DOK7
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: DOK7
- Official Name: docking protein 7
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 285489
- UniProt: Q18PE1
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: The protein encoded by this gene is essential for neuromuscular synaptogenesis. The protein functions in aneural activation of muscle-specific receptor kinase, which is required for postsynaptic differentiation, and in the subsequent clustering of the acetylcholine receptor in myotubes. This protein can also induce autophosphorylation of muscle-specific receptor kinase. Mutations in this gene are a cause of familial limb-girdle myasthenia autosomal recessive, which is also known as congenital myasthenic syndrome type 1B. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2009].
- UniProt Summary: Probable muscle-intrinsic activator of MUSK that plays an essential role in neuromuscular synaptogenesis. Acts in aneural activation of MUSK and subsequent acetylcholine receptor (AchR) clustering in myotubes. Induces autophosphorylation of MUSK. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20603078}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 13837
- Expression level (log2 read counts): -2.69