Q80VW5 (WHRN_MOUSE) Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
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| Protein names | Recommended name: Whirlin | ||||
| Gene names |
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| Organism | Mus musculus (Mouse) [Reference proteome] | ||||
| Taxonomic identifier | 10090 [NCBI] | ||||
| Taxonomic lineage | Eukaryota › Metazoa › Chordata › Craniata › Vertebrata › Euteleostomi › Mammalia › Eutheria › Euarchontoglires › Glires › Rodentia › Sciurognathi › Muroidea › Muridae › Murinae › Mus › Mus![]() |
Protein attributes
| Sequence length | 918 AA. |
| Sequence status | Complete. |
| Protein existence | Evidence at protein level |
General annotation (Comments)
| Function | Necessary for elongation and maintenance of inner and outer hair cell stereocilia in the organ of Corti in the inner ear. Ref.8 |
| Subunit structure | Forms homooligomers. Binds CASK, MPP1/p55 and MYO15A via the C-terminal PDZ domain. Binding to MYO15A is necessary for localization of DFNB31/WHRN to stereocilia tips. Interacts with USH2A, GPR98/MASS1 and LRRC4C/NGL1. Interacts with RPGR. Interacts with EPS8. Ref.1 Ref.2 Ref.9 Ref.10 Ref.11 Ref.13 Ref.14 |
| Subcellular location | Cytoplasm. Cell projection › stereocilium. Cell projection › growth cone. Note: Detected at the level of stereocilia in inner and outer hair cells of the cochlea and vestibule. Co-localizes with the growing ends of actin filaments. Colocalizes with MPP1 in the retina, at the outer limiting membrane (OLM), outer plexifirm layer (OPL), basal bodies and at the connecting cilium (CC). Ref.1 Ref.8 Ref.9 Ref.13 |
| Tissue specificity | Expressed in the retina. Colocalizes with RPGR in the photoreceptor connecting cilium, a thin bridge linking the cell body and the light-sensing outer segment (at protein level). Detected in the inner ear throughout development from embryonic day 12 to 20 days after birth. Displays a dynamic pattern of expression after birth, demonstrating an ordered appearance and fade-out across stereocilia rows. Ref.2 Ref.7 Ref.8 |
| Developmental stage | Expression decreases by 11 days after birth in inner ear hair cells and by 14 days after birth in outer ear hair cells. Expressed in vestibular hair cells at high levels through to adulthood. Ref.8 |
| Involvement in disease | Defects in Whrn are the cause of the phenotype whirler (wi). Mutants are characterized by deafness due to malformation of the cochlear inner and outer hair cells and by circling behavior. Stereocilia are shorter and wider than in wild-type animals and there is a decrease in the number of actin filaments in inner and outer hair cells. The number of outer hair cell stereocilia is reduced with increased spacing between them. Ref.6 Ref.7 Ref.12 |
| Sequence similarities | Contains 3 PDZ (DHR) domains. |
Ontologies
Alternative products
| This entry describes 12 isoforms produced by alternative splicing. [Align] [Select] | ||||||
| Isoform 1 (identifier: Q80VW5-1) 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: Q80VW5-2) The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows: 390-390: G → GSGLR 544-554: Missing. | ||||||
| Isoform 3 (identifier: Q80VW5-3) The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows: 544-554: Missing. | ||||||
| Note: Major isoform. | ||||||
| Isoform 4 (identifier: Q80VW5-4) The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows: 544-554: Missing. 758-758: Missing. | ||||||
| Isoform 5 (identifier: Q80VW5-5) The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows: 1-357: Missing. 358-402: KDVGRLPHAR...GDHTEEGTSK → MTTWCHRPRV...SSGLCPSVFQ 544-554: Missing. | ||||||
| Isoform 6 (identifier: Q80VW5-6) The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows: 1-442: Missing. | ||||||
| Isoform 7 (identifier: Q80VW5-7) The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows: 1-442: Missing. 544-554: Missing. | ||||||
| Isoform 8 (identifier: Q80VW5-8) The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows: 1-503: Missing. 544-554: Missing. | ||||||
| Isoform 9 (identifier: Q80VW5-9) The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows: 1-552: Missing. | ||||||
| Isoform 10 (identifier: Q80VW5-10) The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows: 544-571: ERLLWLIDLMENTLDLEGTGETTQGSTN → VSHPCPILGEKVRARIRCFPPKPRVPHL 572-918: Missing. | ||||||
| Note: No experimental confirmation available. | ||||||
| Isoform 11 (identifier: Q80VW5-11) Also known as: WhirlinNT2; The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows: 555-566: NTLDLEGTGETT → VPSFCRGRLGVP 567-918: Missing. | ||||||
| Note: May be due to intron retention. | ||||||
| Isoform 12 (identifier: Q80VW5-12) Also known as: WhirlinNT1; The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows: 323-918: Missing. | ||||||
| Note: May be due to intron retention. |
Sequence annotation (Features)
| Feature key | Position(s) | Length | Description | Graphical view | Feature identifier | ||||
Molecule processing | |||||||||
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| Chain | 1 – 918 | 918 | Whirlin | PRO_0000065969 | |||||
Regions | |||||||||
| Domain | 141 – 224 | 84 | PDZ 1 | ||||||
| Domain | 280 – 362 | 83 | PDZ 2 | ||||||
| Domain | 827 – 910 | 84 | PDZ 3 | ||||||
| Compositional bias | 9 – 32 | 24 | Ala/Gly/Ser-rich | ||||||
| Compositional bias | 584 – 723 | 140 | Pro-rich | ||||||
Natural variations | |||||||||
| Alternative sequence | 1 – 552 | 552 | Missing in isoform 9. | VSP_029934 | |||||
| Alternative sequence | 1 – 503 | 503 | Missing in isoform 8. | VSP_029935 | |||||
| Alternative sequence | 1 – 442 | 442 | Missing in isoform 6 and isoform 7. | VSP_029936 | |||||
| Alternative sequence | 1 – 357 | 357 | Missing in isoform 5. | VSP_029937 | |||||
| Alternative sequence | 323 – 918 | 596 | Missing in isoform 12. | VSP_045293 | |||||
| Alternative sequence | 358 – 402 | 45 | KDVGR…EGTSK → MTTWCHRPRVRWSGSCVCGD HQHNARSHSLPRSLDSSGLC PSVFQ in isoform 5. | VSP_029938 | |||||
| Alternative sequence | 390 | 1 | G → GSGLR in isoform 2. | VSP_029939 | |||||
| Alternative sequence | 544 – 571 | 28 | ERLLW…QGSTN → VSHPCPILGEKVRARIRCFP PKPRVPHL in isoform 10. | VSP_029940 | |||||
| Alternative sequence | 544 – 554 | 11 | Missing in isoform 2, isoform 3, isoform 4, isoform 5, isoform 7 and isoform 8. | VSP_029941 | |||||
| Alternative sequence | 555 – 566 | 12 | NTLDL…TGETT → VPSFCRGRLGVP in isoform 11. | VSP_045294 | |||||
| Alternative sequence | 567 – 918 | 352 | Missing in isoform 11. | VSP_045295 | |||||
| Alternative sequence | 572 – 918 | 347 | Missing in isoform 10. | VSP_029942 | |||||
| Alternative sequence | 758 | 1 | Missing in isoform 4. | VSP_029943 | |||||
Experimental info | |||||||||
| Sequence conflict | 504 | 1 | M → V in BAE34281. Ref.3 | ||||||
Sequences
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References
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| [1] | "Myosin-XVa is required for tip localization of whirlin and differential elongation of hair-cell stereocilia." Belyantseva I.A., Boger E.T., Naz S., Frolenkov G.I., Sellers J.R., Ahmed Z.M., Griffith A.J., Friedman T.B. Nat. Cell Biol. 7:148-156(2005) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (ISOFORMS 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8 AND 9), INTERACTION WITH MYO15A, SUBCELLULAR LOCATION. Strain: C57BL/6. Tissue: Inner ear. |
| [2] | "RpgrORF15 connects to the usher protein network through direct interactions with multiple whirlin isoforms." Wright R.N., Hong D.H., Perkins B. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 53:1519-1529(2012) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (ISOFORMS 11 AND 12), INTERACTION WITH RPGR, TISSUE SPECIFICITY. Strain: C57BL/6. Tissue: Retina. |
| [3] | "The transcriptional landscape of the mammalian genome." Carninci P., Kasukawa T., Katayama S., Gough J., Frith M.C., Maeda N., Oyama R., Ravasi T., Lenhard B., Wells C., Kodzius R., Shimokawa K., Bajic V.B., Brenner S.E., Batalov S., Forrest A.R., Zavolan M., Davis M.J. Hayashizaki Y.Science 309:1559-1563(2005) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA] (ISOFORM 10). Strain: C57BL/6J. Tissue: Inner ear. |
| [4] | "Lineage-specific biology revealed by a finished genome assembly of the mouse." Church D.M., Goodstadt L., Hillier L.W., Zody M.C., Goldstein S., She X., Bult C.J., Agarwala R., Cherry J.L., DiCuccio M., Hlavina W., Kapustin Y., Meric P., Maglott D., Birtle Z., Marques A.C., Graves T., Zhou S. Ponting C.P.PLoS Biol. 7:E1000112-E1000112(2009) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. Strain: C57BL/6J. |
| [5] | "Prediction of the coding sequences of mouse homologues of KIAA gene: II. The complete nucleotide sequences of 400 mouse KIAA-homologous cDNAs identified by screening of terminal sequences of cDNA clones randomly sampled from size-fractionated libraries." Okazaki N., Kikuno R., Ohara R., Inamoto S., Aizawa H., Yuasa S., Nakajima D., Nagase T., Ohara O., Koga H. DNA Res. 10:35-48(2003) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA] OF 38-918 (ISOFORM 4). Tissue: Brain. |
| [6] | "Elongation of hair cell stereocilia is defective in the mouse mutant whirler." Holme R.H., Kiernan B.W., Brown S.D.M., Steel K.P. J. Comp. Neurol. 450:94-102(2002) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: DISEASE. |
| [7] | "Defects in whirlin, a PDZ domain molecule involved in stereocilia elongation, cause deafness in the whirler mouse and families with DFNB31." Mburu P., Mustapha M., Varela A., Weil D., El-Amraoui A., Holme R.H., Rump A., Hardisty R.E., Blanchard S., Coimbra R.S., Perfettini I., Parkinson N., Mallon A.-M., Glenister P., Rogers M.J., Paige A.J., Moir L., Clay J. Brown S.D.Nat. Genet. 34:421-428(2003) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: DISEASE, ALTERNATIVE SPLICING, TISSUE SPECIFICITY. |
| [8] | "Mutant analysis reveals whirlin as a dynamic organizer in the growing hair cell stereocilium." Kikkawa Y., Mburu P., Morse S., Kominami R., Townsend S., Brown S.D.M. Hum. Mol. Genet. 14:391-400(2005) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: FUNCTION, SUBCELLULAR LOCATION, TISSUE SPECIFICITY, DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE. |
| [9] | "Myosin XVa and whirlin, two deafness gene products required for hair bundle growth, are located at the stereocilia tips and interact directly." Delprat B., Michel V., Goodyear R., Yamasaki Y., Michalski N., El-Amraoui A., Perfettini I., Legrain P., Richardson G., Hardelin J.-P., Petit C. Hum. Mol. Genet. 14:401-410(2005) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: SUBUNIT, INTERACTION WITH LRRC4C; MYO7A AND MYO15A, SUBCELLULAR LOCATION. |
| [10] | "Usherin, the defective protein in Usher syndrome type IIA, is likely to be a component of interstereocilia ankle links in the inner ear sensory cells." Adato A., Lefevre G., Delprat B., Michel V., Michalski N., Chardenoux S., Weil D., El-Amraoui A., Petit C. Hum. Mol. Genet. 14:3921-3932(2005) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: INTERACTION WITH USH2A. |
| [11] | "Whirlin complexes with p55 at the stereocilia tip during hair cell development." Mburu P., Kikkawa Y., Townsend S., Romero R., Yonekawa H., Brown S.D. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 103:10973-10978(2006) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: INTERACTION WITH MPP1. |
| [12] | "The deaf mouse mutant whirler suggests a role for whirlin in actin filament dynamics and stereocilia development." Mogensen M.M., Rzadzinska A., Steel K.P. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 64:496-508(2007) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: DISEASE. |
| [13] | "MPP1 links the Usher protein network and the Crumbs protein complex in the retina." Gosens I., van Wijk E., Kersten F.F., Krieger E., van der Zwaag B., Maerker T., Letteboer S.J., Dusseljee S., Peters T., Spierenburg H.A., Punte I.M., Wolfrum U., Cremers F.P.M., Kremer H., Roepman R. Hum. Mol. Genet. 16:1993-2003(2007) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: INTERACTION WITH MPP1, SUBCELLULAR LOCATION. |
| [14] | "Regulation of stereocilia length by myosin XVa and whirlin depends on the actin-regulatory protein Eps8." Manor U., Disanza A., Grati M., Andrade L., Lin H., Di Fiore P.P., Scita G., Kachar B. Curr. Biol. 21:167-172(2011) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: INTERACTION WITH EPS8. |
| + | Additional computationally mapped references. |
Cross-references
Entry information
| Entry name | WHRN_MOUSE | ||||||||
| Accession | Primary (citable) accession number: Q80VW5 Secondary accession number(s): A2AGD2 Q80VW4 | ||||||||
| Entry history |
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| Entry status | Reviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot) | ||||||||
| Annotation program | Chordata Protein Annotation Program | ||||||||
Relevant documents
| MGD cross-references Mouse Genome Database (MGD) cross-references in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot |
| SIMILARITY comments Index of protein domains and families |

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