ALKBH7 Proteins

Protein Information

ALKBH7 (alkB, alkylation repair homolog 7), also known as SPATA11, is a 221 amino acid protein belonging to the alkB family. ALKBH7 is one of many homologs of the Escherichia coli protein AlkB. AlkB functions to protect DNA and RNA against damage from environmental methylating compounds by directly reversing 1-methyladenine (1-meA) and 3-methylcytosine (3-meC) cytotoxic alkylation lesions in DNA and RNA. The enzyme acts by oxidative demethylation, utilizing ferrous iron and alpha-ketoglutarate as cofactors, 2-oxoglutarate as a co-substrate and molecular oxygen as the oxidizing agent. ALKBH7 is encoded by a gene located on human chromosome 19, which consists of over 63 million bases, houses approximately 1,400 genes and is recognizedfor having the greatest gene density of the human chromosomes.

Synonyms

2310045B01Rik; 2510008E23Rik; Abh7; alkB homolog 7; alkB, alkylation repair homolog 7; alkB, alkylation repair homolog 7 (E. coli); Alkbh7; Alkylated DNA repair protein alkB homolog 7; alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase alkB homolog 7, mitochondrial; probable alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase ABH7; SPATA11; spermatogenesis associated 11; spermatogenesis cell proliferation related protein; spermatogenesis cell proliferation-related protein; Spermatogenesis-associated protein 11; UNQ6002; UNQ6002/PRO34564