ID PIWL1_HUMAN Reviewed; 861 AA. AC Q96J94; A4F266; O95404; Q8NA60; Q8TBY5; Q96JD5; DT 16-MAY-2006, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 01-DEC-2001, sequence version 1. DT 24-JAN-2024, entry version 157. DE RecName: Full=Piwi-like protein 1; DE EC=3.1.26.- {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9JMB7}; GN Name=PIWIL1; GN Synonyms=HIWI {ECO:0000303|PubMed:11154219, GN ECO:0000303|PubMed:28552346}; OS Homo sapiens (Human). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; OC Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; OC Homo. OX NCBI_TaxID=9606; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (ISOFORM 3), TISSUE SPECIFICITY, AND INDUCTION. RC TISSUE=Testis; RX PubMed=11154219; DOI=10.1182/blood.v97.2.426; RA Sharma A.K., Nelson M.C., Brandt J.E., Wessman M., Mahmud N., Weller K.P., RA Hoffman R.; RT "Human CD34+ stem cells express the hiwi gene, a human homologue of the RT Drosophila gene piwi."; RL Blood 97:426-434(2001). RN [2] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (ISOFORM 1), FUNCTION (ISOFORM 3), AND TISSUE RP SPECIFICITY. RC TISSUE=Testis; RX PubMed=12037681; DOI=10.1038/sj.onc.1205505; RA Qiao D., Zeeman A.-M., Deng W., Looijenga L.H.J., Lin H.; RT "Molecular characterization of hiwi, a human member of the piwi gene family RT whose overexpression is correlated to seminomas."; RL Oncogene 21:3988-3999(2002). RN [3] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (ISOFORM 1). RC TISSUE=Testis; RA Sha J.H.; RT "Cloning and identification of human piwi protein related to testis RT development."; RL Submitted (MAY-2001) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases. RN [4] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA] (ISOFORM 2). RC TISSUE=Testis; RX PubMed=14702039; DOI=10.1038/ng1285; RA Ota T., Suzuki Y., Nishikawa T., Otsuki T., Sugiyama T., Irie R., RA Wakamatsu A., Hayashi K., Sato H., Nagai K., Kimura K., Makita H., RA Sekine M., Obayashi M., Nishi T., Shibahara T., Tanaka T., Ishii S., RA Yamamoto J., Saito K., Kawai Y., Isono Y., Nakamura Y., Nagahari K., RA Murakami K., Yasuda T., Iwayanagi T., Wagatsuma M., Shiratori A., Sudo H., RA Hosoiri T., Kaku Y., Kodaira H., Kondo H., Sugawara M., Takahashi M., RA Kanda K., Yokoi T., Furuya T., Kikkawa E., Omura Y., Abe K., Kamihara K., RA Katsuta N., Sato K., Tanikawa M., Yamazaki M., Ninomiya K., Ishibashi T., RA Yamashita H., Murakawa K., Fujimori K., Tanai H., Kimata M., Watanabe M., RA Hiraoka S., Chiba Y., Ishida S., Ono Y., Takiguchi S., Watanabe S., RA Yosida M., Hotuta T., Kusano J., Kanehori K., Takahashi-Fujii A., Hara H., RA Tanase T.-O., Nomura Y., Togiya S., Komai F., Hara R., Takeuchi K., RA Arita M., Imose N., Musashino K., Yuuki H., Oshima A., Sasaki N., RA Aotsuka S., Yoshikawa Y., Matsunawa H., Ichihara T., Shiohata N., Sano S., RA Moriya S., Momiyama H., Satoh N., Takami S., Terashima Y., Suzuki O., RA Nakagawa S., Senoh A., Mizoguchi H., Goto Y., Shimizu F., Wakebe H., RA Hishigaki H., Watanabe T., Sugiyama A., Takemoto M., Kawakami B., RA Yamazaki M., Watanabe K., Kumagai A., Itakura S., Fukuzumi Y., Fujimori Y., RA Komiyama M., Tashiro H., Tanigami A., Fujiwara T., Ono T., Yamada K., RA Fujii Y., Ozaki K., Hirao M., Ohmori Y., Kawabata A., Hikiji T., RA Kobatake N., Inagaki H., Ikema Y., Okamoto S., Okitani R., Kawakami T., RA Noguchi S., Itoh T., Shigeta K., Senba T., Matsumura K., Nakajima Y., RA Mizuno T., Morinaga M., Sasaki M., Togashi T., Oyama M., Hata H., RA Watanabe M., Komatsu T., Mizushima-Sugano J., Satoh T., Shirai Y., RA Takahashi Y., Nakagawa K., Okumura K., Nagase T., Nomura N., Kikuchi H., RA Masuho Y., Yamashita R., Nakai K., Yada T., Nakamura Y., Ohara O., RA Isogai T., Sugano S.; RT "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human RT cDNAs."; RL Nat. Genet. 36:40-45(2004). RN [5] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA] (ISOFORM 1), AND VARIANTS ASN-491; RP LYS-527 AND PRO-575. RC TISSUE=Testis; RX PubMed=15489334; DOI=10.1101/gr.2596504; RG The MGC Project Team; RT "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: RT the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)."; RL Genome Res. 14:2121-2127(2004). RN [6] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] OF 1-530. RX PubMed=17544373; DOI=10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.05.136; RA Sugimoto K., Kage H., Aki N., Sano A., Kitagawa H., Nagase T., Yatomi Y., RA Ohishi N., Takai D.; RT "The induction of H3K9 methylation by PIWIL4 at the p16Ink4a locus."; RL Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 359:497-502(2007). RN [7] RP TISSUE SPECIFICITY. RX PubMed=12906857; DOI=10.1016/s0888-7543(03)00129-0; RA Sasaki T., Shiohama A., Minoshima S., Shimizu N.; RT "Identification of eight members of the Argonaute family in the human RT genome."; RL Genomics 82:323-330(2003). RN [8] RP INTERACTION WITH DICER1. RX PubMed=14749716; DOI=10.1038/sj.embor.7400070; RA Tahbaz N., Kolb F.A., Zhang H., Jaronczyk K., Filipowicz W., Hobman T.C.; RT "Characterization of the interactions between mammalian PAZ PIWI domain RT proteins and Dicer."; RL EMBO Rep. 5:189-194(2004). RN [9] RP FUNCTION (ISOFORM 3). RX PubMed=16287078; DOI=10.1002/ijc.21575; RA Liu X., Sun Y., Guo J., Ma H., Li J., Dong B., Jin G., Zhang J., Wu J., RA Meng L., Shou C.; RT "Expression of hiwi gene in human gastric cancer was associated with RT proliferation of cancer cells."; RL Int. J. Cancer 118:1922-1929(2006). RN [10] RP TISSUE SPECIFICITY. RX PubMed=23436708; DOI=10.1002/pmic.201200489; RA Liu M., Hu Z., Qi L., Wang J., Zhou T., Guo Y., Zeng Y., Zheng B., Wu Y., RA Zhang P., Chen X., Tu W., Zhang T., Zhou Q., Jiang M., Guo X., Zhou Z., RA Sha J.; RT "Scanning of novel cancer/testis proteins by human testis proteomic RT analysis."; RL Proteomics 13:1200-1210(2013). RN [11] RP X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (2.8 ANGSTROMS) OF 277-399 IN COMPLEX WITH METHYLATED RP SMALL RNA, DOMAIN PAZ, AND MUTAGENESIS OF PRO-379 AND MET-381. RX PubMed=21193640; DOI=10.1073/pnas.1017762108; RA Tian Y., Simanshu D.K., Ma J.B., Patel D.J.; RT "Structural basis for piRNA 2'-O-methylated 3'-end recognition by Piwi PAZ RT (Piwi/Argonaute/Zwille) domains."; RL Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 108:903-910(2011). RN [12] {ECO:0007744|PDB:2L5C, ECO:0007744|PDB:2L5D} RP STRUCTURE BY NMR OF 266-399 IN COMPLEX WITH SMALL RNA, AND DOMAIN PAZ. RX PubMed=21465557; DOI=10.1002/prot.23003; RA Zeng L., Zhang Q., Yan K., Zhou M.M.; RT "Structural insights into piRNA recognition by the human PIWI-like 1 PAZ RT domain."; RL Proteins 79:2004-2009(2011). RN [13] RP VARIANTS ALA-217; ALA-220; ARG-220; GLY-220 AND HIS-224, INVOLVEMENT IN RP AZOOSPERMIA, AND UBIQUITINATION. RX PubMed=28552346; DOI=10.1016/j.cell.2017.04.034; RA Gou L.T., Kang J.Y., Dai P., Wang X., Li F., Zhao S., Zhang M., Hua M.M., RA Lu Y., Zhu Y., Li Z., Chen H., Wu L.G., Li D., Fu X.D., Li J., Shi H.J., RA Liu M.F.; RT "Ubiquitination-deficient mutations in human Piwi cause male infertility by RT impairing histone-to-protamine exchange during spermiogenesis."; RL Cell 169:1090-1104(2017). CC -!- FUNCTION: Endoribonuclease that plays a central role in postnatal germ CC cells by repressing transposable elements and preventing their CC mobilization, which is essential for the germline integrity. Acts via CC the piRNA metabolic process, which mediates the repression of CC transposable elements during meiosis by forming complexes composed of CC piRNAs and Piwi proteins and governs the methylation and subsequent CC repression of transposons. Directly binds methylated piRNAs, a class of CC 24 to 30 nucleotide RNAs that are generated by a Dicer-independent CC mechanism and are primarily derived from transposons and other repeated CC sequence elements. Strongly prefers a uridine in the first position of CC their guide (g1U preference, also named 1U-bias). Not involved in the CC piRNA amplification loop, also named ping-pong amplification cycle. CC Acts as an endoribonuclease that cleaves transposon messenger RNAs. CC Besides their function in transposable elements repression, piRNAs are CC probably involved in other processes during meiosis such as translation CC regulation. Probable component of some RISC complex, which mediates RNA CC cleavage and translational silencing. Also plays a role in the CC formation of chromatoid bodies and is required for some miRNAs CC stability. Required to sequester RNF8 in the cytoplasm until late CC spermatogenesis; RNF8 being released upon ubiquitination and CC degradation of PIWIL1. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9JMB7}. CC -!- FUNCTION: [Isoform 3]: May be a negative developmental regulator CC (PubMed:12037681, PubMed:16287078). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12037681, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:16287078}. CC -!- COFACTOR: CC Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; CC Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9JMB7}; CC -!- SUBUNIT: Interacts (via Piwi domain) with DICER1, suggesting that it CC forms ribonucleoprotein RISC complexes; this interaction is regulated CC by HSP90AB1 activity. Interacts with MAEL, KIF17, PABPC1, PRMT5 and CC WDR77. Interacts (when methylated on arginine residues) with TDRD1, CC TDRKH/TDRD2, RNF17/TDRD4, TDRD6, TDRD7 and TDRD9. Interacts with CLOCK. CC Interacts with MOV10L1. Interacts with ANAPC10; interaction oly takes CC place following piRNA-binding. Interacts with RNF8; leading to CC sequester RNF8 in the cytoplasm. Interacts with TEX19 (By similarity). CC {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9JMB7}. CC -!- INTERACTION: CC Q96J94; P54253: ATXN1; NbExp=3; IntAct=EBI-527417, EBI-930964; CC Q96J94; Q9UPY3: DICER1; NbExp=2; IntAct=EBI-527417, EBI-395506; CC Q96J94; P50570-2: DNM2; NbExp=3; IntAct=EBI-527417, EBI-10968534; CC Q96J94; P42858: HTT; NbExp=3; IntAct=EBI-527417, EBI-466029; CC Q96J94; Q8WXH2: JPH3; NbExp=3; IntAct=EBI-527417, EBI-1055254; CC Q96J94; Q7KZF4: SND1; NbExp=4; IntAct=EBI-527417, EBI-1044112; CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9JMB7}. CC Note=Component of the meiotic nuage, also named P granule, a germ-cell- CC specific organelle required to repress transposon activity during CC meiosis. Also present in chromatoid body. CC {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9JMB7}. CC -!- ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS: CC Event=Alternative splicing; Named isoforms=3; CC Name=1; CC IsoId=Q96J94-1; Sequence=Displayed; CC Name=2; CC IsoId=Q96J94-2; Sequence=VSP_018368, VSP_018369; CC Name=3; CC IsoId=Q96J94-3; Sequence=VSP_018366, VSP_018367; CC -!- TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in spermatocytes and spermatids. Also CC detected in prostate cancer (at protein level). Detected in most fetal CC and adult tissues. Expressed in testes, specifically in germline cells; CC detected in spermatocytes and spermatids during spermatogenesis. CC Increased expression in testicular tumors originating from embryonic CC germ cells with retention of germ cells phenotype. No expression in CC testicular tumors of somatic origin, such as Sertoli cell and Leydig CC cell tumors. Overexpressed in gastric cancer cells. Isoform 3: CC Ubiquitously expressed, and specifically in CD34(+) hematopoietic CC progenitor cells but not in more differentiated cells. CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11154219, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12037681, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:12906857, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23436708}. CC -!- INDUCTION: [Isoform 3]: Down-regulated in CD34(+) hematopoietic cells CC during differentiation. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11154219}. CC -!- DOMAIN: The PAZ domain specifically recognizes binds the 2'-O- CC methylated 3'-end of piRNAs (PubMed:21193640, PubMed:21465557). The MID CC region is required for recognition of uridine in the first position of CC piRNAs (g1U preference, also named 1U-bias) (By similarity). CC {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9JMB7, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21193640, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:21465557}. CC -!- DOMAIN: The D-box (destruction box) acts as a recognition signal for CC association with the APC/C complex, ubiquitination and degradation. CC {ECO:0000305|PubMed:28552346}. CC -!- PTM: Arginine methylation by PRMT5 is required for the interaction with CC Tudor domain-containing protein (TDRD1, TDRKH/TDRD2, RNF17/TDRD4, CC TDRD6, TDRD7 and TDRD9) and subsequent localization to the meiotic CC nuage, also named P granule. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9JMB7}. CC -!- PTM: Ubiquitinated by the anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) CC in late spermatids, leading to its degradation (PubMed:28552346). CC Ubiquitination only takes place following piRNA-binding in adult testis CC (By similarity). Ubiquitination and degradation in late spermatogenesis CC by APC/C is probably required to release RNF8 from the cytoplasm and CC promote histone to protamine exchange by RNF8 (By similarity). CC {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9JMB7, ECO:0000305|PubMed:28552346}. CC -!- DISEASE: Note=Defects in PIWIL1 may be a cause of a disorder resulting CC in the absence of sperm (azoospermia) in the semen, leading to male CC infertility. Male sterility can be caused by defects in ubiquitination CC and degradation during late spermatogenesis. CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:28552346}. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the argonaute family. Piwi subfamily. CC {ECO:0000305}. CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see https://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; AF264004; AAK92281.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; AF104260; AAC97371.2; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; AF387507; AAK69348.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; AK093133; BAC04068.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; BC028581; AAH28581.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; AB274731; BAF49084.1; -; mRNA. DR CCDS; CCDS9268.1; -. [Q96J94-1] DR RefSeq; NP_001177900.1; NM_001190971.1. [Q96J94-2] DR RefSeq; NP_004755.2; NM_004764.4. [Q96J94-1] DR RefSeq; XP_011537304.1; XM_011539002.2. [Q96J94-1] DR RefSeq; XP_011537305.1; XM_011539003.2. [Q96J94-1] DR RefSeq; XP_011537306.1; XM_011539004.2. [Q96J94-1] DR PDB; 2L5C; NMR; -; A=266-399. DR PDB; 2L5D; NMR; -; A=266-399. DR PDB; 3O3I; X-ray; 2.80 A; X=277-399. DR PDB; 3O6E; X-ray; 2.90 A; X=277-399. DR PDB; 3O7V; X-ray; 2.10 A; X=276-399. DR PDB; 6PI7; X-ray; 2.80 A; G=2-17. DR PDBsum; 2L5C; -. DR PDBsum; 2L5D; -. DR PDBsum; 3O3I; -. DR PDBsum; 3O6E; -. DR PDBsum; 3O7V; -. DR PDBsum; 6PI7; -. DR AlphaFoldDB; Q96J94; -. DR BMRB; Q96J94; -. DR SMR; Q96J94; -. DR BioGRID; 114690; 14. DR DIP; DIP-33534N; -. DR IntAct; Q96J94; 20. DR MINT; Q96J94; -. DR STRING; 9606.ENSP00000245255; -. DR iPTMnet; Q96J94; -. DR PhosphoSitePlus; Q96J94; -. DR BioMuta; PIWIL1; -. DR DMDM; 74716803; -. DR EPD; Q96J94; -. DR MassIVE; Q96J94; -. DR PaxDb; 9606-ENSP00000245255; -. DR PeptideAtlas; Q96J94; -. DR ProteomicsDB; 76913; -. [Q96J94-1] DR ProteomicsDB; 76914; -. [Q96J94-2] DR ProteomicsDB; 76915; -. [Q96J94-3] DR