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Facts about RNA demethylase ALKBH5.
Requires molecular oxygen, alpha-ketoglutarate and iron (PubMed:21264265, PubMed:23177736, PubMed:24778178, PubMed:24616105, PubMed:24489119). Demethylation of m6A mRNA affects mRNA processing and export (PubMed:23177736).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | ALKBH5 |
| Uniprot: | Q6P6C2 |
| Entrez: | 54890 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| alkB family |

ABH5OFOXD; alkB, alkylation repair homolog 5 (E. coli); Alkylated DNA repair protein alkB homolog 5; EC 1.14.11.-; FLJ20308; OFOXD1; oxoglutarate and iron-dependent oxygenase domain containing; probable alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase ABH5
Mass (kDA):
44.256 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 17p11.2|17p11.2 |
| Sequence: | 17; NC_000017.11 (18183828..18209954) |
Widely expressed, with highest expression in lung, followed by testis, pancreas, spleen and ovary.
Nucleus speckle.




PMID: 17979886 by Tsujikawa K., et al. Expression and sub-cellular localization of human ABH family molecules.
PMID: 21264265 by Thalhammer A., et al. Human AlkB homologue 5 is a nuclear 2-oxoglutarate dependent oxygenase and a direct target of hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha (HIF- 1alpha).
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