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Q16635 (TAZ_HUMAN) Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

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Names and origin

Protein namesRecommended name:
Tafazzin
Alternative name(s):
Protein G4.5
Gene names
Name:TAZ
Synonyms:EFE2, G4.5
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Taxonomic identifier9606 [NCBI]
Taxonomic lineageEukaryotaMetazoaChordataCraniataVertebrataEuteleostomiMammaliaEutheriaEuarchontogliresPrimatesHaplorrhiniCatarrhiniHominidaeHomo

Protein attributes

Sequence length292 AA.
Sequence statusComplete.
Protein existenceEvidence at protein level

General annotation (Comments)

Function

Some isoforms may be involved in cardiolipin (CL) metabolism. Ref.6 Ref.7

Subcellular location

Isoform 1: Membrane; Single-pass membrane protein.

Isoform 2: Cytoplasm Probable.

Isoform 3: Membrane; Single-pass membrane protein.

Isoform 4: Membrane; Single-pass membrane protein.

Isoform 5: Membrane; Single-pass membrane protein.

Isoform 6: Cytoplasm Probable.

Isoform 7: Membrane; Single-pass membrane protein.

Isoform 8: Cytoplasm Probable.

Isoform 9: Cytoplasm Probable.

Tissue specificity

High levels in cardiac and skeletal muscle. Up to 10 isoforms can be present in different amounts in different tissues. Most isoforms are ubiquitous. Isoforms that lack the N-terminus are found in leukocytes and fibroblasts, but not in heart and skeletal muscle. Some forms appear restricted to cardiac and skeletal muscle or to leukocytes.

Domain

The hydrophilic domain may serve as an exposed loop interacting with other proteins.

Involvement in disease

Defects in TAZ are the cause of 3-methylglutaconic aciduria type 2 (MGA2) [MIM:302060]; also known as Barth syndrome. MGA2 is a severe metabolic disorder, often fatal in childhood, characterized by dilated cardiomyopathy, skeletal myopathy, short stature, neutropenia and 3-methylglutaconicaciduria. Ref.10

Defects in TAZ are the cause of left ventricular non-compaction X-linked (LVNCX) [MIM:300183]. LVNC is due to an arrest of myocardial morphogenesis. The disorder is characterized by a hypertrophic left ventricular with deep trabeculations and with poor systolic function, with or without associated left ventricular dilation. In some cases, the right ventricle is also affected. Ref.8 Ref.9

Sequence similarities

Belongs to the taffazin family.

Alternative products

This entry describes 9 isoforms produced by alternative splicing. [Align] [Select]
Isoform 1 (identifier: Q16635-1)

This isoform has been chosen as the 'canonical' sequence. All positional information in this entry refers to it. This is also the sequence that appears in the downloadable versions of the entry.
Isoform 2 (identifier: Q16635-2)

Also known as: Short;

The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows:
     1-24: Missing.
Isoform 3 (identifier: Q16635-3)

Also known as: Del_exon_5;

The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows:
     124-153: Missing.
Isoform 4 (identifier: Q16635-4)

Also known as: Del_exon_6;

The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows:
     154-180: Missing.
Isoform 5 (identifier: Q16635-5)

Also known as: Del_exon_7;

The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows:
     181-194: Missing.
Isoform 6 (identifier: Q16635-6)

The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows:
     1-24: Missing.
     181-194: Missing.
Isoform 7 (identifier: Q16635-7)

The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows:
     124-153: Missing.
     181-194: Missing.
Isoform 8 (identifier: Q16635-8)

The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows:
     1-24: Missing.
     124-153: Missing.
Isoform 9 (identifier: Q16635-9)

The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows:
     1-24: Missing.
     124-153: Missing.
     181-194: Missing.

Sequence annotation (Features)

Feature keyPosition(s)LengthDescriptionGraphical viewFeature identifier

Molecule processing

Chain1 – 292292Tafazzin
PRO_0000220928

Regions

Transmembrane1 – 3030Helical; Signal-anchor; Potential
Region124 – 19471Hydrophilic

Natural variations

Alternative sequence1 – 2424Missing in isoform 2, isoform 6, isoform 8 and isoform 9.
VSP_011609
Alternative sequence124 – 15330Missing in isoform 3, isoform 7, isoform 8 and isoform 9.
VSP_004451
Alternative sequence154 – 18027Missing in isoform 4.
VSP_004452
Alternative sequence181 – 19414Missing in isoform 5, isoform 6, isoform 7 and isoform 9.
VSP_004453
Natural variant941R → S in MGA2. Ref.10
VAR_014110
Natural variant1181C → R in LVNCX. Ref.9
VAR_014111
Natural variant1971G → R in LVNCX. Ref.8
VAR_014112

Sequences

Sequence LengthMass (Da)Tools
Isoform 1 [UniParc].

