Entrez Summary: Premature ovarian failure (POF) is characterized by primary or secondary amenorrhea in women less than 40 years old. Two POF susceptibility regions called 'POF1' and 'POF2' have been identified by breakpoint mapping of X-autosome translocations. POF1 extends from Xq21-qter while POF2 extends from Xq13.3 to Xq21.1. This gene, POF1B, resides in the POF2 region. This gene is expressed at trace levels in mouse prenatal ovary and is barely detectable or absent from adult ovary, in human and in the mouse respectively. This gene's expression is restricted to epithelia with its highest expression in the epidermis, and oro-pharyngeal and gastro-intestinal tracts. The protein encoded by this gene binds non-muscle actin filaments. The role this gene may play in the etiology of premature ovarian failure remains to be determined. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2010].
UniProt Summary: Plays a key role in the organization of epithelial monolayers by regulating the actin cytoskeleton. May be involved in ovary development. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16773570, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21940798}.
Pfam DomainsGO Terms
Pfam Domains
No Pfam Domain information is available for this gene.
GO Terms
desmosome
epithelial cell morphogenesis
bicellular tight junction assembly
tight junction assembly
tight junction organization
apical junction assembly
adherens junction
actin filament
cell-cell junction assembly
bicellular tight junction
cell-cell junction organization
cell junction assembly
epithelial cell development
actin filament binding
cell junction organization
actin filament organization
supramolecular fiber organization
actin cytoskeleton organization
cell morphogenesis involved in differentiation
actin filament-based process
epithelial cell differentiation
cell morphogenesis
cellular component morphogenesis
cytoskeleton organization
epithelium development
cell development
tissue development
CRISPR Data
Compound HitMost Correlated Genes in ChemogenomicsTissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)
Compound Hit
No hits were found.
Most Correlated Genes in Chemogenomics
No correlation found to any other genes in chemogenomics.
Tissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)
Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 0/694