Secretoglobin
IPR016126
Definition
Secretoglobins are relatively small, secreted, disulphide-bridged dimeric proteins with encoding genes sharing substantial sequence similarity [[cite:PMID:7868811], [cite:PMID:11193777]]. Members of this family include: Uteroglobin, a mammalian, steroid-inducible, secreted anti-inflammatory/immunomodulatory protein PMID:17916741. Mammaglobin, expressed in ovarian cancer cells PMID:18021217. Lipophilin B, which exists as a complex with mammary-specific mammaglobin A PMID:17163411. Clara cell 17kDa protein, which inhibits phospholipase A2 and papain, and also binds to progesterone [[cite:PMID:1560460], [cite:PMID:11193778]]. Allergen Fel d 1 (Felis silvestris catus (Cat) allergen 1) chains 1 and 2, a tetrameric glycoprotein formed by two heterodimers that elicit IgE responses in people with allergy to cats [[cite:PMID:17543334], [cite:PMID:12851385]]. Secretoglobin proteins have a four-helical structure, and in the case of uteroglobin, form homodimers, whereas allergen Fel d 1 forms a tetramer of two heterodimers (chains 1 and 2). The conservation of this primary and quaternary structure indicates that the genome of the eutherian common ancestor of cats, rodents, and primates contained a similar gene pair. Uteroglobin (blastokinin or Clara cell protein CC10) is a mammalian steroid-inducible secreted protein originally isolated from the uterus of rabbits during early pregnancy PMID:2378892. The mucosal epithelia of several organs that communicate with the external environment express uteroglobin. Its tissue-specific expression is regulated by steroid hormones, and is augmented in the uterus by non-steroidal prolactin. Uteroglobin may be a multi-functional protein with anti-inflammatory/immunomodulatory properties, acting to inhibit phospholipase A2 activity [[cite:PMID:3319534], [cite:PMID:11193767]], and binding to (and possibly sequestering) several hydrophobic ligands such as progesterone, retinols, polychlorinated biphenyls, phospholipids and prostaglandins [[cite:PMID:11193782], [cite:PMID:11193750]]. In addition, uteroglobin has anti-chemotactic, anti-allergic, anti-tumourigenic and embryo growth-stimulatory properties. Uteroglobin may have a homeostatic role against oxidative damage, inflammation, autoimmunity and cancer [[cite:PMID:17916741], [cite:PMID:17928103], [cite:PMID:11193760], [cite:PMID:7770456]]. However, the true biological function of uteroglobin is poorly understood. Uteroglobin consists of a disulphide-linked homodimer with a large hydrophobic pocket located between the two dimers PMID:3656405. Each monomer being composed of four helices that do not form a canonical four helix-bundle motif but rather a boomerang-shaped structure in which helices H1, H3, and H4 are able to bind a homodimeric partner PMID:11193783. The hydrophobic pocket binds steroids, particularly progesterone, with high specificity. It is a member of the secretoglobin superfamily.
9 human proteins with this domain
Each is a reviewed human protein in the Seroatlas serome and a potential autoantibody target; this domain groups them into one antibody-relevant category. Every entry links to its own record.
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