RRP8

RRP8
Identifiers
AliasesRRP8, KIAA0409, NML, ribosomal RNA processing 8, methyltransferase, homolog (yeast), ribosomal RNA processing 8
External IDsOMIM: 615818; MGI: 1914251; GeneCards: RRP8
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Orthologs
DatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

23378

101867

Ensembl

ENSG00000132275

ENSMUSG00000030888

UniProt

O43159

Q9DB85

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_015324

NM_025897
NM_133951

RefSeq (protein)

NP_056139

NP_080173
NP_598712

Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 6.6 – 6.6 MbChr 7: 105.38 – 105.39 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Ribosomal RNA-processing protein 8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RRP8 gene.[5][6] The RRP8 protein is involved in regulating and silencing ribosomal DNA as part of the energy-dependent nucleolar silencing complex (eNoSC).[7] In particular, a component of the eNoSC complex, SIRT1, detects glucose starvation via NAD+/NADP+ levels, leading to the deacetylation of histone H3.[7] This triggers another subunit, SUV39H1, to perform dimethylation of H3 at 'Lys-9' (denoted H3K9me2), leading to a silent DNA state.[7] As part of this complex, the RRP8 protein binds to H3K9me2, and may act as methyltransferase, but its substrate(s) are currently unknown.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000132275 – Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000030888 – Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ↑ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ↑ Ishikawa K, Nagase T, Nakajima D, Seki N, Ohira M, Miyajima N, Tanaka A, Kotani H, Nomura N, Ohara O (Feb 1998). "Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. VIII. 78 new cDNA clones from brain which code for large proteins in vitro". DNA Res. 4 (5): 307–13. doi:10.1093/dnares/4.5.307. PMID 9455477.
  6. ↑ "Entrez Gene: KIAA0409 KIAA0409".
  7. 1 2 3 4 "O43159 · RRP8_HUMAN". uniprot.org. UniProt consortium. Retrieved 2026-08-03.

Further reading

  • PDBe-KB provides an overview of all the structure information available in the PDB for Human Ribosomal RNA-processing protein 8 (KIAA0409)