MOB1B

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Also known as MOB4A

Summary

MOB1B (MOB kinase activator 1B, HGNC:29801) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 4q13.3, encoding MOB kinase activator 1B (Q7L9L4). Activator of LATS1/2 in the Hippo signaling pathway which plays a pivotal role in organ size control and tumor suppression by restricting proliferation and promoting apoptosis.

The protein encoded by this gene is similar to the yeast Mob1 protein. Yeast Mob1 binds Mps1p, a protein kinase essential for spindle pole body duplication and mitotic checkpoint regulation. Three transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.

Source: NCBI Gene 92597 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • GWAS associations: 7
  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 35 total
  • Druggable target: yes
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_173468

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:29801
Approved symbolMOB1B
NameMOB kinase activator 1B
Location4q13.3
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
AliasesMOB4A
Ensembl geneENSG00000173542
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM609282
Entrez92597

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 5 — 3 protein_coding, 1 retained_intron, 1 protein_coding_CDS_not_defined

ENST00000309395, ENST00000396051, ENST00000502869, ENST00000509041, ENST00000511449

RefSeq mRNA: 3 — MANE Select: NM_173468 NM_001244766, NM_001244767, NM_173468

CCDS: CCDS34002, CCDS58903

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000309395 — 6 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE000013223257098198070988168
ENSE000020756627090236970902550
ENSE000024455737097515370975286
ENSE000024534457097912870979291
ENSE000034934567096993170970024
ENSE000036699777095887470959040

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 253 present calls, max score 98.63.

FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth ubiquitous, TPM avg 32.3050 / max 816.1955, expressed in 1815 samples.

FANTOM5 promoters (8 alternative TSS)

Promoter IDTPM avgSamples expressed
4801023.93571809
480115.30761566
480141.0439635
480090.7745436
480130.6129330
480150.3124128
480120.241484
480160.076718

Top tissues by expression

258 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
renal medullaUBERON:000036298.63gold quality
thymusUBERON:000237098.57gold quality
superior surface of tongueUBERON:000737197.07gold quality
saphenous veinUBERON:000731896.89gold quality
upper arm skinUBERON:000426396.70gold quality
kidney epitheliumUBERON:000481996.68gold quality
trabecular bone tissueUBERON:000248396.56gold quality
tongueUBERON:000172395.65gold quality
medulla oblongataUBERON:000189695.41gold quality
trigeminal ganglionUBERON:000167595.17gold quality
superior vestibular nucleusUBERON:000722794.70gold quality
body of tongueUBERON:001187694.52gold quality
pericardiumUBERON:000240794.17gold quality
oviduct epitheliumUBERON:000480493.82gold quality
pharyngeal mucosaUBERON:000035593.31gold quality
visceral pleuraUBERON:000240192.89gold quality
synovial jointUBERON:000221792.66gold quality
islet of LangerhansUBERON:000000692.56gold quality
dorsal root ganglionUBERON:000004492.45gold quality
tendon of biceps brachiiUBERON:000818892.39gold quality
germinal epithelium of ovaryUBERON:000130492.04gold quality
subthalamic nucleusUBERON:000190691.89gold quality
vena cavaUBERON:000408791.59gold quality
bone marrowUBERON:000237191.51gold quality
tibiaUBERON:000097991.45gold quality
palpebral conjunctivaUBERON:000181291.14gold quality
urethraUBERON:000005791.12gold quality
ventral tegmental areaUBERON:000269191.03gold quality
parietal pleuraUBERON:000240090.88gold quality
layer of synovial tissueUBERON:000761690.81gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 5 experiment(s), a significant marker in 4.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-CURD-119yes40.25
E-MTAB-5061yes28.34
E-GEOD-83139yes8.56
E-ANND-3yes6.52
E-ENAD-27no7.60

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

miRNA regulators (miRDB)

289 targeting MOB1B, top 30 by miRDB confidence (max_score; target_count = how many genes the miRNA targets in total — lower means more specific):

miRNAMax scoreAvg scoremiRNA target_count
HSA-MIR-1277-5P100.0073.955056
HSA-MIR-5011-5P100.0083.465820
HSA-MIR-656-3P100.0072.152788
HSA-MIR-5692A100.0074.406850
HSA-MIR-3163100.0077.238605
HSA-MIR-190A-3P100.0080.355520
HSA-MIR-6873-3P100.0071.422626
HSA-MIR-6833-3P100.0070.633197
HSA-MIR-6867-5P100.0082.213464
HSA-MIR-3646100.0073.565283
HSA-MIR-4795-3P100.0074.624024
HSA-MIR-518D-5P100.0067.51979
HSA-MIR-518E-5P100.0067.66954
HSA-MIR-518F-5P100.0067.51979
HSA-MIR-519A-5P100.0067.66954
HSA-MIR-519B-5P100.0067.66954
HSA-MIR-519C-5P100.0067.66954
HSA-MIR-520C-5P100.0067.51979
HSA-MIR-522-5P100.0067.66954
HSA-MIR-523-5P100.0067.66954
HSA-MIR-526A-5P100.0067.51979
HSA-MIR-4768-5P100.0069.492861
HSA-MIR-126-5P100.0072.713180
HSA-MIR-340-5P100.0072.504437
HSA-LET-7A-3P100.0074.033932
HSA-LET-7B-3P100.0074.083913
HSA-LET-7F-1-3P100.0074.023928
HSA-MIR-98-3P100.0074.083907
HSA-MIR-366299.9973.825684
HSA-MIR-428299.9975.366408

