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DDX5 (Probable ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX5) is a protein that switches other genes on and off. In the public catalogues the evidence so far is association rather than a proven role. Tied to Colorectal cancer and Skin cancer. This dossier gathers the 0 products (0 approved), 0 trials, 0 pathways and 0 resistance routes in the corpus that involve it, with external identifiers so it can be joined to UniProt, ChEMBL, Open Targets and the rest of biology.

Biology

Involved in the alternative regulation of pre-mRNA splicing; its RNA helicase activity is necessary for increasing tau exon 10 inclusion and occurs in a RBM4-dependent manner. Binds to the tau pre-mRNA in the stem-loop region downstream of exon 10. The rate of ATP hydrolysis is highly stimulated by single-stranded RNA. Involved in transcriptional regulation; the function is independent of the RNA helicase activity. Transcriptional coactivator for androgen receptor AR but probably not ESR1. Synergises with DDX17 and SRA1 RNA to activate MYOD1 transcriptional activity and involved in skeletal muscle differentiation. Location: Nucleus; Nucleus, nucleolus; Nucleus speckle; Cytoplasm (UniProt). Locus 17q23.3 (HGNC).

Where it is found
  • Colorectal cancer: Open Targets association 0.53 with colorectal cancer (MONDO_0005575)
  • Skin cancer: Open Targets association 0.51 with skin cancer (MONDO_0002898)
Class: transcription · Gene: DDX5 · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"DDX5" OR ABSTRACT:"DDX5" OR TITLE:"DEAD-box helicase 5" OR ABSTRACT:"DEAD-box helicase 5" OR TITLE:"Probable ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX5" OR ABSTRACT:"Probable ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX5" OR TITLE:"p68" OR ABSTRACT:"p68" OR TITLE:"HLR1" OR ABSTRACT:"HLR1" OR TITLE:"G17P1" OR ABSTRACT:"G17P1") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about DDX5, not a curated reading list.

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