PIWIL1

PIWIL1
Available structures
PDB	Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes
	2L5C, 2L5D, 3O3I, 3O6E, 3O7V
Identifiers
Aliases	PIWIL1, CT80.1, HIWI, MIWI, PIWI, piwi like RNA-mediated gene silencing 1
External IDs	OMIM: 605571; MGI: 1928897; HomoloGene: 37963; GeneCards: PIWIL1; OMA:PIWIL1 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 12 (human)
End	130,372,637 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 5 (mouse)
End	128,832,538 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	right testis; ; left testis; ; gonad; ; testicle; ; anterior pituitary; ; right lobe of thyroid gland; ; right uterine tube; ; canal of the cervix; ; spleen; ; superior frontal gyrus;
	Top expressed in
	spermatocyte; ; seminiferous tubule; ; zygote; ; secondary oocyte; ; spermatid; ; female urethra; ; primary oocyte; ; primary spermatocyte; ; embryo; ; Gonadal ridge;
	More reference expression data
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Gene ontology
Molecular function	protein kinase binding; RNA binding; single-stranded RNA binding; nucleic acid binding; protein binding; mRNA binding; nuclease activity; endonuclease activity; endoribonuclease activity; hydrolase activity; metal ion binding; piRNA binding; protein-containing complex binding; polysome binding; mRNA cap binding complex binding;
Cellular component	polysome; nucleus; mRNA cap binding complex; dense body; P granule; cytoplasm; chromatoid body;
Biological process	multicellular organism development; regulation of translation; meiosis; cell differentiation; gene silencing; spermatogenesis; negative regulation of transposition; piRNA metabolic process; nucleic acid phosphodiester bond hydrolysis; RNA phosphodiester bond hydrolysis, endonucleolytic; spermatid development;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	9271
	57749
	ENSG00000275051; ENSG00000125207
	ENSMUSG00000029423
	Q96J94
	Q9JMB7
	NM_001190971; NM_004764
	NM_021311
	NP_001177900; NP_004755
	NP_067286
	Wikidata
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Piwi-like protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PIWIL1 gene.

This gene encodes a member of the PIWI subfamily of Argonaute proteins, evolutionarily conserved proteins containing both PAZ and Piwi motifs that play important roles in stem cell self-renewal, RNA silencing, and translational regulation in diverse organisms.

The encoded protein may play a role as an intrinsic regulator of the self-renewal capacity of germline and hematopoietic stem cells.