LOC105377021
LOC105377021 is a protein which in humans is encoded by the LOC105377021 gene. LOC105377021 exhibits expressional pathology related to breast cancer, specifically triple negative breast cancer. LOC105377021 contains a serine rich region in addition to predicted alpha helix motifs. Gene and mRNA. LOC105377021 localizes to "Homo sapiens" chromosome 3 (3p2; antisense strand), approximate to the reading frame of TRIM71. The corresponding gene has 2,473 nucleotides. There is one exon in the LOC105377021p mRNA. There is no predicted alternative splicing on the NCBI gene database. Protein. Protein Primary Structure. The figure below shows the basic primary protein structure, with N -terminus and C-terminus in their respective annotations. The orange domain is a predicted nuclear localization sequence, while the blue domain is the remainder of the LOC105377021 exon. Protein Secondary Structure. According to Ali2D (a multiple sequence alignment structural predictor for proteins), LOC105377021 is predicted to form mostly alpha helix (see red highlight, blue highlight is for Beta Sheet). Protein Tertiary Structure. LOC105377021 has a prominent, C-terminus repeat of serine residues, potentially for disulfide bonding. One disulfide bond (139-148) was predicted by DISULFIDE software. Additionally, the I TASSER profile shows several alpha helices in a variety of different  colors, in addition to potential turn motifs (see I TASSER 3D Prediction of LOC105377021). Protein Modifications and Localization. A predicted protein modification of LOC105377021 is phosphorylation, with sites throughout the protein, including the serine rich construct near the C-terminus of the protein. In addition, there is predicted evidence of O-Linked β-N-acetylglucosamine supplements in the C terminal region. There is predicted evidence for a nuclear localization sequence oriented at the N-terminal, provided by PSORT with partial support by PHOBIUS software. Microarray Expression Pattern and Pathology. Basic Expression and Breast Cancer. Compared to the average expression of  human protein, LOC105377021 is expressed at 0.9%, which is classified as low. In humans: cranial, intestinal, ovarian, renal, and testicular tissues corroborate this trend. Microarray data posits the expression of LOC105377021 in certain breast cancer tissues, including metastases to lymphatic and lung tissue. There is "potential" evidence for higher expression of LOC105377021 during Triple Negative Breast Cancer, which overshadows normal secretion levels for said protein. The figure below shows a potential trend line for this pattern (shown in green, with the triple negative microarray on the left). As the figure legend states, the red bars refer to the left axis  for sample counts, whereas the blue dots show the percentage of LOC105377021 expression within each sample (the right axis). This photo is courtesy of NCBI Geo Profiles Accession GDS4069. Brain Tissue Expression. Seven key brain tissues express LOC105377021 according to an Allen Brain Atlas probe. The temporal lobe, parietal lobe, cingulate gyrus, parahippocampal gyrus, and insula are five overarching regions of the seven brain tissues where expression was highlighted. The annotated figures below serve as fairly holistic representations of cranial expression in the context of LOC105377021. Light blue shaded regions posit more dense expression of LOC105377021, where as darker green  and brighter red show less and least amounts of expression respectively. All seven expression areas, including the middle temporal gyrus, the short insular gyrus, the postcentral gyrus, the cingulate gyrus, the inferior temporal gyrus, the parahippocampal gyrus, and the superior temporal gyrus are depicted in Allen Brain Atlas profiles below. These photos are courtesy of the Allen Brain Atlas. Evolutionary Relationships and Homology. Orthologs. The Basic Local Alignment Sequence Tool (BLAST) shows that LOC105377021 orthologs are largely homogeneous and mammalian. Important orthologs are summarized into three categories: primates, aquatic mammals, and ferrets/ferret-like animals. "Pongo abelii" and "Tursiops truncatus