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Symbol SGCE contributors: mct - updated : 23-05-2011
HGNC name sarcoglycan, epsilon
HGNC id 10808
Corresponding disease
DEL7Q21 chromosome 7q21 interstitial deletion
DYT11 dystonia 11, myoclonic
Location 7q21.3      Physical location : 94.214.535 - 94.285.521
Synonym name epsilon-SG
Synonym symbol(s) ESG
DNA
TYPE functioning gene
STRUCTURE 70.99 kb     12 Exon(s)
10 Kb 5' upstream gene genomic sequence study
MAPPING cloned Y linked N status provisional
RNA
TRANSCRIPTS type messenger
identificationnb exonstypebpproduct
ProteinkDaAAspecific expressionYearPubmed
11 - 1709 - 437 - 2004 15193417
11 - 1717 - 451 - 2004 15193417
12 - 1784 - 462 - 2004 15193417
- - - - - notably high expression in the cerebellum, namely in the Purkinje cells and neurons of the dentate nucleus 2011 21157498
  • major brain-specific isoform is differentially expressed in the human brain
  • EXPRESSION
    Type widely
       expressed in (based on citations)
    organ(s)
    SystemOrgan level 1Organ level 2Organ level 3Organ level 4LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
    Cardiovascularheart   highly
    Digestiveintestine   highly
    Respiratorylung   highly
    tissue
    SystemTissueTissue level 1Tissue level 2LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
    Muscularstriatumskeletal  
    cell lineage
    cell lines
    fluid/secretion
    at STAGE
    physiological period embryo, pregnancy
    Text broadly, in muscle and non muscle cells
    IMPRINTING maternally
    text maternally imprinted (paternally expressed)
    PROTEIN
    PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    STRUCTURE
    motifs/domains
  • a transmembrane domain
  • one signal sequence
  • a large extracellular domain containing four conserved cysteine residues
  • a short cytoplasmic domain
  • potential glycosylation site
  • conjugated GlycoP
    HOMOLOGY
    intraspecies homolog to alpha sarcoglycan,highly
    Homologene
    FAMILY
  • sarcoglycan alpha/epsilon family
  • CATEGORY structural protein
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION     plasma membrane
        intracellular
    intracellular,cytoplasm,cytoskeleton
    text sarcolemma, type 2 membrane protein
    basic FUNCTION
  • forming a link between actin cytoskeleton and the extra-cellular matrix
  • CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling
    a component
  • associating with other sarcoglycans and sarcospan in a stoichiometrically equal complex,stabilizing the link between dystroglycan and dystrophin/utrophin, complexed with beta delta sarcoglycan
  • INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
  • utrophin, DP116, SGCB, SGCD in the Schwann cell membrane
  • cell & other
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    corresponding disease(s) DYT11 , DEL7Q21
    Other morbid association(s)
    TypeGene ModificationChromosome rearrangementProtein expressionProtein Function
    constitutional   LOI    
    maternal chromosome 7 disomy- can cause myoclonus-dystonia
    Susceptibility to obsessive-compulsive disorder, and alcohol dependence
    Variant & Polymorphism
    Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS