PIRT
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: PIRT
- Official Name: phosphoinositide interacting regulator of transient receptor potential channels
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 644139
- UniProt: P0C851
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: N/A
- UniProt Summary: Regulatory subunit of TRPV1, a molecular sensor of noxious heat and capsaicin. Positively regulates TRPV1 channel activity via phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2). Binds various phosphoinositide, including phosphatidylinositol 4,5- bisphosphate (PIP2), but not phosphatidylinositol (PI) (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 12355
- Expression level (log2 read counts): -6.6