Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about PQBP1: its mechanistic relationships (Knowledge Graph edges), hypotheses targeting it, analyses mentioning it, and supporting scientific papers. The interactive graph below shows its immediate neighbors. All content is AI-synthesized from peer-reviewed literature.
PQBP1 encodes a nuclear protein that binds polyglutamine-expanded proteins and regulates transcription. Mutations cause X-linked mental retardation; dysregulation implicated in ALS, HD, and SCAs.
| Gene Symbol | PQBP1 |
| Function | encodes a small nuclear protein that specifically binds to polyglutamine (polyQ) tracts found in various disease proteins. |
| Subcellular Localization | Nuclear |
| Molecular Weight | 37 kDa |
| Amino Acids | 312 aa |
| Pathways | Immune Response |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000102172 |
| GeneCards | PQBP1 |
| Human Protein Atlas | PQBP1 |
| Molecular weight | ~37 kDa |
| Subcellular localization | Nuclear |
| Domain structure | WW domain, polyQ-binding region |
| Associated Diseases | Als, neurodegeneration |
| Interactions | CGAS, STING, VCP, NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS, INFLAMMATION, BRAIN INFLAMMATION |
| KG Connections | 27 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsUniProtNCBI GeneHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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PQBP1["PQBP1"]
CGAS["CGAS"]
PQBP1 -->|"activates"| CGAS
Inflammation{"Inflammation"}
PQBP1 -->|"activates"| Inflammation
Infection{"Infection"}
PQBP1 -->|"activates"| Infection
Als{"Als"}
PQBP1 -->|"associated_with"| Als
Neurodegeneration{"Neurodegeneration"}
PQBP1 -->|"activates"| Neurodegeneration
NEURODEGENERATIVE_DISORDERS["NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS"]
PQBP1 -->|"activates"| NEURODEGENERATIVE_DISORDERS
INFLAMMATION["INFLAMMATION"]
PQBP1 -->|"activates"| INFLAMMATION
BRAIN_INFLAMMATION["BRAIN INFLAMMATION"]
PQBP1 -->|"activates"| BRAIN_INFLAMMATION
GENES["GENES"]
PQBP1 -->|"activates"| GENES
STING["STING"]
PQBP1 -->|"activates"| STING
CGAS_STING["CGAS-STING"]
PQBP1 -->|"activates"| CGAS_STING
MICROGLIA["MICROGLIA"]
PQBP1 -->|"activates"| MICROGLIA
Immune_Response(["Immune Response"])
PQBP1 -->|"activates"| Immune_Response
NEURODEGENERATION["NEURODEGENERATION"]
NEURODEGENERATION -->|"activates"| PQBP1
TAU["TAU"]
TAU -->|"activates"| PQBP1| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| CGAS | activates | gene | 0.80 |
| Inflammation | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Infection | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Neurodegeneration | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| STING | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| STING | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| neurodegeneration | associated_with | disease | 0.60 |
| VCP | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| INFLAMMATION | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| BRAIN INFLAMMATION | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CGAS-STING | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MICROGLIA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| Immune Response | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| microglia | expressed_in | cell_type | 0.60 |
| NF-kB signaling | participates_in | pathway | 0.60 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAU | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CGAS | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| NEURODEGENERATION | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CGAS-STING | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MICROGLIA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| BRAIN INFLAMMATION | activates | gene | 0.60 |
Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target
| Hypothesis | Score | Disease | Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
| No targeting hypotheses | |||
Scientific analyses that reference this entity
No analyses mention this entity
Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity
| Title & PMID | Authors | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No papers found | ||||