue level 2LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Nervousperipherous   
cell lineage
cell lines
fluid/secretion blood
at STAGE
physiological period pregnancy
Text placenta
PROTEIN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
STRUCTURE
motifs/domains
  • C terminus with a classical seven-motif domain found in the superfamily I of helicases, suggesting that it is a putative DNA/RNA helicase (Suraweera 2009)
  • HOMOLOGY
    interspecies homolog to yeast S.Pombe Sen1p
    intraspecies homolog to RENT1,IGHMBP2
    Homologene
    FAMILY
  • DNA2/NAM7 helicase family
  • CATEGORY regulatory
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION     intracellular
    intracellular,cytoplasm
    intracellular,nucleus,nucleoplasm
    intracellular,nucleus,nucleolus
    text
  • SETX and EXOSC9 co-localize in nuclear foci that constitute sites of R-loop formation generated by transcription and replication machinery collisions
  • basic FUNCTION
  • involved in splicing mechanism
  • eliminating the production of nonsense-containing RNAs, essential for embryonic viability
  • involved in the DNA damage response (Suraweera 2007)
  • play a role in the response to oxidative stress, and plays a role in coordinating transcriptional events, in addition to its role in DNA repair (Suraweera 2009)
  • possible involvement of SETX in telomere stability
  • role of senataxin in modulating the expression levels and signalling activity of fibroblast growth factor 8
  • acts to resolve these R-loop structures and by so doing allows access of the 5 prime-3 prime exonuclease XRN2 at 3 prime cleavage poly(A) sites
  • colocalizes with TP53BP1, a key DNA damage response protein, and with other factors involved in DNA repair
  • is targeted to R loops, where it plays an important role at the interface of transcription and the DNA damage response
  • plays an important role in maintaining genome integrity by coordination of transcription, DNA replication, and the DNA damage response
  • is essential for spermatogenesis and it functions at two stages in meiosis during crossing-over in homologous recombination and in meiotic sex chromosome inactivation
  • key roles for senataxin in coordinating meiotic crossing-over with transcription and in gene silencing to protect the integrity of the genome
  • involved in the response to oxidative stress and likely resolve R loops formed at transcription termination sites or at sites of collisions between the transcription and replication machineries
  • CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling
    a component
    INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule nucleotide,
  • ATP binding
  • protein
  • interacts with several proteins that function in different facets of RNA metabolism (Suraweera 2009)
  • also interacts with RNA polymerase II (there is significantly less RNA polymerase II binding to the SOD1, IMPDH2, CYC and RPL36 genomic loci in AOA2) (Suraweera 2009)
  • key role of senataxin in neuronal differentiation through FGF8 signalling
  • EXOSC9 is a core component of the exosome, a SETX-interacting protein and this interaction depends on modification of SETX by sumoylation
  • FAM120B functions with SETX in a pathway necessary for resistance to interstrand DNA cross-links (ICLs)
  • cell & other
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    corresponding disease(s) AOA2 , ALS4
    Susceptibility
    Variant & Polymorphism
    Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS