WD40 repeat


The WD40 repeat is a short structural motif of approximately 40 amino acids, often terminating in a tryptophan-aspartic acid dipeptide. Tandem copies of these repeats typically fold together to form a type of circular solenoid protein domain called the WD40 domain.

Structure

WD40 domain-containing proteins have 4 to 16 repeating units, all of which are thought to form a circularised beta-propeller structure. The WD40 domain is composed of several repeats, a variable region of around 20 residues at the beginning followed by a more common repeated set of residues. These repeats typically form a four stranded anti-parallel beta sheet or blade. These blades come together to form a propeller with the most common being a 7 bladed beta propeller. The blades interlock so that the last beta strand of one repeat forms with the first three of the next repeat to form the 3D blade structure.

Function

WD40-repeat proteins are a large family found in all eukaryotes and are implicated in a variety of functions ranging from signal transduction and transcription regulation to cell cycle control, autophagy and apoptosis. The underlying common function of all WD40-repeat proteins is coordinating multi-protein complex assemblies, where the repeating units serve as a rigid scaffold for protein interactions. The specificity of the proteins is determined by the sequences outside the repeats themselves. Examples of such complexes are G proteins, TAFII transcription factor, and E3 ubiquitin ligase.

Examples

According to the initial analysis of the human genome WD40 repeats are the eighth largest family of proteins. In all 277 proteins were identified to contain them. Human genes encoding proteins containing this domain include:
WDR geneother gene namesNCBI Entrez
Gene ID
Human disease associated with mutations
WDR1AIP1; NORI-1; HEL-S-529948
WDR2CORO2A; IR10; CLIPINB7464
WDR3DIP2; UTP1210885
WDR4TRM82; TRMT8210785
WDR5SWD3; BIG-3; CFAP8911091
WDR611180
WDR7TRAG; KIAA0541; Rabconnectin 3 beta23335
WDR8WRAP7349856
WDR9BRWD1; N143; C21orf10754014
WDR10IFT122; CED; SPG; CED1; WDR10p; WDR14055764Sensenbrenner syndrome
WDR11DR11; HH14; BRWD2; WDR1555717Kallmann syndrome
WDR12YTM155759
WDR13MG2164743
WDR14GNB1L; GY2; FKSG1; WDVCF; DGCRK354584
WDR15WDR11
WDR16CFAP52; WDRPUH146845
WDR17116966
WDR18Ipi357418
WDR19ATD5; CED4; DYF-2; ORF26; Oseg6; PWDMP; SRTD5; IFT144; NPHP1357728Sensenbrenner syndrome, Jeune syndrome
WDR20DMR91833
WDR21DCAF4; WDR21A26094
WDR22DCAF5; BCRG2; BCRP28816
WDR23DCAF11; GL014; PRO238980344
WDR24JFP7; C16orf2184219
WDR25C14orf6779446
WDR26CDW2; GID7; MIP280232
WDR27253769
WDR28GRWD1; CDW4; GRWD; RRB183743
WDR29SPAG16; PF2079582
WDR30ATG16L1; IBD10; APG16L; ATG16A; ATG16L55054Crohn’s disease
WDR31114987
WDR32DCAF1079269
WDR33NET14; WDC14655339
WDR34DIC5; FAP133; SRTD1189891Jeune syndrome
WDR35CED2; IFTA1; SRTD7; IFT12157539Sensenbrenner syndrome
WDR36GLC1G; UTP21; TAWDRP; TA-WDRP134430Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
WDR3722884
WDR38401551
WDR39CIAO1; CIA19391
WDR40ADCAF12; CT102; TCC52; KIAA189225853
WDR41MSTP04855255
WDR43UTP5; NET1223160
WDR44RPH11; RAB11BP54521
WDR45JM5; NBIA4; NBIA5; WDRX1; WIPI4; WIPI-411152Beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration
WDR46UTP7; BING4; FP221; C6orf119277
WDR47NEMITIN; KIAA089322911
WDR48P80; UAF1; SPG6057599
WDR49151790
WDR50UTP18; CGI-4851096
WDR52CFAP4455779
WDR53348793
WDR5484058
WDR5554853
WDR56IFT80; ATD2; SRTD257560Jeune syndrome
WDR57SNRNP40; SPF38; PRP8BP; HPRP8BP; PRPF8BP9410
WDR58THOC6; BBIS; fSAP3579228
WDR59FP97779726
WDR60SRPS6; SRTD8; FAP16355112Jeune syndrome
WDR61SKI8; REC1480349
WDR62MCPH2; C19orf14284403microcephaly
WDR63DIC3; NYD-SP29126820
WDR64128025
WDR65CFAP57; VWS2149465Van der Woude syndrome
WDR66CaM-IP4144406
WDR67TBC1D31; Gm8593594
WDR68DCAF7; AN11; HAN11; SWAN-110238
WDR69DAW1; ODA16164781
WDR7055100
WDR71PAAF1; PAAF; Rpn1480227
WDR72AI2A3256764Amelogenesis imperfecta
WDR73HSPC26484942
WDR7454663
WDR75NET16; UTP1784128
WDR76CDW1479968
WDR77p44; MEP50; MEP-50; HKMT1069; Nbla10071; p44/Mep5079084-
WDR78DIC479819
WDR79WRAP53; DKCB3; TCAB155135
WDR80ATG16L; ATG16B89849
WDR81CAMRQ2; PPP1R166124997cerebellar ataxia, mental retardation, and dysequilibrium syndrome-2
WDR82SWD2; MST107; WDR82A; MSTP107; PRO2730; TMEM113; PRO3404780335
WDR83MORG184292
WDR84PAK1IP1; PIP1; MAK1155003
WDR85DPH7; RRT2; C9orf11292715
WDR86349136
WDR87NYD-SP1183889
WDR88PQWD126248
WDR89MSTP050; C14orf150112840
WDR90C16orf15; C16orf16; C16orf17; C16orf18; C16orf19197335
WDR91HSPC04929062
WDR92MONAD116143
WDR9356964
WDR94AMBRA1; DCAF355626
WDR96CFAP43; C10orf7980217