FKBP7
FK506 binding protein 7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FKBP7 gene.[1] The gene is also known as FKBP23 and PPIase.[1] FKBP7 belongs to the FKBP-type peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerase (PPIase) family. Members of this family exhibit PPIase activity and function as molecular chaperones. The orthologous protein in mouse is located in the endoplasmic reticulum and binds calcium.[1][2]
Model organisms
    
Model organisms have been used in the study of FKBP7 function. A conditional knockout mouse line, called Fkbp7tm2a(KOMP)Wtsi[3][4] was generated as part of the International Knockout Mouse Consortium program — a high-throughput mutagenesis project to generate and distribute animal models of disease to interested scientists — at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.[5][6][7]
Male and female animals underwent a standardized phenotypic screen to determine the effects of deletion.[8][9]
| Characteristic | Phenotype | 
|---|---|
| Homozygote viability | Normal | 
| Fertility | Normal | 
| Body weight | Normal | 
| Anxiety | Normal | 
| Neurological assessment | Normal | 
| Grip strength | Normal | 
| Hot plate | Normal | 
| Dysmorphology | Normal | 
| Indirect calorimetry | Normal | 
| Glucose tolerance test | Normal | 
| Auditory brainstem response | Normal | 
| DEXA | Normal | 
| Radiography | Normal | 
| Body temperature | Normal | 
| Eye morphology | Normal | 
| Clinical chemistry | Normal | 
| Haematology | Normal | 
| Peripheral blood lymphocytes | Normal | 
| Micronucleus test | Normal | 
| Heart weight | Normal | 
| Brain histopathology | Normal | 
| Salmonella infection | Normal[10] | 
| Citrobacter infection | Normal[11] | 
| All tests and analysis from[8][12] | |
Twenty three tests were carried out on mutant mice, but no significant abnormalities were observed.[8]
References
    
 - "FK506 binding protein 7". Retrieved 2011-12-06.
 - Nakamura, T.; Yabe, D.; Kanazawa, N.; Tashiro, K.; Sasayama, S.; Honjo, T. (1998). "Molecular Cloning, Characterization, and Chromosomal Localization of FKBP23, a Novel FK506-Binding Protein with Ca2+-Binding Ability". Genomics. 54 (1): 89–98. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5571. PMID 9806833.
 - "International Knockout Mouse Consortium".
 - "Mouse Genome Informatics".
 - Skarnes, W. C.; Rosen, B.; West, A. P.; Koutsourakis, M.; Bushell, W.; Iyer, V.; Mujica, A. O.; Thomas, M.; Harrow, J.; Cox, T.; Jackson, D.; Severin, J.; Biggs, P.; Fu, J.; Nefedov, M.; De Jong, P. J.; Stewart, A. F.; Bradley, A. (2011). "A conditional knockout resource for the genome-wide study of mouse gene function". Nature. 474 (7351): 337–342. doi:10.1038/nature10163. PMC 3572410. PMID 21677750.
 - Dolgin E (June 2011). "Mouse library set to be knockout". Nature. 474 (7351): 262–3. doi:10.1038/474262a. PMID 21677718.
 - Collins FS, Rossant J, Wurst W (January 2007). "A mouse for all reasons". Cell. 128 (1): 9–13. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.12.018. PMID 17218247. S2CID 18872015.
 - Gerdin AK (2010). "The Sanger Mouse Genetics Programme: High throughput characterisation of knockout mice". Acta Ophthalmologica. 88 (S248). doi:10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.4142.x. S2CID 85911512.
 - van der Weyden L, White JK, Adams DJ, Logan DW (2011). "The mouse genetics toolkit: revealing function and mechanism". Genome Biol. 12 (6): 224. doi:10.1186/gb-2011-12-6-224. PMC 3218837. PMID 21722353.
 - "Salmonella infection data for Fkbp7". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
 - "Citrobacter infection data for Fkbp7". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
 - Mouse Resources Portal, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
 
Further reading
    
 - Patterson, C. E.; Gao, J.; Rooney, A. P.; Davis, E. C. (2002). "Genomic Organization of Mouse and Human 65 kDa FK506-Binding Protein Genes and Evolution of the FKBP Multigene Family". Genomics. 79 (6): 881–889. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6777. PMID 12036304.
 - Matsuda, M.; Koide, T.; Yorihuzi, T.; Hosokawa, N.; Nagata, K. (2001). "Molecular Cloning of a Novel Ubiquitin-like Protein, UBIN, That Binds to ER Targeting Signal Sequences". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 280 (2): 535–540. doi:10.1006/bbrc.2000.4149. PMID 11162551.