IGFALS

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Template:Short description Template:DMCA An Error has occurred retrieving Wikidata item for infobox Insulin-like growth factor binding protein, acid labile subunit, also known as IGFALS, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the IGFALS gene.[1]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a serum protein that binds insulin-like growth factors, increasing their half-life and their vascular localization. Production of the encoded protein, which contains twenty leucine-rich repeats, is stimulated by growth hormone. Three transcript variants encoding two different isoforms have been found for this gene.[1]

Clinical significance

Defects in this gene are a cause of acid-labile subunit deficiency, which manifests itself in a delayed and slow puberty. [2]

Interactions

IGFALS has been shown to interact with IGFBP3.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Entrez Gene: IGFALS insulin-like growth factor binding protein, acid labile subunit".
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bocchini, Carol A. (25 August 2014). "ACID-LABILE SUBUNIT DEFICIENCY; ACLSD". OMIM - An Online Catalog of Human Genes and Genetic Disorders. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Twigg SM, Baxter RC (March 1998). "Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding protein 5 forms an alternative ternary complex with IGFs and the acid-labile subunit". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (11): 6074–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.11.6074. PMID 9497324.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Firth SM, Ganeshprasad U, Baxter RC (January 1998). "Structural determinants of ligand and cell surface binding of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (5): 2631–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.5.2631. PMID 9446566.

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