Protein TERT

URN urn:agi-llid:7015
Name TERT
Description telomerase reverse transcriptase
Connectivity 438
Notes Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein polymerase that maintains telomere ends by addition of the telomere repeat TTAGGG. The enzyme consists of a protein component with reverse transcriptase activity, encoded by this gene, and an RNA component which serves as a template for the telomere repeat. Telomerase expression plays a role in cellular senescence, as it is normally repressed in postnatal somatic cells resulting in progressive shortening of telomeres. Deregulation of telomerase expression in somatic cells may be involved in oncogenesis. Studies in mouse suggest that telomerase also participates in chromosomal repair, since de novo synthesis of telomere repeats may occur at double-stranded breaks. Alternatively spliced variants encoding different isoforms of telomerase reverse transcriptase have been identified; the full-length sequence of some variants has not been determined. Alternative splicing at this locus is thought to be one mechanism of regulation of telomerase activity. [provided by RefSeq]

Swiss-Prot Accession O14746
O94807
Q8NG38
Q9UBR6
Q9UNR4
Q9UNS6
Q9UQ24
O70372
Q3UZL9
Q9JLM1
Q9R0B3
Q9R266
Q673L6

Unigene ID Hs.492203
Mm.10109
Rn.48802

KEGG ID mmu:21752

EC Number 2.7.7.49

Swiss-Prot ID TERT_HUMAN
TERT_MOUSE
TERT_RAT

Cell Localization Nucleus

GO ID 0003677
0016779
0005515
0042803
0042162
0070034
0003721
0016740
0022616
0006916
0010149
0032203
0000723
0007004
0005694
0000781
0000783
0005654
0005634
0005697
0003723
0003964
0003720
0006278
0030529
0008150
0005737

Pathway VDR Targets

IPI ID IPI00298218
IPI00384469
IPI00168908
IPI00117405
IPI00371142
IPI00767323
IPI00388019
IPI00777834

Ariadne Ontology Telomere maintenance

Mouse chromosome position 13 43.0 cM

GO Molecular Function protein binding
RNA binding
DNA binding
telomeric DNA binding
telomeric RNA binding
protein homodimerization activity
transferase activity
nucleotidyltransferase activity
RNA-directed DNA polymerase activity
telomerase activity
telomeric template RNA reverse transcriptase activity

Homologene ID 31141

Hugo ID 11730

GO Cellular Component ribonucleoprotein complex
cytoplasm
nucleus
nucleoplasm
telomerase holoenzyme complex
nuclear telomere cap complex
chromosome
chromosome, telomeric region

MGI ID 1202709

Human chromosome position 5p15.33

GO Biological Process biological_process
telomere formation via telomerase
anti-apoptosis
telomere maintenance
telomere maintenance via telomerase
RNA-dependent DNA replication
DNA strand elongation
senescence

Rat chromosome position 1p11

GenBank ID NC_000005
NM_198253
NP_937983
NM_198255
NP_937986
NT_006576
NW_922518
NW_001838923
AC_000048
AC_000137
AB016767
BAA74724
AB018788
BAA78344
AC114291
AF097365
AAD12057
AF098956
AAD12786
AF114847
AAD17210
AF121948
AAD24464
AF128893
AAD30037
AY007685
AAG23289
CH471102
EAX08165
EAX08166
EAX08167
EAX08168
EAX08169
EAX08170
EAX08171
DQ264729
ABB72674
AB085628
BAC11010
AB086379
BAC11014
AB086950
BAC11015
AF015950
AAC51672
AF018167
AAC51724
BC062321
O14746
O94807
Q8NG38
Q9UBR6
Q9UNR4
Q9UNS6
Q9UQ24
AF043739
AAC40212
BC156388
AAI56389
BC172541
AAI72541
NC_000079
NM_009354
NP_033380
NT_039589
NW_001030529
AC_000035
AC158359
AF090439
AAD54013
AF121949
AAD24465
AF157502
AAF42984
CH466563
EDL37055
AF029235
AAB84200
AF051911
AAC09323
AF073311
AAC34821
AK133783
BAE21838
BC082327
BC127068
AAI27069
O70372
Q3UZL9
Q9JLM1
Q9R0B3
Q9R266
NC_005100
NM_053423
NP_445875
XM_001052969
XP_001052969
NW_047549
NW_001084748
XM_001052970
XP_001052970
AC_000069
AJ440966
CAD29525
CH474002
EDL87655
DQ021473
AAY40300
AF247818
AAF62177
AJ440965
CAD29524
AY539717
AAT09124
AY539718
AAT09125
AY539719
AAT09126
AY539720
AAT09127
BK000660
DAA01427
Q673L6

Group Telomere maintenance
ribonucleoprotein complex
cytoplasm
nucleus
nucleoplasm
telomerase holoenzyme complex
nuclear telomere cap complex
chromosome
chromosome, telomeric region
protein binding
RNA binding
DNA binding
telomeric DNA binding
telomeric RNA binding
protein homodimerization activity
transferase activity
nucleotidyltransferase activity
RNA-directed DNA polymerase activity
telomerase activity
telomeric template RNA reverse transcriptase activity
biological_process
telomere formation via telomerase
anti-apoptosis
telomere maintenance
telomere maintenance via telomerase
RNA-dependent DNA replication
DNA strand elongation
senescence

RGD ID 70494

LocusLink ID 7015
21752
301965

Alias TP2
TRT
EST2
TCS1
hEST2
telomerase reverse transcriptase
telomerase catalytic subunit
TR
MGC150124
hTERT
Telomerase catalytic subunit
TCS I
TERT

Organism Homo sapiens
Mus musculus
Rattus norvegicus

OMIM ID 187270
609135
127550
178500