Protein Domain : FAM138 IPR023245

Type	Family
Description	A number of genes are expressed exclusively in the retina, where they appear to control the specialised functions of various different cell types [ ]. One of these retinal genes (termed FAM138A/B/C/F) is found within a region of subtelomeric DNA and exhibits polymorphic distribution among multiple chromosomes []. This gene encodes a putative 85-amino acid polypeptide (also known as retina-specific protein F379) that shares a high level of similarity with the retinal protein FAM138D; both also include a well-conserved N-terminal domain that is shared by a wide range of proteins, including podocalyxin-like protein 1, proto-oncogene c-Rel, suppressor of G2 allele of SKP1 homologue, and ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 19.
Short Name	FAM138