9.B.115 The Steroid 5α-reductase/Lamin B Receptor (LBR) Family

The proteins of the DUF1295 Superfamily, present in bacteria and eukaryotes, appear to be of unknown function. However, several entries in NCBI are annotated as various enzymes. The most common annotation names several of these homologues as steroid 5α-reductases. These homologs are integral membrane proteins, most with 8 - 10 TMSs.

The lamin B receptor of fruit flies anchors the lamina and the heterochromatin to the inner nuclear membrane. It has the following properties in common with the vertebrate LBR. First, structural predictions indicate that the 741 amino acid dLBR protein possesses a highly charged N-terminal domain of 307 amino acids followed by eight (to ten) transmembrane segments in the C-terminal domain of the molecule. Second, the dLBR is an integral membrane protein of the inner nuclear membrane. Third, dLBR binds to the Drosophila B-type lamin Dm0. Fourth, the N-terminal domain is sufficient for in vitro binding to sperm chromatin and lamin Dm0. In contrast to the human LBR, dLBR does not possess sterol C14 reductase activity when it is expressed in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae erg24 mutant, which lacks sterol C14 reductase activity. Thus, during evolution, the enzymatic activity of this insect protein had been lost. Deletion gave rise to no obvious effect on the nuclear architecture or viability of treated cells and embryos, whereas the depletion of Drosophila lamin Dm0 in cultured cells and embryos caused morphological alterations of nuclei, nuclear fragility and the arrest of embryonic development. (Wagner et al. 2004). One such homolog is found under TC# 1.I.1.1.5 as part of the nuclear pore complex.

 


Examples:

TC#NameOrganismal TypeExample
9.B.115.1.1

Oxidoreductase of 240 aas and 7 TMSs.

Rhodophyta 

Oxidoreductase of Galdieria sulphuraria (M2X3K0)

 
9.B.115.1.10

DUF1295 domain-containing protein of 249 aas and 6 TMSs in a 2 + 2 + 2 TMS arrangement.

DUF1295 protein of Rhizobium mesoamericanum

 
9.B.115.1.11

Isoprenylcysteine carboxylmethyltransferase family protein of 158 aas and 4 TMSs in a 2 + 2 TMS arrangement.

Carboxylmethyltransferase of Nitratireductor soli

 
9.B.115.1.12

Bifunctional phosphatidyl-N-methylethanolamine N-methyltransferase/phosphatidyl-N-dimethylethanolamine N-methyltransferaseof 206 as and 3 or 4 TM

Methyl transferase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

 
9.B.115.1.14

Uncharacterized protein of 848 aas and 14 TMSs.

UP of Kazachstania naganishii

 
9.B.115.1.15

Uncharacterized protein of 569 aas and 9 or 10 TMSs

UP of Asanoa ishikariensis

 
9.B.115.1.2

Membrane protein of 288 aas and 8 TMSs in a 2+2+2+2 arrangement.

Actinobacteria

Membrane protein of Arthrobacter phenanthrenivorans (F0M2Z7)

 
9.B.115.1.3

SαR homologue of 295 aas and 8 putative TMSs

Actinobacteria

SαR homologue of Mycobacterium marinum (B2HS04)

 
9.B.115.1.4

SαR homologue of 321 aas and 6 TMSs

Plants

SαR homologue of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (A8ILY4)

 
9.B.115.1.5

SαR homologue of 300 aas and 5 putative TMSs

Stramenopiles (Marine diatoms)

SαR homologue of Thalassiosira pseudonana (B8C953)

 
9.B.115.1.6

Uncharacterized protein of 243 aas and 5 TMSs; possible isoprenylcysteine carboxyl methyltransferase family protein

Bacteroideetes

UP of Sphingobacterium spiritivorum

 
9.B.115.1.7

Uncharacterized protein of 229 aas and 5 or 6 TMSs.

UP of Candidatus Thorarchaeota archaeon AB_25 (marine sediment metagenome)

 
9.B.115.1.8

Uncharacterized protein of 207 aas and 4 TMSs.

UP of Candidatus Thorarchaeota archaeon AB_25 (marine sediment metagenome)

 
9.B.115.1.9

Uncharacterized protein of 203 aas and 4 TMSs in a 1 + 2 + 1 TMS arrangement.

UP of Candidatus Thorarchaeota archaeon AB_25 (marine sediment metagenome)

 
Examples:

TC#NameOrganismal TypeExample
9.B.115.2.1

Phosphatidyl-N-methylethanolamine N-methyltransferase of 168 aas and 3 or 4 TMSs.

Methyltransferase of Sorghum bicolor

 
9.B.115.2.2

Uncharacterized protein of 197 aas and 6 TMSs

UP of Sphaeroforma arctica

 
9.B.115.2.3

Uncharacterized protein of 180 aas and 4 or 5 TMSs

UP of Chlorella variabilis

 
Examples:

TC#NameOrganismal TypeExample
9.B.115.3.1

Uncharacterized protein of 182 aas and 6 putative TMSs.

UP of Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans

 
Examples:

TC#NameOrganismal TypeExample
9.B.115.4.1

The lamin B receptor , LBR, of 741 aas and 8 - 10 TMSs. See family description for details.

LBR of Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly)

 
9.B.115.4.2

Delta24(24(1))-sterol reductase (SR) of 489 aas and 9 TMSs in a 4 + 4 + 1 TMS arrangement.

SR of Cryptococcus neoformans

 
9.B.115.4.3

Uncharacterized protein of 349 aas and 8 or 9 TMSs in a 3 + 2 + 1 + 2 or 3 TMS arrangement.

UP of Cannabis sativa

 
9.B.115.4.4

FACT complex subunit spt16-like of 1494 aas and 11 or 12 TMSs in a 4 + 4 + 2 or 3 +1 TMS arrangement.

Spt16 homolog of Quercus suber

 
9.B.115.4.5

7-Dehydrocholesterol reductase-like isoform X1 of 573 aas and 9 or 10 TMSs in a 4 + 4 + 1 or 2 TMS arrangement.

7-DCR of Durio zibethinus

 
9.B.115.4.6

DUF1295 domain-containing protein of 379 aas and 9 - 10 TMSs in a 3 + 4 + 2 or 3 TMS arrangement.

DUF1295 protein of Nitrospinae bacterium

 
9.B.115.4.7

7-Dehydrocholesterol reductase of 422 aas and 9 or 10 TMSs in a 4 (2 + 2) + 4 (2 + 2) + 1 or 2 TMS arrangement.

7-DCR of Deltaproteobacteria bacterium