klotho

General Information (Source: NCBI Gene,UniProt)

Text mining Term klotho
UniProt ID KLOT_RAT
Name Klotho
Klotho peptide
Gene Names Kl
Taxonomy Rattus norvegicus

General annotation

Function May have weak glycosidase activity towards glucuronylated steroids. However, it lacks essential active site Glu residues at positions 241 and 874, suggesting it may be inactive as a glycosidase in vivo. May be involved in the regulation of calcium and phosphorus homeostasis by inhibiting the synthesis of active vitamin D (By similarity). Essential factor for the specific interaction between FGF23 and FGFR1 (By similarity). The Klotho peptide generated by cleavage of the membrane-bound isoform may be an anti-aging circulating hormone which would extend life span by inhibiting insulin/IGF1 signaling (By similarity).
Subcellular location Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein (By similarity). Note=Its shedding leads to a soluble peptide. Klotho peptide: Secreted (By similarity).

Gene Ontology

GO:0005576 extracellular region CC
GO:0007568 aging BP
GO:0005886 plasma membrane CC
GO:0005975 carbohydrate metabolic process BP
GO:0016021 integral to membrane CC
GO:0002526 acute inflammatory response BP
GO:0004566 beta-glucuronidase activity MF
GO:0043169 cation binding MF

Sequence

>gi|13786168|ref|NP_112626.1| klotho precursor [Rattus norvegicus]
MPARAPPRRLPRLLLLRLLSLHLLLLTLRARCLSAEPGQGAQTWARFARPPVPEASGLLHDTFPDGFLWA
VGSAAYQTEGGWRQHGKGASIWDTFTHHPRAIPEDSPIVMAPSGAPLPPLPSTGDVASDSYNNVYRDTEG
LRELGVTHYRFSISWARVLPNGTAGTPNREGLRYYRRLLERLRELGVQPVVTLYHWDLPQRLQDTYGGWA
NRALADHFRDYAELCFRHFGGQVKYWITIDNPYVVAWHGYATGRLAPGVRGSSRLGYLVAHNLLLAHAKV
WRLYNTSFRPTQGGRVSIALGSHWITPRRMTDYHIRECQKSLDFVLGWFAKPIFIDGDYPKSMKNNLSSL
LPDFTESEKRFIRGTADFFALSFGPTLSFQLLDPSMKFRQLESPSLRQLLSWIDLEYNHPQIFIVENGWF
VSGTTRRDDAKYMYYLKKFIMESLKAIRLDGVDVIGYTAWSLMDGFEWHRGYSIRRGLFYVDFLSQDKEL
LPKSSALFYQKLIENNGFPPLPENQPLEGTFPCDFAWGVVDNYIQVDPTLSQFTDPNVYLWDVHHSKRLI
KVDGVVAKKRKPYCVDFSAIRPQITLLREMRVTHFRFSLDWALILPLGNQTQVNRTVLHFYRCMVSELVH
ANITPVVALWQPATPHQGLPHALAKHGAWENPHTALAFADYANLCFEELGHWVKFWITINEPNSRNMTYR
AGHHLLKAHALAWHLYDDKFRAAQKGKISIALQVDWIEPACPFSQKDKEVAERVLEFDVGWLAEPIFGSG
DYPHVMREWLNQKNNFLLPYFTEDEKKLIRGSFDFLALSHYTTILVDWEKEDPIKYNDYLEVQEMTDITW
LNSPNQVAVVPWGLRKALNWLRFKYGDLPMFVTANGIDDDPHAEQDSLRMYYIKNYVNEALKAYVLDGIN
LCGYFAYSLSDRSVPKSGFYRYAANQFEPKPSIKHYRKIIDNNGFLGSGTLGRFCPEEYTVCTGCGFFQT
RKSLLAFISFLVFAFVTSLALIYYYSKKGRRRYK

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Database Cross Reference

Ensembl Gene ENSRNOT00000001449
UniGene Rn.30061
PDB
RefSeq NP_112626.1
Pfam PF00232