Baculoviral IAP repeat-containing protein 6 is a
protein
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that in humans is encoded by the ''BIRC6''
gene
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.
Function
This gene encodes a protein with a BIR (baculoviral inhibition of apoptosis protein repeat) domain and a UBCc (ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2, catalytic) domain. This protein inhibits apoptosis by facilitating the degradation of apoptotic proteins by ubiquitination.
Interactions
BIRC6 has been shown to
interact
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with
KIF23
Kinesin-like protein KIF23 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''KIF23'' gene.
Function
In cell division
KIF23 (also known as Kinesin-6, CHO1/MKLP1, C. elegans ZEN-4 and Drosophila Pavarotti) is a member of kinesin-like protein f ...
.
Diseases
BIRC6 is implicated in leukemia, melanoma, breast cancer, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, and other cancers (see the
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).
References
External links
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PDBe-KBprovides an overview of all the structure information available in the PDB for Human Baculoviral IAP repeat-containing protein 6
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