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fibronectin type III domain-containing protein 5 (fibronectin type III repeat-containing protein 2) (FNDC5 FRCP2)

Function: - cleaved & secreted as the hormone, irisin Structure: contains 1 fibronectin F3 module Compartment: - peroxisome membrane - imported in peroxisomes through the PEX5 receptor pathway (putative) Alternative splicing: named isoforms=4 Expression: - expressed in skeletal muscle - induced by PGC1-alpha

Specific

irisin

General

glycoprotein hormone membrane protein secreted protein

Properties

SIZE: entity length = 196 aa MW = 22 kD COMPARTMENT: peroxisome MOTIF: signal sequence {1-15} fibronectin type III domain or F3 module {18-108} MOTIF: N-glycosylation site {N23} transmembrane domain {137-157} microbody-targeting signal {194-196}

Database Correlations

UniProt Q8NAU1 Pfam PF00041 Kegg hsa:2529

References

UniProt :accession Q8NAU1