Antibodypedia; 31942; 347 antibodies from 38 providers. DR DNASU; 9271; -. DR Ensembl; ENST00000245255.7; ENSP00000245255.3; ENSG00000125207.7. [Q96J94-1] DR Ensembl; ENST00000613226.2; ENSP00000481042.1; ENSG00000275051.2. [Q96J94-1] DR Ensembl; ENST00000632888.1; ENSP00000487688.1; ENSG00000275051.2. [Q96J94-2] DR GeneID; 9271; -. DR KEGG; hsa:9271; -. DR MANE-Select; ENST00000245255.7; ENSP00000245255.3; NM_004764.5; NP_004755.2. DR UCSC; uc001uik.4; human. [Q96J94-1] DR AGR; HGNC:9007; -. DR CTD; 9271; -. DR DisGeNET; 9271; -. DR GeneCards; PIWIL1; -. DR HGNC; HGNC:9007; PIWIL1. DR HPA; ENSG00000125207; Tissue enriched (testis). DR MIM; 605571; gene. DR neXtProt; NX_Q96J94; -. DR OpenTargets; ENSG00000125207; -. DR PharmGKB; PA33341; -. DR VEuPathDB; HostDB:ENSG00000125207; -. DR eggNOG; KOG1042; Eukaryota. DR GeneTree; ENSGT00950000183200; -. DR HOGENOM; CLU_008813_0_0_1; -. DR InParanoid; Q96J94; -. DR OMA; NPTMSRW; -. DR OrthoDB; 3060088at2759; -. DR PhylomeDB; Q96J94; -. DR TreeFam; TF354206; -. DR PathwayCommons; Q96J94; -. DR Reactome; R-HSA-5601884; PIWI-interacting RNA (piRNA) biogenesis. DR SignaLink; Q96J94; -. DR SIGNOR; Q96J94; -. DR BioGRID-ORCS; 9271; 12 hits in 1151 CRISPR screens. DR ChiTaRS; PIWIL1; human. DR EvolutionaryTrace; Q96J94; -. DR GeneWiki; PIWIL1; -. DR GenomeRNAi; 9271; -. DR Pharos; Q96J94; Tbio. DR PRO; PR:Q96J94; -. DR Proteomes; UP000005640; Chromosome 12. DR RNAct; Q96J94; Protein. DR Bgee; ENSG00000125207; Expressed in right testis and 63 other cell types or tissues. DR ExpressionAtlas; Q96J94; baseline and differential. DR GO; GO:0033391; C:chromatoid body; ISS:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0005737; C:cytoplasm; ISS:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0097433; C:dense body; IEA:Ensembl. DR GO; GO:0005634; C:nucleus; IEA:Ensembl. DR GO; GO:0043186; C:P granule; ISS:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0046872; F:metal ion binding; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0003729; F:mRNA binding; ISS:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0140262; F:mRNA cap binding complex binding; IEA:Ensembl. DR GO; GO:0034584; F:piRNA binding; IDA:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:1905538; F:polysome binding; IEA:Ensembl. DR GO; GO:0019901; F:protein kinase binding; IEA:Ensembl. DR GO; GO:0004521; F:RNA endonuclease activity; ISS:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0003727; F:single-stranded RNA binding; IEA:Ensembl. DR GO; GO:0051321; P:meiotic cell cycle; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0141006; P:piRNA-mediated retrotransposon silencing by heterochromatin formation; ISS:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0140990; P:primary piRNA processing; ISS:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0006417; P:regulation of translation; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0031047; P:regulatory ncRNA-mediated gene silencing; ISS:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0035092; P:sperm DNA condensation; ISS:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0007286; P:spermatid development; IMP:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0007283; P:spermatogenesis; ISS:UniProtKB. DR CDD; cd02845; PAZ_piwi_like; 1. DR CDD; cd04658; Piwi_piwi-like_Euk; 1. DR Gene3D; 3.40.50.2300; -; 1. DR Gene3D; 2.170.260.10; paz domain; 1. DR Gene3D; 3.30.420.10; Ribonuclease H-like superfamily/Ribonuclease H; 1. DR InterPro; IPR014811; ArgoL1. DR InterPro; IPR031320; GAGE. DR InterPro; IPR003100; PAZ_dom. DR InterPro; IPR036085; PAZ_dom_sf. DR InterPro; IPR003165; Piwi. DR InterPro; IPR012337; RNaseH-like_sf. DR InterPro; IPR036397; RNaseH_sf. DR PANTHER; PTHR22891; EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 2C; 1. DR PANTHER; PTHR22891:SF46; PIWI-LIKE PROTEIN 1; 1. DR Pfam; PF08699; ArgoL1; 