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Symbol WIPI2 contributors: mct - updated : 10-10-2022
HGNC name WD repeat domain, phosphoinositide interacting 2
HGNC id 32225
Corresponding disease
IDSSA Intellectual developmental disorder with short stature and variable skeletal anomalies
Location 7p22.1      Physical location : 5.229.834 - 5.273.485
Synonym name
  • WD40 repeat protein interacting with phosphoinositides 2
  • WIPI49-like protein 2
  • Synonym symbol(s) Atg21, CGI-50, FLJ12979, FLJ14217, FLJ42984, WIPI-2, FLJ42984, DKFZP434J154, DKFZp686P02188, ATG18B, IDDSSA, WIPI-2
    DNA
    TYPE functioning gene
    STRUCTURE 43.65 kb     13 Exon(s)
    MAPPING cloned Y linked N status provisional
    RNA
    TRANSCRIPTS type messenger
    identificationnb exonstypebpproduct
    ProteinkDaAAspecific expressionYearPubmed
    13 - 4489 49 454 - 2021 34505572
    12 - 4435 - 436 - 2021 34505572
    13 - 4456 - 443 - 2021 34505572
    12 - 4402 - 425 - 2021 34505572
    10 - 4295 - 384 - 2021 34505572
    13 - 4619 - 310 - 2021 34505572
    EXPRESSION
    Type
       expressed in (based on citations)
    organ(s)
    SystemOrgan level 1Organ level 2Organ level 3Organ level 4LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
    Digestivesalivary gland   highly
    Reproductivemale systemprostate  highly
     male systemtestis  highly
    Skin/Tegumentskin   highly
    tissue
    SystemTissueTissue level 1Tissue level 2LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
    Connectivebone   
    cell lineage
    cell lines
    fluid/secretion
    at STAGE
    PROTEIN
    PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    STRUCTURE
    motifs/domains
  • 7-bladed propeller structure
  • a conserved motif for interaction with phospholipids
  • three WD repeats
  • HOMOLOGY
    Homologene
    FAMILY
  • WIPI subfamily of WD40 repeat proteins
  • CATEGORY regulatory
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION     plasma membrane
        intracellular
    intracellular,cytoplasm,organelle,membrane
    intracellular,cytoplasm,cytosolic
    intracellular,nucleus,nucleoplasm
    basic FUNCTION
  • regulate the assembly of multiprotein complexes by presenting a beta-propeller platform for simultaneous and reversible protein-protein interactions
  • WIPI1 and WIPI2 as novel protein components of autophagosomes, and of membrane sites from which autophagosomes might originate (ER, PM, Golgi area)
  • WIPI proteins function as essential phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PtdIns3P) effectors at the nascent autophagosome
  • WIPI2 protein level regulated by MTORC1 and HUWE1 is a pivotal determinant of cellular autophagy intensity
  • robust mechanism for autophagosome formation in which WIPI2 may be one component of the preferential, but not sole, machinery with the potential to orchestrate autophagosome formation (
  • CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling
    a component
    INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
  • WIPI2 is a phosphorylation substrate of CRTC1 and a ubiquitination target of HUWE1
  • interface between WIPI2 and ATG16L1 mediates autophagosome formation under starvation conditions
  • WIPI2 binds to and promotes AAA-ATPase VCP/p97 to damaged mitochondria
  • cell & other
    REGULATION
    Other dynamic and local phosphorylation of WIPI2 is a critical regulatory step in autophagosome biogenesis in neurons and this step is specifically affected by aging
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    corresponding disease(s) IDSSA
    Susceptibility
    Variant & Polymorphism
    Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS