FANCF

Fanconi anemia group F protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FANCF gene.[5][6]

FANCF
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 2IQC
Identifiers
Aliases	FANCF, FAF, Fanconi anemia complementation group F, FA complementation group F
External IDs	OMIM: 613897 MGI: 3689889 HomoloGene: 75185 GeneCards: FANCF
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human)[1] Band 11p14.3 Start 22,622,533 bp[1] End 22,625,823 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 7 (mouse)[2] Band 7|7 B4 Start 51,860,577 bp[2] End 51,862,267 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function • GO:0001948 protein binding • molecular function • GO:1904264, GO:1904822, GO:0090622, GO:0090302 ubiquitin protein ligase activity Cellular component • Fanconi anaemia nuclear complex • cell nucleus • nucleoplasm Biological process • interstrand cross-link repair • cellular response to DNA damage stimulus • DNA repair • biological process • ovarian follicle development • spermatogenesis • protein ubiquitination Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	2188	100040608
Ensembl	ENSG00000183161	ENSMUSG00000092118
UniProt	Q9NPI8	E9Q5Z5
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_022725	NM_001115087
RefSeq (protein)	NP_073562	NP_001108559
Location (UCSC)	Chr 11: 22.62 – 22.63 Mb	Chr 7: 51.86 – 51.86 Mb
PubMed search	[3]	[4]
Wikidata
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Interactions

FANCF has been shown to interact with Fanconi anemia, complementation group C,[7][8] FANCG,[7][8][9][10] FANCA[7][8][11] and FANCE.[7][12]

Function

FANCF is an adaptor protein that plays a key role in the proper assembly of the FA core complex.[7] The FA core complex is composed of eight proteins (FANCA, -B, -C, -E, -F, -G, -L and -M).[13][14] FANCF stabilizes the interaction between the FANCC/FANCE subcomplex and the FANCA/FANCG subcomplex and locks the whole FA core complex in a conformation that is essential to perform its function in DNA repair.[7]

The FA core complex is a nuclear core complex that is essential for the monoubiquitination of FANCD2 and this modified form of FANCD2 colocalizes with BRCA1, RAD51 and PCNA in foci that also contain other DNA repair proteins.[7] All these proteins function together to facilitate DNA interstrand cross-link repair. They also function in other DNA damage response repair processes including recovering and stabilizing stalled replication forks.[14] FoxF1 protein also interacts with the FA protein core and induces its binding to chromatin to promote DNA repair.[14]

Cancer

DNA damage appears to be the primary underlying cause of cancer,[15] and deficiencies in expression of DNA repair genes appear to underlie many forms of cancer.[16][17] If DNA repair is deficient, DNA damage tends to accumulate. Such excess DNA damage may increase mutations due to error-prone translesion synthesis. Excess DNA damage may also increase epigenetic alterations due to errors during DNA repair.[18][19] Such mutations and epigenetic alterations may give rise to cancer.

Reductions in expression of DNA repair genes (usually caused by epigenetic alterations) are very common in cancers, and are most often much more frequent than mutational defects in DNA repair genes in cancers. (Also see Frequencies of epimutations in DNA repair genes.)

Methylation of the promoter region of the FANCF gene causes reduced expression of FANCF protein.[20]

The frequencies of FANCF promoter methylation in several different cancers is indicated in the table.

Frequency of FANCF promoter methylation in sporadic cancers

Cancer	Frequency	Ref.
Epithelian ovarian cancer	32%	[21]
Cervical carcinoma	30%	[22]
Ovarian cancer	21%-28%	[20][23]
Head and neck squamous carcinomas	15%	[24]
Non-small cell lung cancer	14%	[24][25]
Male germ cell tumor	6%	[26]

In invasive breast cancers, microRNA-210 (miR-210) was increased, along with decreased expression of FANCF, where FANCF was one of the likely targets of miR-210.[27]

Although mutations in FANCF are ordinarily not observed in human tumors, an FANCF-deficient mouse model was prone to ovarian cancers.[28]

FANCF appears to be one of about 26 DNA repair genes that are epigenetically repressed in various cancers (see Cancer epigenetics).