1. DR Pfam; PF05831; GAGE; 1. DR Pfam; PF02170; PAZ; 1. DR Pfam; PF02171; Piwi; 1. DR SMART; SM01379; GAGE; 1. DR SMART; SM00949; PAZ; 1. DR SMART; SM00950; Piwi; 1. DR SUPFAM; SSF101690; PAZ domain; 1. DR SUPFAM; SSF53098; Ribonuclease H-like; 1. DR PROSITE; PS50821; PAZ; 1. DR PROSITE; PS50822; PIWI; 1. DR Genevisible; Q96J94; HS. PE 1: Evidence at protein level; KW 3D-structure; Alternative splicing; Cytoplasm; Developmental protein; KW Differentiation; Disease variant; Endonuclease; Hydrolase; Magnesium; KW Meiosis; Metal-binding; Methylation; Nuclease; Reference proteome; KW RNA-binding; RNA-mediated gene silencing; Spermatogenesis; KW Translation regulation; Ubl conjugation. FT CHAIN 1..861 FT /note="Piwi-like protein 1" FT /id="PRO_0000234567" FT DOMAIN 278..391 FT /note="PAZ" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00142" FT DOMAIN 555..847 FT /note="Piwi" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00150" FT REGION 1..64 FT /note="Disordered" FT /evidence="ECO:0000256|SAM:MobiDB-lite" FT REGION 316..318 FT /note="Required for binding 2'-O-methylated 3'-end of FT piRNAs" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:21193640" FT REGION 479..615 FT /note="MID region" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9JMB7" FT MOTIF 217..224 FT /note="D-box" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:28552346" FT COMPBIAS 18..32 FT /note="Polar residues" FT /evidence="ECO:0000256|SAM:MobiDB-lite" FT ACT_SITE 632 FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:A8D8P8" FT ACT_SITE 670 FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:A8D8P8" FT ACT_SITE 702 FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:A8D8P8" FT ACT_SITE 836 FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:A8D8P8" FT SITE 381 FT /note="Required for binding 2'-O-methylated 3'-end of FT piRNAs" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:21193640" FT MOD_RES 14 FT /note="Omega-N-methylarginine; by PRMT5; alternate" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9JMB7" FT MOD_RES 14 FT /note="Symmetric dimethylarginine; by PRMT5; alternate" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9JMB7" FT MOD_RES 49 FT /note="Omega-N-methylarginine; by PRMT5" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9JMB7" FT MOD_RES 53 FT /note="Omega-N-methylarginine; alternate" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9JMB7" FT MOD_RES 53 FT /note="Symmetric dimethylarginine; alternate" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9JMB7" FT MOD_RES 370 FT /note="Omega-N-methylarginine; by PRMT5" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9JMB7" FT VAR_SEQ 1..86 FT /note="Missing (in isoform 3)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000303|PubMed:11154219" FT /id="VSP_018366" FT VAR_SEQ 87..89 FT /note="HDL -> MIF (in isoform 3)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000303|PubMed:11154219" FT /id="VSP_018367" FT VAR_SEQ 824..829 FT /note="GVIRVP -> VSASTC (in isoform 2)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000303|PubMed:14702039" FT /id="VSP_018368" FT VAR_SEQ 830..861 FT /note="Missing (in isoform 2)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000303|PubMed:14702039" FT /id="VSP_018369" FT VARIANT 217 FT /note="R -> A (found in a patient with azoospermia; likely FT pathogenic; requires 2 nucleotide substitutions)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:28552346" FT /id="VAR_078965" FT VARIANT 220 FT /note="L -> A (found in a patient with azoospermia; likely FT pathogenic; requires 2 nucleotide substitutions)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:28552346" FT /id="VAR_078966" FT VARIANT 220 FT /note="L -> G (found in a patient with azoospermia; likely FT pathogenic; requires 2 nucleotide substitutions)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:28552346" FT /id="VAR_078967" FT VARIANT 220 FT /note="L -> R (found in a patient with azoospermia; likely FT pathogenic)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:28552346" FT /id="VAR_078968" FT VARIANT 224 FT /note="N -> H (found in a patient with azoospermia; likely FT pathogenic)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:28552346" FT /id="VAR_078969" FT VARIANT 491 FT /note="K -> N (in dbSNP:rs17856812)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:15489334" FT /id="VAR_026288" FT VARIANT 527 FT /note="R -> K (in dbSNP:rs1106042)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:15489334" FT /id="VAR_026289" FT VARIANT 575 FT /note="L -> P (in dbSNP:rs17852568)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:15489334" FT /id="VAR_026290" FT MUTAGEN 379 FT /note="P->H: Impairs binding to 2'-O-methylated 3'-end of FT piRNAs; when associated with Y-381." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:21193640" FT MUTAGEN 381 FT /note="M->Y: Impairs binding to 2'-O-methylated 3'-end of FT piRNAs; when associated with H-379." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:21193640" FT CONFLICT 178 FT /note="V -> A (in Ref. 4; BAC04068)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000305" FT CONFLICT 314 FT /note="N -> I (in Ref. 2; AAC97371)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000305" FT CONFLICT 339 FT /note="E -> G (in Ref. 2; AAC97371)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000305" FT CONFLICT 353 FT /note="E -> K (in Ref. 6; BAF49084)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000305" FT HELIX 279..285 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:3O7V" FT HELIX 286..288 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:2L5D" FT HELIX 292..303 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:3O7V" FT STRAND 307..310 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:3O7V" FT TURN 311..314 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:2L5C" FT STRAND 316..318 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:3O7V" FT STRAND 321..323 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:3O7V" FT STRAND 331..333 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:3O7V" FT STRAND 335..337 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:2L5C" FT STRAND 339..341 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:3O7V" FT HELIX 342..350 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:3O7V" FT STRAND 361..364 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:3O7V" FT STRAND 370..375 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:2L5C" FT STRAND 380..382 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:3O7V" FT HELIX 384..386 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:3O7V" FT STRAND 387..389 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:3O6E" SQ SEQUENCE 861 AA; 98603 MW; 58D7F6C7321DEFA4 CRC64; MTGRARARAR GRARGQETAQ LVGSTASQQP GYIQPRPQPP PAEGELFGRG RQRGTAGGTA KSQGLQISAG FQELSLAERG GRRRDFHDLG VNTRQNLDHV KESKTGSSGI IVRLSTNHFR LTSRPQWALY QYHIDYNPLM EARRLRSALL FQHEDLIGKC HAFDGTILFL PKRLQQKVTE VFSKTRNGED VRITITLTNE LPPTSPTCLQ FYNIIFRRLL KIMNLQQIGR NYYNPNDPID IPSHRLVIWP GFTTSILQYE NSIMLCTDVS HKVLRSETVL DFMFNFYHQT EEHKFQEQVS KELIGLVVLT KYNNKTYRVD DIDWDQNPKS TFKKADGSEV SFLEYYRKQY NQEITDLKQP VLVSQPKRRR GPGGTLPGPA MLIPELCYLT GLTDKMRNDF NVMKDLAVHT RLTPEQRQRE VGRLIDYIHK NDNVQRELRD WGLSFDSNLL SFSGRILQTE KIHQGGKTFD YNPQFADWSK ETRGAPLISV KPLDNWLLIY TRRNYEAANS LIQNLFKVTP AMGMQMRKAI MIEVDDRTEA YLRVLQQKVT ADTQIVVCLL SSNRKDKYDA IKKYLCTDCP TPSQCVVART LGKQQTVMAI ATKIALQMNC KMGGELWRVD IPLKLVMIVG IDCYHDMTAG RRSIAGFVAS INEGMTRWFS RCIFQDRGQE LVDGLKVCLQ AALRAWNSCN EYMPSRIIVY RDGVGDGQLK TLVNYEVPQF LDCLKSIGRG YNPRLTVIVV KKRVNTRFFA QSGGRLQNPL PGTVIDVEVT RPEWYDFFIV SQAVRSGSVS PTHYNVIYDN SGLKPDHIQR LTYKLCHIYY NWPGVIRVPA PCQYAHKLAF LVGQSIHREP NLSLSNRLYY L //