The serine/threonine-protein kinase/endoribonuclease inositol-requiring enzyme 1 α (IRE1α) is an
enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ERN1gene.[5][6]
Function
The protein encoded by this
gene is the ER to nucleus signalling 1 protein, a human
homologue of the yeast Ire1 gene product. This protein possesses intrinsic
kinase activity and an endoribonuclease activity and it is important in altering gene expression as a response to endoplasmic reticulum-based stress signals (mainly the
unfolded protein response). Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[6]
Signaling
IRE1α possesses two functional enzymatic domains, an
endonuclease and a trans-autophosphorylation kinase domain. Upon activation, IRE1α oligomerizes and carries out an unconventional RNA
splicing activity, removing an
intron from the X-box binding protein 1 (
XBP1) mRNA, and allowing it to become translated into a functional
transcription factor, XBP1s.[7] XBP1s upregulates ER
chaperones and endoplasmic reticulum associated degradation (
ERAD) genes that facilitate recovery from
ER stress.
Iwawaki T, Hosoda A, Okuda T, Kamigori Y, Nomura-Furuwatari C, Kimata Y, et al. (February 2001). "Translational control by the ER transmembrane kinase/ribonuclease IRE1 under ER stress". Nature Cell Biology. 3 (2): 158–164.
doi:
10.1038/35055065.
PMID11175748.
S2CID7756732.
Shang J, Lehrman MA (April 2004). "Discordance of UPR signaling by ATF6 and Ire1p-XBP1 with levels of target transcripts". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 317 (2): 390–396.
doi:
10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.03.058.
PMID15063770.
Oono K, Yoneda T, Manabe T, Yamagishi S, Matsuda S, Hitomi J, et al. (October 2004). "JAB1 participates in unfolded protein responses by association and dissociation with IRE1". Neurochemistry International. 45 (5): 765–772.
doi:
10.1016/j.neuint.2004.01.003.
PMID15234121.
S2CID11627892.
Hetz C, Bernasconi P, Fisher J, Lee AH, Bassik MC, Antonsson B, et al. (April 2006). "Proapoptotic BAX and BAK modulate the unfolded protein response by a direct interaction with IRE1alpha". Science. 312 (5773): 572–576.
Bibcode:
2006Sci...312..572H.
doi:
10.1126/science.1123480.
PMID16645094.
S2CID9135901.
Oikawa D, Tokuda M, Iwawaki T (August 2007). "Site-specific cleavage of CD59 mRNA by endoplasmic reticulum-localized ribonuclease, IRE1". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 360 (1): 122–127.
doi:
10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.06.020.
PMID17585877.
The serine/threonine-protein kinase/endoribonuclease inositol-requiring enzyme 1 α (IRE1α) is an
enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ERN1gene.[5][6]
Function
The protein encoded by this
gene is the ER to nucleus signalling 1 protein, a human
homologue of the yeast Ire1 gene product. This protein possesses intrinsic
kinase activity and an endoribonuclease activity and it is important in altering gene expression as a response to endoplasmic reticulum-based stress signals (mainly the
unfolded protein response). Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[6]
Signaling
IRE1α possesses two functional enzymatic domains, an
endonuclease and a trans-autophosphorylation kinase domain. Upon activation, IRE1α oligomerizes and carries out an unconventional RNA
splicing activity, removing an
intron from the X-box binding protein 1 (
XBP1) mRNA, and allowing it to become translated into a functional
transcription factor, XBP1s.[7] XBP1s upregulates ER
chaperones and endoplasmic reticulum associated degradation (
ERAD) genes that facilitate recovery from
ER stress.
Iwawaki T, Hosoda A, Okuda T, Kamigori Y, Nomura-Furuwatari C, Kimata Y, et al. (February 2001). "Translational control by the ER transmembrane kinase/ribonuclease IRE1 under ER stress". Nature Cell Biology. 3 (2): 158–164.
doi:
10.1038/35055065.
PMID11175748.
S2CID7756732.
Shang J, Lehrman MA (April 2004). "Discordance of UPR signaling by ATF6 and Ire1p-XBP1 with levels of target transcripts". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 317 (2): 390–396.
doi:
10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.03.058.
PMID15063770.
Oono K, Yoneda T, Manabe T, Yamagishi S, Matsuda S, Hitomi J, et al. (October 2004). "JAB1 participates in unfolded protein responses by association and dissociation with IRE1". Neurochemistry International. 45 (5): 765–772.
doi:
10.1016/j.neuint.2004.01.003.
PMID15234121.
S2CID11627892.
Hetz C, Bernasconi P, Fisher J, Lee AH, Bassik MC, Antonsson B, et al. (April 2006). "Proapoptotic BAX and BAK modulate the unfolded protein response by a direct interaction with IRE1alpha". Science. 312 (5773): 572–576.
Bibcode:
2006Sci...312..572H.
doi:
10.1126/science.1123480.
PMID16645094.
S2CID9135901.
Oikawa D, Tokuda M, Iwawaki T (August 2007). "Site-specific cleavage of CD59 mRNA by endoplasmic reticulum-localized ribonuclease, IRE1". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 360 (1): 122–127.
doi:
10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.06.020.
PMID17585877.