Infertility

The gonads of FANCF mutant mice function abnormally, having compromised follicle development and spermatogenesis as has been observed in other Fanconi anemia mouse models and in Fanconi anemia patients.[28] Histological examination of the testes from FANCF-deficient mice showed that the seminiferous tubules were devoid of germ cells. At 14 weeks of age, FANCF-deficient female mice were almost or completely devoid of primordial follicles. It was concluded that FANCF-deficient mice display a rapid depletion of primordial follicles at a young age resulting in advanced ovarian aging.[28]

References

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12. Pace P, Johnson M, Tan WM, Mosedale G, Sng C, Hoatlin M, de Winter J, Joenje H, Gergely F, Patel KJ (July 2002). "FANCE: the link between Fanconi anaemia complex assembly and activity". The EMBO Journal. 21 (13): 3414–23. doi:10.1093/emboj/cdf355. PMC 125396. PMID 12093742.
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21. Ding JJ, Wang G, Shi WX, Zhou HH, Zhao EF (January 2016). "Promoter Hypermethylation of FANCF and Susceptibility and Prognosis of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer". Reproductive Sciences. 23 (1): 24–30. doi:10.1177/1933719115612136. PMID 26507869.
22. Narayan G, Arias-Pulido H, Nandula SV, Basso K, Sugirtharaj DD, Vargas H, Mansukhani M, Villella J, Meyer L, Schneider A, Gissmann L, Dürst M, Pothuri B, Murty VV (May 2004). "Promoter hypermethylation of FANCF: disruption of Fanconi Anemia-BRCA pathway in cervical cancer". Cancer Research. 64 (9): 2994–7. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-0245. PMID 15126331.
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24. Marsit CJ, Liu M, Nelson HH, Posner M, Suzuki M, Kelsey KT (January 2004). "Inactivation of the Fanconi anemia/BRCA pathway in lung and oral cancers: implications for treatment and survival". Oncogene. 23 (4): 1000–4. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207256. PMID 14647419.
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Further reading

