Basic Information

Symbol
TP73
RNA class
mRNA
Alias
Tumor Protein P73 P73 P53-Like Transcription Factor P53-Related Protein CILD47
Location (GRCh38)
Forensic tag(s)
Postmortem interval inference

MANE select

Transcript ID
NM_005427.4
Sequence length
5192.0 nt
GC content
0.6106

Transcripts

ID Sequence Length GC content
GGAUUCAGCCAGUUGACAGAACUAAGGGAGAUGGGAAAAGCGAAAAUGC… 5120 nt 0.6076
GGAUUCAGCCAGUUGACAGAACUAAGGGAGAUGGGAAAAGCGAAAAUGC… 5026 nt 0.6104
GGAUUCAGCCAGUUGACAGAACUAAGGGAGAUGGGAAAAGCGAAAAUGC… 4971 nt 0.6055
GCCCUGCCUCCCCGCCCGCGCACCCGCCCGGAGGCUCGCGCGCCCGCGA… 5098 nt 0.6134
GCCCUGCCUCCCCGCCCGCGCACCCGCCCGGAGGCUCGCGCGCCCGCGA… 5043 nt 0.6086
GCCCUGCCUCCCCGCCCGCGCACCCGCCCGGAGGCUCGCGCGCCCGCGA… 4810 nt 0.6091
GCCCUGCCUCCCCGCCCGCGCACCCGCCCGGAGGCUCGCGCGCCCGCGA… 4949 nt 0.6114
GCCCUGCCUCCCCGCCCGCGCACCCGCCCGGAGGCUCGCGCGCCCGCGA… 4904 nt 0.6062
GGAUUCAGCCAGUUGACAGAACUAAGGGAGAUGGGAAAAGCGAAAAUGC… 4738 nt 0.6060
GGAUUCAGCCAGUUGACAGAACUAAGGGAGAUGGGAAAAGCGAAAAUGC… 4877 nt 0.6084
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Summary

This gene encodes a member of the p53 family of transcription factors involved in cellular responses to stress and development. It maps to a region on chromosome 1p36 that is frequently deleted in neuroblastoma and other tumors, and thought to contain multiple tumor suppressor genes. The demonstration that this gene is monoallelically expressed (likely from the maternal allele), supports the notion that it is a candidate gene for neuroblastoma. Many transcript variants resulting from alternative splicing and/or use of alternate promoters have been found for this gene, but the biological validity and the full-length nature of some variants have not been determined. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2011]

Forensic Context

A study in human cadavers demonstrated that the TP73 was highly expressed at later postmortem intervals (96 h and 120 h) in prostate tissues, indicating its pro-apoptotic role in the thanatotranscriptome [Tolbert et al. DOI:10.1016/j.gene.2018.06.090]. In contrast, an investigation of human liver tissues found the TP73 was down-regulated (-4.1491 fold) in decaying samples compared to a 6-hour control, showing tissue-specific apoptotic gene expression patterns after death [Javan et al. DOI:10.1007/S12024-015-9704-6].