UVRAG

UVRAG
Identifiers
Aliases	UVRAG, DHTX, VPS38, p63, UV radiation resistance associated
External IDs	OMIM: 602493; MGI: 1925860; GeneCards: UVRAG
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human) Band 11q13.5 Start 75,815,210 bp End 76,144,232 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 7 (mouse) Band 7|7 E1 Start 98,534,228 bp End 98,790,348 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in corpus callosum Achilles tendon subcutaneous adipose tissue epithelium of colon abdominal fat monocyte parietal pleura lymph node tonsil testicle Top expressed in gastrula primary oocyte zygote calvaria spleen stroma of bone marrow secondary oocyte decidua thymus endothelial cell of lymphatic vessel More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function SH3 domain binding protein binding SNARE binding Cellular component cytoplasm HOPS complex endosome late endosome centrosome chromosome midbody early endosome phagocytic vesicle endoplasmic reticulum DNA-dependent protein kinase complex lysosome chromosome, centromeric region protein-containing complex autophagosome membrane autophagosome cytoplasmic vesicle Biological process double-strand break repair via classical nonhomologous end joining regulation of cytokinesis regulation of protein serine/threonine kinase activity retrograde vesicle-mediated transport, Golgi to endoplasmic reticulum multivesicular body sorting pathway chromosome segregation regulation of vesicle-mediated transport receptor catabolic process cellular response to DNA damage stimulus autophagy spindle organization viral entry into host cell maintenance of Golgi location DNA repair SNARE complex assembly positive regulation of autophagosome maturation centrosome cycle autophagosome maturation Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Databases NCBI: entry; OMA: entry Species Human Mouse Entrez 7405 78610 Ensembl ENSG00000198382 ENSMUSG00000035354 UniProt Q9P2Y5 Q8K245 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_003369 NM_178635 RefSeq (protein) NP_003360 NP_848750 Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 75.82 – 76.14 Mb Chr 7: 98.53 – 98.79 Mb PubMed search
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UV radiation resistance-associated gene protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the UVRAG gene.

This gene complements the ultraviolet sensitivity of xeroderma pigmentosum group C cells and encodes a protein with a C2 domain. The protein activates the Beclin1-PI(3)KC3 complex, promoting autophagy and suppressing the proliferation and tumorigenicity of human colon cancer cells.

Chromosomal aberrations involving this gene are associated with left-right axis malformation and mutations in this gene have been associated with colon cancer.

Further reading

• Liang C, Feng P, Ku B, et al. (2007). "UVRAG: a new player in autophagy and tumor cell growth". Autophagy. 3 (1): 69–71. doi:10.4161/auto.3437. PMID 17106237.
• Teitz T, Penner M, Eli D, et al. (1990). "Isolation by polymerase chain reaction of a cDNA whose product partially complements the ultraviolet sensitivity of xeroderma pigmentosum group C cells". Gene. 87 (2): 295–298. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(90)90316-J. PMID 2332174.
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• Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, et al. (1997). "Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library". Gene. 200 (1–2): 149–156. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3. PMID 9373149.
• Bekri S, Adélaïde J, Merscher S, et al. (1998). "Detailed map of a region commonly amplified at 11q13→q14 in human breast carcinoma". Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 79 (1–2): 125–131. doi:10.1159/000134699. PMID 9533029.
• Iida A, Emi M, Matsuoka R, et al. (2000). "Identification of a gene disrupted by inv(11)(q13.5;q25) in a patient with left-right axis malformation". Hum. Genet. 106 (3): 277–287. doi:10.1007/s004390051038 (inactive 12 July 2025). PMID 10798355.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–16903. Bibcode:2002PNAS...9916899M. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
• Goi T, Kawasaki M, Yamazaki T, et al. (2004). "Ascending colon cancer with hepatic metastasis and cholecystolithiasis in a patient with situs inversus totalis without any expression of UVRAG mRNA: report of a case". Surg. Today. 33 (9): 702–706. doi:10.1007/s00595-002-2567-y. PMID 12928850. S2CID 29935419.
• Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs". Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40–45. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID 14702039.
• Ionov Y, Nowak N, Perucho M, et al. (2004). "Manipulation of nonsense mediated decay identifies gene mutations in colon cancer Cells with microsatellite instability". Oncogene. 23 (3): 639–645. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207178. PMID 14737099. S2CID 22875014.
• Kimura K, Wakamatsu A, Suzuki Y, et al. (2006). "Diversification of transcriptional modulation: large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes". Genome Res. 16 (1): 55–65. doi:10.1101/gr.4039406. PMC 1356129. PMID 16344560.
• Liang C, Feng P, Ku B, et al. (2006). "Autophagic and tumour suppressor activity of a novel Beclin1-binding protein UVRAG". Nat. Cell Biol. 8 (7): 688–698. doi:10.1038/ncb1426. PMID 16799551. S2CID 19739498.