Definition
Retinoblastoma protein is a 110 kDa nuclear phosphoprotein (tumor suppression). The gene locus maps to 13q14.1–q14.2. Retinoblastoma is an embryonic neoplasm of retinal origin. Young children with a germline mutation in one Rb1 allele have a 95 % chance of developing a retinoblastoma tumor in their eyes. Mutation in the Rb1 allele also predisposes patients to develop other tumors, such as osteosarcomas and fibrosarcomas. Almost two-thirds of the secondary tumors arising in patients with retinoblastoma are mesenchymal in origin. Most mutations in Rb1 lead to premature termination of translation.
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pRb and Its Family Members
The pRb, p107, and p130 proteins form the “pocket protein” family that is crucial in cell-cycleregulation. pRb and p107/p130 have five domains of high conservation. pRb shares between 30 % and 35 % sequence identity with p107/p130. Most of the conserved sequences lie within the so-called pocket region (amino acid 379–792), which is composed...
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Chan, H.M., La Thangue, N.B. (2015). Retinoblastoma Protein, Cellular Biochemistry. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_5070-2
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