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Facts about Protein argonaute-1.
Lacks endonuclease activity and does not appear to cleave target mRNAs. Also required for transcriptional gene silencing (TGS) of promoter regions that are complementary to bound brief antigene RNAs (agRNAs).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | AGO1 |
| Uniprot: | Q9UL18 |
| Entrez: | 26523 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| argonaute family |

AGO1Q99; argonaute 1; argonaute1; DKFZp686M13167; eIF2C 1; eIF-2C 1; EIF2C; Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2C 1; eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2C, 1; GERP95; Golgi Endoplasmic Reticulum protein 95 kDa; hAgo1; protein argonaute-1; Putative RNA-binding protein Q99
Mass (kDA):
97.214 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1p34.3 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (35869808..35930532) |
Cytoplasm, P-body.





PMID: 10534406 by Koesters R., et al. Human eukaryotic initiation factor EIF2C1 gene: cDNA sequence, genomic organization, localization to chromosomal bands 1p34-p35, and expression.
PMID: 15260970 by Meister G., et al. Human Argonaute2 mediates RNA cleavage targeted by miRNAs and siRNAs.