Tbio ITGA7 Integrin alpha-7

Protein Summary

Description

Integrin alpha-7/beta-1 is the primary laminin receptor on skeletal myoblasts and adult myofibers. During myogenic differentiation, it may induce changes in the shape and mobility of myoblasts, and facilitate their localization at laminin-rich sites of secondary fiber formation. It is involved in the maintenance of the myofibers cytoarchitecture as well as for their anchorage, viability and functional integrity. Isoform Alpha-7X2B and isoform Alpha-7X1B promote myoblast migration on laminin 1 and laminin 2/4, but isoform Alpha-7X1B is less active on laminin 1 (In vitro). Acts as Schwann cell receptor for laminin-2. Acts as a receptor of COMP and mediates its effect on vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) maturation (By similarity). Required to promote contractile phenotype acquisition in differentiated airway smooth muscle (ASM) cells. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the integrin alpha chain family. Integrins are heterodimeric integral membrane proteins composed of an alpha chain and a beta chain. They mediate a wide spectrum of cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, and thus play a role in cell migration, morphologic development, differentiation, and metastasis. This protein functions as a receptor for the basement membrane protein laminin-1. It is mainly expressed in skeletal and cardiac muscles and may be involved in differentiation and migration processes during myogenesis. Defects in this gene are associated with congenital myopathy. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been noted for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2009]

Uniprot Accession IDs

• Q13683
• B4E3U0
• C9JMD3
• C9JMZ6
• O43197
• Q86W93
• Q9NY89
• Q9UET0
• Q9UEV2

Gene Name

• ITGA7

Ensembl ID

• ENST00000257879
• ENSP00000257879
• ENSG00000135424
• ENST00000452168
• ENSP00000393844
• ENST00000553804
• ENSP00000452120
• ENST00000555728
• ENSP00000452387

Knowledge Table

Most Knowledge About	Knowledge Value (0 to 1 scale)
PubMedID	0.89
cellular component	0.79
gene perturbation	0.74
protein domain	0.73
cell type or tissue	0.72

Protein Classes

No PANTHER Classes or DTO Classes found

IDG Development Level Summary

Tdark

These are targets about which virtually nothing is known. They do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 100.89   (req: < 5)

Gene RIFs: 37   (req: <= 3)

Antibodies: 254   (req: <= 50)

Tbio

These targets do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 100.89   (req: >= 5)

Gene RIFs: 37   (req: > 3)

Antibodies: 254   (req: > 50)

- OR - satisfy the following criterion:

Gene Ontology Terms: 8

Tchem

Target has at least one ChEMBL compound with an activity cutoff of < 30 nM - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Ligand: 0

Tclin

Target has at least one approved drug - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Drug: 0