GenAge entry for BLM (Homo sapiens)

Gene name (HAGRID: 68)

HGNC symbol: BLM
Aliases: BS; RECQL3; RECQ2
Common name: Bloom syndrome, RecQ helicase-like

Potential relevance to the human ageing process

Main reason for selection: Entry selected based on evidence linking the gene product to a pathway or mechanism linked to ageing
Description: BLM is a helicase involved in DNA repair and replication. Mutations in BLM give rise to Bloom’s syndrome. Bloom’s syndrome cells are characterised by chromosomal aberrations including chromatid gaps and breaks, telomere association and quadriradial chromosomes, resulting from defects in DNA repair [4492]. Although Bloom’s syndrome is not considered accelerated ageing, BLM and WRN belong to the same family of proteins. Therefore, it is possible, even if unproven, that BLM plays a role in human ageing [444].

Cytogenetic information

Cytogenetic band: 15q26.1
Location: 90,717,326 bp to 90,815,462 bp
Orientation: Plus strand

Display region using the UCSC Genome Browser (GRCh38/hg38)

Protein information

Gene Ontology

Process:

GO:0000079; regulation of cyclin-dependent protein serine/threonine kinase activity
GO:0000724; double-strand break repair via homologous recombination
GO:0000729; DNA double-strand break processing
GO:0000731; DNA synthesis involved in DNA repair
GO:0000732; strand displacement
GO:0000733; DNA strand renaturation
GO:0006260; DNA replication
GO:0006281; DNA repair
GO:0006310; DNA recombination
GO:0006974; cellular response to DNA damage stimulus
GO:0007095; mitotic G2 DNA damage checkpoint

And 14 more GO terms

Cellular component:

GO:0000228; nuclear chromosome
GO:0000781; chromosome, telomeric region
GO:0000800; lateral element
GO:0005634; nucleus
GO:0005654; nucleoplasm
GO:0005730; nucleolus
GO:0005737; cytoplasm
GO:0016363; nuclear matrix
GO:0016605; PML body

Function:	GO:0000405; bubble DNA binding GO:0002039; p53 binding GO:0003697; single-stranded DNA binding GO:0004003; ATP-dependent DNA helicase activity GO:0004386; helicase activity GO:0005515; protein binding GO:0005524; ATP binding GO:0008026; ATP-dependent helicase activity GO:0009378; four-way junction helicase activity GO:0016887; ATPase activity GO:0036310; annealing helicase activity
	And 3 more GO terms

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Protein interactions and network

Protein-protein interacting partners in GenAge: TP53, ATM, WRN, EGFR, NBN, PARP1, BRCA1, RPA1, BLM, VCP, HSP90AA1, TOP2A, RAD51, UBE2I, TERF1, FEN1, TERF2, SUMO1, H2AFX, ATR, MLH1, SIRT7, TP53BP1
STRING interaction network

Retrieve sequences for BLM

ORF: ORF
CDS: CDS

Homologs in model organisms

Danio rerio: blm
Drosophila melanogaster: mus309
Mus musculus: Blm
Rattus norvegicus: Blm
Schizosaccharomyces pombe: rqh1

In other databases

LongevityMap

This gene is present as BLM

CellAge gene expression

This gene is present as BLM