Homo_sapiensFamily: KH_1 Number of Genes: 35
Ensembl IDSymbolEntrez IDRBD RBPome PRIExpresion PathwayPhenotype ParalogOrthologGO
IGF2BP2
DDX43
KHSRP
PCBP4
FMR1
NOVA2
FUBP3
KHDRBS2
QKI
FXR1
HDLBP
AKAP1
KHDRBS1
BICC1
FXR2
ANKHD1
KHDRBS3
ANKRD17
IGF2BP3
PNPT1
ASCC1
NOVA1
IGF2BP1
FUBP1
HNRNPK
PCBP1
MEX3C
MEX3D
TDRKH
MEX3B
PCBP3
DDX53
PCBP2
MEX3A
ANKHD1-EIF4EBP3

Introduction

Pfam

KH motifs bind RNA in vitro. Autoantibodies to Nova, a KH domain protein, cause paraneoplastic opsoclonus ataxia.

InterPro

The K homology (KH) domain was first identified in the human heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) K. It is a domain of around 70 amino acids that is present in a wide variety of quite diverse nucleic acid-binding proteins [PUBMED:8036511]. It has been shown to bind RNA [PUBMED:9302998, PUBMED:10369774]. Like many other RNA-binding motifs, KH motifs are found in one or multiple copies (14 copies in chicken vigilin) and, at least for hnRNP K (three copies) and FMR-1 (two copies), each motif is necessary for in vitro RNA binding activity, suggesting that they may function cooperatively or, in the case of single KH motif proteins (for example, Mer1p), independently [PUBMED:8036511].

Reference

  1. Burd CG, Dreyfuss G; , Science 1994;265:615-621.: Conserved structures and diversity of functions of RNA-binding proteins. PUBMED:8036511 EPMC:8036511 .

  2. Musco G, Stier G, Joseph C, Castiglione Morelli MA, Nilges M, Gibson TJ, Pastore A; , Cell 1996;85:237-245.: Three-dimensional structure and stability of the KH domain: molecular insights into the fragile X syndrome. PUBMED:8612276 EPMC:8612276.