Last modified November 1, 1996. Version 1.
Checksum: 2805E0962DC4FE52

FASTA29233,459
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MPLHVKWPFP AVPPLTWTLA SSVVMGLVGT YSCFWTKYMN HLTVHNREVL YELIEKRGPA 

        70         80         90        100        110        120 
TPLITVSNHQ SCMDDPHLWG ILKLRHIWNL KLMRWTPAAA DICFTKELHS HFFSLGKCVP 

       130        140        150        160        170        180 
VCRGAEFFQA ENEGKGVLDT GRHMPGAGKR REKGDGVYQK GMDFILEKLN HGDWVHIFPE 

       190        200        210        220        230        240 
GKVNMSSEFL RFKWGIGRLI AECHLNPIIL PLWHVGMNDV LPNSPPYFPR FGQKITVLIG 

       250        260        270        280        290 
KPFSALPVLE RLRAENKSAV EMRKALTDFI QEEFQHLKTQ AEQLHNHLQP GR 

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Isoform 2 (Short) [UniParc].

Checksum: 857BFA0FC9DFB6EA
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FASTA26830,803
Isoform 3 (Del_exon_5) [UniParc].

Checksum: AE7F4EBF505C7F63
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FASTA26230,203
Isoform 4 (Del_exon_6) [UniParc].

Checksum: E2FFF553E9576B5A
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FASTA26530,331
Isoform 5 (Del_exon_7) [UniParc].

Checksum: 350624E72B677BE8
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FASTA27831,748
Isoform 6 [UniParc].

Checksum: CA3073742FC132D0
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FASTA25429,092
Isoform 7 [UniParc].

Checksum: E23FAFFC359721CA
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FASTA24828,492
Isoform 8 [UniParc].

Checksum: 53323D6698054515
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FASTA23827,547
Isoform 9 [UniParc].

Checksum: 94B5C890BB4DEAAC
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FASTA22425,836

