MID1

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the tripartite motif (TRIM) family, also known as the 'RING-B box-coiled coil' (RBCC) subgroup of RING finger proteins. The TRIM motif includes three zinc-binding domains, a RING, a B-box type 1 and a B-box type 2, and a coiled-coil region. This protein forms homodimers which associate with microtubules in the cytoplasm. The protein is likely involved in the formation of multiprotein structures acting as anchor points to microtubules. Mutations in this gene have been associated with the X-linked form of Opitz syndrome, which is characterized by midline abnormalities such as cleft lip, laryngeal cleft, heart defects, hypospadias, and agenesis of the corpus callosum. This gene was also the first example of a gene subject to X inactivation in human while escaping it in mouse. Several different transcript variants are generated by alternate splicing; however, the full-length nature of some of the variants has not been determined. [provided by RefSeq]

midline 1 (Opitz/BBB syndrome)

Has E3 ubiquitin ligase activity towards IGBP1, promoting its monoubiquitination, which results in deprotection of the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase PP2A, and its subsequent degradation by polyubiquitination.

Microtubule cytoskeleton organization Source: ProtInc
Negative regulation of microtubule depolymerization Source: Ensembl
Pattern specification process Source: ProtInc
Positive regulation of stress-activated MAPK cascade Source: UniProtKB
Protein localization to microtubule Source: UniProtKB

Cytoplasm
Cytoskeleton
spindle
Note: Microtubule-associated. It is associated with microtubules throughout the cell cycle, co-localizing with cytoplasmic fibers in interphase and with the mitotic spindle and midbodies during mitosis and cytokinesis.

Opitz GBBB syndrome 1 (GBBB1):
A congenital midline malformation syndrome characterized by hypertelorism, genital-urinary defects such as hypospadias in males and splayed labia in females, cleft lip/palate, laryngotracheoesophageal abnormalities, imperforate anus, developmental delay and congenital heart defects.

Phosphorylated on serine and threonine residues.