Piwi-like protein 2 (PIWIL2, HILI)
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Function
- regulates spermatogenesis & primordial germ cell production
- role in meiotic differentiation of spermatocytes
- role in self-renewal of spermatogonial stem cells
- modulates expression of genes involved in
- stem cell proliferation, including PDGFRB
- energy metabolism, including SLC2A1
- cell-cell interaction, including ITGA6, GJA7, THY-1 & CD9
- germ cell differentiation, including STRA8
- role as a regulatory factor of STAT3/BCL2L1/CCND1 pathway
- inhibits tumor cell growth when repressed
- resricts expression or activity of Long Interspersed Element-1[2]
Structure
- belongs to the argonaute family
- contains 1 PAZ domain
- contains 1 Piwi domain
Compartment
Alternative splicing
named isoforms=1
Expression
- expressed in adult testis and in most tumors
Pathology
- acts as an oncogene by inhibition of apoptosis & promotion of proliferation in tumors
Comparative biology
- expressed at higher levels in human stem cells relative to other primate stem cells[2]
More general terms
References
- ↑ Uniprot http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q8TC59.html
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 GRG News Oct 27, 2013 cites: Fred Gage. Salk Institute for Biological Studies.