References

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[1]"A novel X-linked gene, G4.5. is responsible for Barth syndrome."
Bione S., D'Adamo P., Maestrini E., Gedeon A.K., Bolhuis P.A., Toniolo D.
Nat. Genet. 12:385-389(1996) [PubMed: 8630491] [Abstract]
Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA / MRNA] (ISOFORM 1).
Tissue: Heart and Skeletal muscle.
[2]"Identification and characterization of human tafazzins."
Lu B., Gong Y., Hatch G.M., Choy P.C.
Submitted (FEB-2003) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases
Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE (ISOFORMS 1; 2; 3; 5; 6; 7; 8 AND 9).
[3]"Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs."
Ota T., Suzuki Y., Nishikawa T., Otsuki T., Sugiyama T., Irie R., Wakamatsu A., Hayashi K., Sato H., Nagai K., Kimura K., Makita H., Sekine M., Obayashi M., Nishi T., Shibahara T., Tanaka T., Ishii S. expand/collapse author list , Yamamoto J., Saito K., Kawai Y., Isono Y., Nakamura Y., Nagahari K., Murakami K., Yasuda T., Iwayanagi T., Wagatsuma M., Shiratori A., Sudo H., Hosoiri T., Kaku Y., Kodaira H., Kondo H., Sugawara M., Takahashi M., Kanda K., Yokoi T., Furuya T., Kikkawa E., Omura Y., Abe K., Kamihara K., Katsuta N., Sato K., Tanikawa M., Yamazaki M., Ninomiya K., Ishibashi T., Yamashita H., Murakawa K., Fujimori K., Tanai H., Kimata M., Watanabe M., Hiraoka S., Chiba Y., Ishida S., Ono Y., Takiguchi S., Watanabe S., Yosida M., Hotuta T., Kusano J., Kanehori K., Takahashi-Fujii A., Hara H., Tanase T.-O., Nomura Y., Togiya S., Komai F., Hara R., Takeuchi K., Arita M., Imose N., Musashino K., Yuuki H., Oshima A., Sasaki N., Aotsuka S., Yoshikawa Y., Matsunawa H., Ichihara T., Shiohata N., Sano S., Moriya S., Momiyama H., Satoh N., Takami S., Terashima Y., Suzuki O., Nakagawa S., Senoh A., Mizoguchi H., Goto Y., Shimizu F., Wakebe H., Hishigaki H., Watanabe T., Sugiyama A., Takemoto M., Kawakami B., Yamazaki M., Watanabe K., Kumagai A., Itakura S., Fukuzumi Y., Fujimori Y., Komiyama M., Tashiro H., Tanigami A., Fujiwara T., Ono T., Yamada K., Fujii Y., Ozaki K., Hirao M., Ohmori Y., Kawabata A., Hikiji T., Kobatake N., Inagaki H., Ikema Y., Okamoto S., Okitani R., Kawakami T., Noguchi S., Itoh T., Shigeta K., Senba T., Matsumura K., Nakajima Y., Mizuno T., Morinaga M., Sasaki M., Togashi T., Oyama M., Hata H., Watanabe M., Komatsu T., Mizushima-Sugano J., Satoh T., Shirai Y., Takahashi Y., Nakagawa K., Okumura K., Nagase T., Nomura N., Kikuchi H., Masuho Y., Yamashita R., Nakai K., Yada T., Nakamura Y., Ohara O., Isogai T., Sugano S.
Nat. Genet. 36:40-45(2004) [PubMed: 14702039] [Abstract]
Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA] (ISOFORM 1).
[4]"The DNA sequence of the human X chromosome."
Ross M.T., Grafham D.V., Coffey A.J., Scherer S., McLay K., Muzny D., Platzer M., Howell G.R., Burrows C., Bird C.P., Frankish A., Lovell F.L., Howe K.L., Ashurst J.L., Fulton R.S., Sudbrak R., Wen G., Jones M.C. expand/collapse author list , Hurles M.E., Andrews T.D., Scott C.E., Searle S., Ramser J., Whittaker A., Deadman R., Carter N.P., Hunt S.E., Chen R., Cree A., Gunaratne P., Havlak P., Hodgson A., Metzker M.L., Richards S., Scott G., Steffen D., Sodergren E., Wheeler D.A., Worley K.C., Ainscough R., Ambrose K.D., Ansari-Lari M.A., Aradhya S., Ashwell R.I., Babbage A.K., Bagguley C.L., Ballabio A., Banerjee R., Barker G.E., Barlow K.F., Barrett I.P., Bates K.N., Beare D.M., Beasley H., Beasley O., Beck A., Bethel G., Blechschmidt K., Brady N., Bray-Allen S., Bridgeman A.M., Brown A.J., Brown M.J., Bonnin D., Bruford E.A., Buhay C., Burch P., Burford D., Burgess J., Burrill W., Burton J., Bye J.M., Carder C., Carrel L., Chako J., Chapman J.C., Chavez D., Chen E., Chen G., Chen Y., Chen Z., Chinault C., Ciccodicola A., Clark S.Y., Clarke G., Clee C.M., Clegg S., Clerc-Blankenburg K., Clifford K., Cobley V., Cole C.G., Conquer J.S., Corby N., Connor R.E., David R., Davies J., Davis C., Davis J., Delgado O., Deshazo D., Dhami P., Ding Y., Dinh H., Dodsworth S., Draper H., Dugan-Rocha S., Dunham A., Dunn M., Durbin K.J., Dutta I., Eades T., Ellwood M., Emery-Cohen A., Errington H., Evans K.L., Faulkner L., Francis F., Frankland