ELAVL1

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the ELAVL family of RNA-binding proteins that contain several RNA recognition motifs, and selectively bind AU-rich elements (AREs) found in the 3' untranslated regions of mRNAs. AREs signal degradation of mRNAs as a means to regulate gene expression, thus by binding AREs, the ELAVL family of proteins play a role in stabilizing ARE-containing mRNAs. This gene has been implicated in a variety of biological processes and has been linked to a number of diseases, including cancer. It is highly expressed in many cancers, and could be potentially useful in cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2012]

Description

ELAV like RNA binding protein 1

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Subcell location

Nucleoplasm, Nucleoli, Cytosol

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Plasma proteins
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)

Chromosome

19 (7958573 - 8005659)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000066044  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Elavl1: ENSMUSG00000040028

UniProt

Q15717

neXtProt

NX_Q15717

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure