PNP Proteins

Protein Information

This gene is a member of the DEAH box polypeptide family. The encoded protein contains the DEAH (Asp-Glu-Ala-His) motif which is characteristic of all DEAH box proteins, and is thought to function as an ATP-dependent RNA helicase that regulates the release of spliced mRNAs from spliceosomes prior to their export from the nucleus. This protein may be required for the replication of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.

Synonyms

AL024301; AU015798; epididymis secretory sperm binding protein Li 156an; HEL-S-156an; inosine phosphorylase; inosine phosphorylase {ECO:0000250; Inosine-guanosine phosphorylase; NP; Np-1; Np-2; nucleoside phosphorylase; PNP; PNP {ECO:0000250; Pnp1; PRO1837; PUNP; Purine nucleoside phosphorylase; purine nucleoside phosphorylase {ECO:0000250; purine-nucleoside phosphorylase; purine-nucleoside phosphorylase 1; purine-nucleoside:orthophosphate ribosyltransferase; UniProtKB:P00491}