J., Fraser A.E., Galgoczy P., Gilbert J., Gill R., Gloeckner G., Gregory S.G., Gribble S., Griffiths C., Grocock R., Gu Y., Gwilliam R., Hamilton C., Hart E.A., Hawes A., Heath P.D., Heitmann K., Hennig S., Hernandez J., Hinzmann B., Ho S., Hoffs M., Howden P.J., Huckle E.J., Hume J., Hunt P.J., Hunt A.R., Isherwood J., Jacob L., Johnson D., Jones S., de Jong P.J., Joseph S.S., Keenan S., Kelly S., Kershaw J.K., Khan Z., Kioschis P., Klages S., Knights A.J., Kosiura A., Kovar-Smith C., Laird G.K., Langford C., Lawlor S., Leversha M., Lewis L., Liu W., Lloyd C., Lloyd D.M., Loulseged H., Loveland J.E., Lovell J.D., Lozado R., Lu J., Lyne R., Ma J., Maheshwari M., Matthews L.H., McDowall J., McLaren S., McMurray A., Meidl P., Meitinger T., Milne S., Miner G., Mistry S.L., Morgan M., Morris S., Mueller I., Mullikin J.C., Nguyen N., Nordsiek G., Nyakatura G., O'dell C.N., Okwuonu G., Palmer S., Pandian R., Parker D., Parrish J., Pasternak S., Patel D., Pearce A.V., Pearson D.M., Pelan S.E., Perez L., Porter K.M., Ramsey Y., Reichwald K., Rhodes S., Ridler K.A., Schlessinger D., Schueler M.G., Sehra H.K., Shaw-Smith C., Shen H., Sheridan E.M., Shownkeen R., Skuce C.D., Smith M.L., Sotheran E.C., Steingruber H.E., Steward C.A., Storey R., Swann R.M., Swarbreck D., Tabor P.E., Taudien S., Taylor T., Teague B., Thomas K., Thorpe A., Timms K., Tracey A., Trevanion S., Tromans A.C., d'Urso M., Verduzco D., Villasana D., Waldron L., Wall M., Wang Q., Warren J., Warry G.L., Wei X., West A., Whitehead S.L., Whiteley M.N., Wilkinson J.E., Willey D.L., Williams G., Williams L., Williamson A., Williamson H., Wilming L., Woodmansey R.L., Wray P.W., Yen J., Zhang J., Zhou J., Zoghbi H., Zorilla S., Buck D., Reinhardt R., Poustka A., Rosenthal A., Lehrach H., Meindl A., Minx P.J., Hillier L.W., Willard H.F., Wilson R.K., Waterston R.H., Rice C.M., Vaudin M., Coulson A., Nelson D.L., Weinstock G., Sulston J.E., Durbin R.M., Hubbard T., Gibbs R.A., Beck S., Rogers J., Bentley D.R.
Nature 434:325-337(2005) [PubMed: 15772651] [Abstract]
Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA].
[5]Mural R.J., Istrail S., Sutton G.G., Florea L., Halpern A.L., Mobarry C.M., Lippert R., Walenz B., Shatkay H., Dew I., Miller J.R., Flanigan M.J., Edwards N.J., Bolanos R., Fasulo D., Halldorsson B.V., Hannenhalli S., Turner R. expand/collapse author list , Yooseph S., Lu F., Nusskern D.R., Shue B.C., Zheng X.H., Zhong F., Delcher A.L., Huson D.H., Kravitz S.A., Mouchard L., Reinert K., Remington K.A., Clark A.G., Waterman M.S., Eichler E.E., Adams M.D., Hunkapiller M.W., Myers E.W., Venter J.C.
Submitted (SEP-2005) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases
Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA].
[6]"Only one splice variant of the human TAZ gene encodes a functional protein with a role in cardiolipin metabolism."
Vaz F.M., Houtkooper R.H., Valianpour F., Barth P.G., Wanders R.J.
J. Biol. Chem. 278:43089-43094(2003) [PubMed: 12930833] [Abstract]
Cited for: FUNCTION IN CARDIOLIPIN METABOLISM.
[7]"Role of calcium-independent phospholipase A2 in the pathogenesis of Barth syndrome."
Malhotra A., Edelman-Novemsky I., Xu Y., Plesken H., Ma J., Schlame M., Ren M.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 106:2337-2341(2009) [PubMed: 19164547] [Abstract]
Cited for: FUNCTION.
[8]"Neonatal, lethal noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium is allelic with Barth syndrome."
Bleyl S.B., Mumford B.R., Thompson V., Carey J.C., Pysher T.J., Chin T.K., Ward K.
Am. J. Hum. Genet. 61:868-872(1997) [PubMed: 9382097] [Abstract]
Cited for: VARIANT LVNCX ARG-197.
[9]"Novel gene mutations in patients with left ventricular noncompaction or Barth syndrome."
Ichida F., Tsubata S., Bowles K.R., Haneda N., Uese K., Miyawaki T., Dreyer W.J., Messina J., Li H., Bowles N.E., Towbin J.A.
Circulation 103:1256-1263(2001) [PubMed: 11238270] [Abstract]
Cited for: VARIANT LVNCX ARG-118.
[10]"Novel missense mutation (R94S) in the TAZ (G4.5) gene in a Japanese patient with Barth syndrome."
Sakamoto O., Kitoh T., Ohura T., Ohya N., Iinuma K.
J. Hum. Genet. 47:229-231(2002) [PubMed: 12032589] [Abstract]
Cited for: VARIANT MGA2 SER-94.

