Recombinant Human ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX50 (DDX50)

Uniprot Id

Q9BQ39

Target Species

Human

Target Name

DDX50

Target Full Name

ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX50

Target Subcellular Location

Nucleus, nucleolus.

Target Protein Families

DEAD box helicase family, DDX21/DDX50 subfamily

Target Synonyms

4933429B04Rik; ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX50; Ddx50; DDX50_HUMAN; DEAD (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp) box polypeptide 50; DEAD box protein 50; Gu beta; Gu-beta; GU2; GUB; MGC109605; MGC3199; Nucleolar protein Gu2; RH II; RH II/GuB; RNA helicase II / Gu beta

Target Background

DEAD box proteins, characterized by the conserved motif Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp (DEAD), are putative RNA helicases. They are implicated in a number of cellular processes involving alteration of RNA secondary structure such as translation initiation, nuclear and mitochondrial splicing, and ribosome and spliceosome assembly. Based on their distribution patterns, some members of this DEAD box protein family are believed to be involved in embryogenesis, spermatogenesis, and cellular growth and division. This gene encodes a DEAD box enzyme that may be involved in ribosomal RNA synthesis or processing. This gene and DDX21, also called RH-II/GuA, have similar genomic structures and are in tandem orientation on chromosome 10, suggesting that the two genes arose by gene duplication in evolution. This gene has pseudogenes on chromosomes 2, 3 and 4. Alternative splicing of this gene generates multiple transcript variants, but the full length nature of all the other variants but one has not been defined.