DEAD (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp) box polypeptide 55

Symbol

DDX55 (may also be known as: None)

Organism

Human

Description

This gene encodes a member of the DEAD box protein family. 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 family are believed to be involved in embryogenesis, spermatogenesis, and cellular growth and division. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene, but the biological validity of only one transcript has been confirmed. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Orthologs

SymbolSpecies
ZK512.2 Caenorhabditis elegans
CG9630 Drosophila melanogaster
ddx55 Danio rerio
Ddx55 Mus musculus
Ddx55 Rattus norvegicus
SPB4 Saccharomyces cerevisiae
spb4 Schizosaccharomyces pombe

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Changes associated with this gene

GO Terms

GO IDGO TermGO Category
GO:0000166 nucleotide binding molecular_function
GO:0003676 nucleic acid binding molecular_function
GO:0003723 RNA binding molecular_function
GO:0004386 helicase activity molecular_function
GO:0005524 ATP binding molecular_function
GO:0008026 ATP-dependent helicase activity molecular_function
GO:0016787 hydrolase activity molecular_function