Suppression Of Tumorigenicity 7 Like Protein (ST7L)

ST7L was identified by its similarity to the ST7 tumor suppressor gene found in the chromosome 7q31 region. This gene is clustered in a tail-to-tail manner with the WNT2B gene in a chromosomal region known to be deleted and rearranged in a variety of cancers. ST7R gene encoded 575-amino-acid polypeptide with leucine zipper domain and 3 tyrosine-phosphorylation sites. Leucine zipper domain was unique to ST7R. Tyr 268 and Tyr 441 of ST7R were conserved in ST7 and CG3634. ST7R-homologous domains (S7H1, S7H2, and S7H3) were conserved among ST7R, ST7, and CG3634. ST7R gene consisted of at least 15 exons, and four ST7R isoforms were transcribed due to alternative splicing. ST7R and WNT2B genes, located in human chromosome 1p13 region, were clustered in tail-to-tail manner with an interval of less than 5.0-kb.