EGOT (gene)
Encyclopedia
EGOT, also known as Eosinophil Granule
Ontogeny
(EGO) Transcript
(non-protein coding
), is a human
gene
at 3p26.1 encoding a long noncoding RNA
molecule. EGOT is nested within an intron
of the inositol triphosphate receptor type 1 (ITPR1
) gene. The EGOT transcript is expressed
during eosinophil development and is possibly involved in regulating eosinophil granule protein expression.
Granule (cell biology)
In cell biology, a granule is a small particle. It can be any structure barely visible by light microscopy. The term is most often used to describe a secretory vesicle.-Leukocytes:...
Ontogeny
Ontogeny
Ontogeny is the origin and the development of an organism – for example: from the fertilized egg to mature form. It covers in essence, the study of an organism's lifespan...
(EGO) Transcript
Transcription (genetics)
Transcription is the process of creating a complementary RNA copy of a sequence of DNA. Both RNA and DNA are nucleic acids, which use base pairs of nucleotides as a complementary language that can be converted back and forth from DNA to RNA by the action of the correct enzymes...
(non-protein coding
Non-coding RNA
A non-coding RNA is a functional RNA molecule that is not translated into a protein. Less-frequently used synonyms are non-protein-coding RNA , non-messenger RNA and functional RNA . The term small RNA is often used for short bacterial ncRNAs...
), is a human
Human
Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus...
gene
Gene
A gene is a molecular unit of heredity of a living organism. It is a name given to some stretches of DNA and RNA that code for a type of protein or for an RNA chain that has a function in the organism. Living beings depend on genes, as they specify all proteins and functional RNA chains...
at 3p26.1 encoding a long noncoding RNA
Long noncoding RNA
Long non-coding RNAs are generally considered as non-protein coding transcripts longer than 200 nucleotides. This limit is due to practical considerations including the separation of RNAs in common experimental protocols...
molecule. EGOT is nested within an intron
Intron
An intron is any nucleotide sequence within a gene that is removed by RNA splicing to generate the final mature RNA product of a gene. The term intron refers to both the DNA sequence within a gene, and the corresponding sequence in RNA transcripts. Sequences that are joined together in the final...
of the inositol triphosphate receptor type 1 (ITPR1
ITPR1
Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ITPR1 gene.-Interactions:ITPR1 has been shown to interact with CA8, PRKG1, FKBP1A, MRVI1, RHOA, AHCYL1, EPB41L1 and TRPC4.-External Links:*...
) gene. The EGOT transcript is expressed
Gene expression
Gene expression is the process by which information from a gene is used in the synthesis of a functional gene product. These products are often proteins, but in non-protein coding genes such as ribosomal RNA , transfer RNA or small nuclear RNA genes, the product is a functional RNA...
during eosinophil development and is possibly involved in regulating eosinophil granule protein expression.