PROM1

prominin 1

Ensembl:
ENSG00000007062
UniProt:
O43490
OMIM:
604365
Synonyms:
AC133, CD133, CORD12, MCDR2, PROML1

Cilia effects upon perturbation of PROM1

Cilia number / % ciliated:
No effect
Loss-of-function effect:
Longer cilia
Overexpression effect:
Unkown

Ciliogenesis screen results (4 screens)

  • Kim2016: No effect
  • Wheway et al. 2015 (siRNA) [siRNA]: No effect PMID:26167766
  • Breslow et al. 2018 (CRISPR) [CRISPR]: No Significant Effect PMID:29459680
  • Roosing et al. 2015 (siRNA) [siRNA]: No effect PMID:26595381

Phenotypes

Human ciliopathy phenotype:
cone-rod dystrophy 12; retinitis pigmentosa 41; retinitis pigmentosa; cone-rod dystrophy

Ciliopathy associations

  • Cone-Rod Dystrophy
  • Retinal Dystrophy/Degeneration

Subcellular localization

basal body, cilia, lysosomes

Functional category

  • Ciliary assembly/disassembly
  • Actin & cytoskeleton regulation
  • Signaling (Hedgehog, GPCRs, ion channels)
  • Ciliary membrane
  • Transcription regulation

Function

Controls recruitment of ciliary membrane components, histone deacetylase, and transcription factors in stem cells. Mutations cause various human reti l disorders. Prom1 was not required for multicilia formation, but when inactivated resulted in longer cilia that beat at a lower frequency.

Model organism evidence

Mus musculus (1 reference)

PROM1 (CD133, AC133) is a protein that is required for the maintenance of primary cilia.

PMIDs: 36215230