• Maruyama K, Sugano S (January 1994). "Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides". Gene. 138 (1–2): 171–4. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90802-8. PMID 8125298.
• Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, Suyama A, Sugano S (October 1997). "Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library". Gene. 200 (1–2): 149–56. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3. PMID 9373149.
• de Winter JP, Rooimans MA, van Der Weel L, van Berkel CG, Alon N, Bosnoyan-Collins L, de Groot J, Zhi Y, Waisfisz Q, Pronk JC, Arwert F, Mathew CG, Scheper RJ, Hoatlin ME, Buchwald M, Joenje H (January 2000). "The Fanconi anaemia gene FANCF encodes a novel protein with homology to ROM". Nature Genetics. 24 (1): 15–6. doi:10.1038/71626. PMID 10615118.
• de Winter JP, van der Weel L, de Groot J, Stone S, Waisfisz Q, Arwert F, Scheper RJ, Kruyt FA, Hoatlin ME, Joenje H (November 2000). "The Fanconi anemia protein FANCF forms a nuclear complex with FANCA, FANCC and FANCG". Human Molecular Genetics. 9 (18): 2665–74. doi:10.1093/hmg/9.18.2665. PMID 11063725.
• Medhurst AL, Huber PA, Waisfisz Q, de Winter JP, Mathew CG (February 2001). "Direct interactions of the five known Fanconi anaemia proteins suggest a common functional pathway". Human Molecular Genetics. 10 (4): 423–9. doi:10.1093/hmg/10.4.423. PMID 11157805.
• Pace P, Johnson M, Tan WM, Mosedale G, Sng C, Hoatlin M, de Winter J, Joenje H, Gergely F, Patel KJ (July 2002). "FANCE: the link between Fanconi anaemia complex assembly and activity". The EMBO Journal. 21 (13): 3414–23. doi:10.1093/emboj/cdf355. PMC 125396. PMID 12093742.
• Taniguchi T, D'Andrea AD (October 2002). "The Fanconi anemia protein, FANCE, promotes the nuclear accumulation of FANCC". Blood. 100 (7): 2457–62. doi:10.1182/blood-2002-03-0860. PMID 12239156.
• Gordon SM, Buchwald M (July 2003). "Fanconi anemia protein complex: mapping protein interactions in the yeast 2- and 3-hybrid systems". Blood. 102 (1): 136–41. doi:10.1182/blood-2002-11-3517. PMID 12649160.
• Meetei AR, Sechi S, Wallisch M, Yang D, Young MK, Joenje H, Hoatlin ME, Wang W (May 2003). "A multiprotein nuclear complex connects Fanconi anemia and Bloom syndrome". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 23 (10): 3417–26. doi:10.1128/MCB.23.10.3417-3426.2003. PMC 164758. PMID 12724401.
• Meetei AR, de Winter JP, Medhurst AL, Wallisch M, Waisfisz Q, van de Vrugt HJ, Oostra AB, Yan Z, Ling C, Bishop CE, Hoatlin ME, Joenje H, Wang W (October 2003). "A novel ubiquitin ligase is deficient in Fanconi anemia". Nature Genetics. 35 (2): 165–70. doi:10.1038/ng1241. PMID 12973351.
• Marsit CJ, Liu M, Nelson HH, Posner M, Suzuki M, Kelsey KT (January 2004). "Inactivation of the Fanconi anemia/BRCA pathway in lung and oral cancers: implications for treatment and survival". Oncogene. 23 (4): 1000–4. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207256. PMID 14647419.
• Tsutsumi S, Kamata N, Vokes TJ, Maruoka Y, Nakakuki K, Enomoto S, Omura K, Amagasa T, Nagayama M, Saito-Ohara F, Inazawa J, Moritani M, Yamaoka T, Inoue H, Itakura M (June 2004). "The novel gene encoding a putative transmembrane protein is mutated in gnathodiaphyseal dysplasia (GDD)". American Journal of Human Genetics. 74 (6): 1255–61. doi:10.1086/421527. PMC 1182089. PMID 15124103.
• Narayan G, Arias-Pulido H, Nandula SV, Basso K, Sugirtharaj DD, Vargas H, Mansukhani M, Villella J, Meyer L, Schneider A, Gissmann L, Dürst M, Pothuri B, Murty VV (May 2004). "Promoter hypermethylation of FANCF: disruption of Fanconi Anemia-BRCA pathway in cervical cancer". Cancer Research. 64 (9): 2994–7. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-04-0245. PMID 15126331.
• Léveillé F, Blom E, Medhurst AL, Bier P, Laghmani el H, Johnson M, Rooimans MA, Sobeck A, Waisfisz Q, Arwert F, Patel KJ, Hoatlin ME, Joenje H, de Winter JP (September 2004). "The Fanconi anemia gene product FANCF is a flexible adaptor protein". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279 (38): 39421–30. doi:10.1074/jbc.M407034200. PMID 15262960.
• Meetei AR, Levitus M, Xue Y, Medhurst AL, Zwaan M, Ling C, Rooimans MA, Bier P, Hoatlin M, Pals G, de Winter JP, Wang W, Joenje H (November 2004). "X-linked inheritance of Fanconi anemia complementation group B". Nature Genetics. 36 (11): 1219–24. doi:10.1038/ng1458. PMID 15502827.
• Meetei AR, Medhurst AL, Ling C, Xue Y, Singh TR, Bier P, Steltenpool J, Stone S, Dokal I, Mathew CG, Hoatlin M, Joenje H, de Winter JP, Wang W (September 2005). "A human ortholog of archaeal DNA repair protein Hef is defective in Fanconi anemia complementation group M". Nature Genetics. 37 (9): 958–63. doi:10.1038/ng1626. PMC 2704909. PMID 16116422.