Web resources

TAZbase

TAZ mutation db

GeneReviews

Cross-references

Sequence databases

EMBL
GenBank
DDBJ
X92763, X92764 Genomic DNA. Translation: CAA63419.1.
X92762 mRNA. Translation: CAA63418.1.
AY231461 mRNA. Translation: AAO84335.1.
AY231462 mRNA. Translation: AAO84336.1.
AY231463 mRNA. Translation: AAO84337.1.
AY231464 mRNA. Translation: AAO84338.1.
AY258036 mRNA. Translation: AAO84339.1.
AY258037 mRNA. Translation: AAO84340.1.
AY258038 mRNA. Translation: AAO84341.1.
AY258039 mRNA. Translation: AAO84342.1.
AK291848 mRNA. Translation: BAF84537.1.
BX936347 Genomic DNA. Translation: CAI43207.1.
BX936347 Genomic DNA. Translation: CAI43208.1.
BX936347 Genomic DNA. Translation: CAI43209.1.
BX936347 Genomic DNA. Translation: CAI43211.1.
BX936347 Genomic DNA. Translation: CAM45851.1.
CH471172 Genomic DNA. Translation: EAW72720.1.
CH471172 Genomic DNA. Translation: EAW72728.1.
IPIIPI00329274.
IPI00329788.
IPI00329790.
IPI00446998.
IPI00470369.
IPI00470561.
IPI00470562.
IPI00470564.
IPI00470566.
RefSeqNP_000107.1. NM_000116.3.
NP_851828.1. NM_181311.2.
NP_851829.1. NM_181312.2.
NP_851830.1. NM_181313.2.
UniGeneHs.409911.

3D structure databases

ProteinModelPortalQ16635.
ModBaseSearch...

Protein-protein interaction databases

IntActQ16635. 1 interaction.
STRINGQ16635.

Polymorphism databases

DMDM2498992.

Proteomic databases

PRIDEQ16635.

Protocols and materials databases

StructuralBiologyKnowledgebaseSearch...

Genome annotation databases

EnsemblENST00000299328; ENSP00000299328; ENSG00000102125.
GeneID6901.
KEGGhsa:6901.
UCSCuc004fkx.1. human.
uc004fky.1. human.
uc004fla.1. human.
uc004flb.1. human.

Organism-specific databases

CTD6901.
GeneCardsGC0XP153639.
H-InvDBHIX0017154.
HGNCHGNC:11577. TAZ.
HPAHPA039557.
MIM300183. phenotype.
300394. gene.
302060. phenotype.
neXtProtNX_Q16635.
Orphanet111. Barth syndrome.
154. Familial isolated dilated cardiomyopathy.
54260. Left ventricular noncompaction.
PharmGKBPA36341.
GenAtlasSearch...

Phylogenomic databases

eggNOGprNOG05808.
HOVERGENHBG055923.
InParanoidQ16635.
PhylomeDBQ16635.

Gene expression databases

ArrayExpressQ16635.
BgeeQ16635.
CleanExHS_TAZ.
GenevestigatorQ16635.
GermOnlineENSG00000102125. Homo sapiens.

Family and domain databases

InterProIPR002123. Acyltransferase.
IPR000872. Tafazzin.
[Graphical view]
KOK13511.
PANTHERPTHR12497. Tafazzin. 1 hit.
PfamPF01553. Acyltransferase. 1 hit.
[Graphical view]
PRINTSPR00979. TAFAZZIN.
SMARTSM00563. PlsC. 1 hit.
[Graphical view]
ProtoNetSearch...

Other

NextBio26979.
SOURCESearch...

Entry information

Entry nameTAZ_HUMAN
AccessionPrimary (citable) accession number: Q16635
Secondary accession number(s): A3KQT2 expand/collapse secondary AC list , D3DWX2, Q5HY43, Q5HY44, Q5HY45, Q5HY48, Q86XQ6, Q86XQ7, Q86XQ8, Q86XQ9, Q86XR0
Entry history
Integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: November 1, 1997
Last sequence update: November 1, 1996
Last modified: January 25, 2012
This is version 107 of the entry and version 1 of the sequence. [Complete history]
Entry statusReviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)
Annotation programChordata Protein Annotation Program
DisclaimerAny medical or genetic information present in this entry is provided for research, educational and informational purposes only. It is not in any way intended to be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, treatment or care.

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