Literature-anchored findings (GeneRIF, showing 3)

  • Mob1A and Mob1B are needed for cell abscission and centriole re-joining after telophase and cytokinesis. (PMID:22454515)
  • MOB1A/B has an essential function for intestinal epithelial homeostasis. (PMID:30349003)
  • miR-548ag functions as an oncogene by suppressing MOB1B in the development of obesity-related endometrial cancer. (PMID:36445107)

Cross-species orthologs

5 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
danio_reriomob1baENSDARG00000009169
danio_reriomob1bbENSDARG00000012953
mus_musculusMob1bENSMUSG00000006262
rattus_norvegicusMob1bENSRNOG00000010996
drosophila_melanogastermatsFBGN0038965

Paralogs (6): MOB1A (ENSG00000114978), MOB4 (ENSG00000115540), MOB3B (ENSG00000120162), MOB3C (ENSG00000142961), MOB3A (ENSG00000172081), MOB2 (ENSG00000182208)

Protein

Protein identifiers

MOB kinase activator 1BQ7L9L4 (reviewed: Q7L9L4)

Alternative names: Mob1 homolog 1A, Mob1B, Mps one binder kinase activator-like 1A

All UniProt accessions (2): Q7L9L4, D6RCK3

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Function. Activator of LATS1/2 in the Hippo signaling pathway which plays a pivotal role in organ size control and tumor suppression by restricting proliferation and promoting apoptosis. The core of this pathway is composed of a kinase cascade wherein STK3/MST2 and STK4/MST1, in complex with its regulatory protein SAV1, phosphorylates and activates LATS1/2 in complex with its regulatory protein MOB1, which in turn phosphorylates and inactivates YAP1 oncoprotein and WWTR1/TAZ. Phosphorylation of YAP1 by LATS1/2 inhibits its translocation into the nucleus to regulate cellular genes important for cell proliferation, cell death, and cell migration. Stimulates the kinase activity of STK38L.

Subunit / interactions. Binds STK38L. Interacts with LATS1 and LATS2.

Subcellular location. Cytoplasm. Nucleus.

Tissue specificity. Adrenal gland, bone marrow, brain, lung, placenta, prostate, salivary gland, skeletal muscle, testis, thymus, thyroid gland, uterus, colon with mucosa, fetal brain and fetal liver.

Post-translational modifications. Phosphorylated by STK3/MST2 and STK4/MST1 and this phosphorylation enhances its binding to LATS1.

Similarity. Belongs to the MOB1/phocein family.

Isoforms (2)

UniProt IDNamesCanonical?
Q7L9L4-11yes
Q7L9L4-22

RefSeq proteins (3): NP_001231695, NP_001231696, NP_775739* (*=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR005301MOB_kinase_act_famFamily
IPR036703MOB_kinase_act_sfHomologous_superfamily

Pfam: PF03637

UniProt features (10 total): binding site 4, modified residue 3, initiator methionine 1, chain 1, splice variant 1

Structure

Experimental structures (PDB)

0 structures.

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-Q7L9L4-F188.910.74

Functional residue map

Curated UniProt residues grouped by drug-discovery relevance — catalytic, ligand-binding, modification, and mutation-validated positions. Source: UniProtKB sequence features.

Ligand- & substrate-binding residues (4): 79; 84; 161; 166

Post-translational modifications (3): 2, 12, 35

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

2 pathways

IDPathway
R-HSA-2028269Signaling by Hippo
R-HSA-162582Signal Transduction

MSigDB gene sets: 226 (showing top): GOBP_REGULATION_OF_PHOSPHORYLATION, AAGCCAT_MIR135A_MIR135B, GOBP_HIPPO_SIGNALING, AATGGAG_MIR136, chr4q13, GOMF_KINASE_ACTIVATOR_ACTIVITY, GTGCCTT_MIR506, GOBP_REGULATION_OF_PROTEIN_AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION, GOBP_PROTEIN_AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION, GOBP_REGULATION_OF_PHOSPHORUS_METABOLIC_PROCESS, GOCC_NUCLEOLUS, GOBP_REGULATION_OF_PROTEIN_MODIFICATION_PROCESS, GOMF_PROTEIN_SERINE_THREONINE_KINASE_ACTIVATOR_ACTIVITY, GOMF_ENZYME_ACTIVATOR_ACTIVITY, GOMF_ENZYME_REGULATOR_ACTIVITY

GO Biological Process (2): regulation of protein autophosphorylation (GO:0031952), hippo signaling (GO:0035329)

GO Molecular Function (6): kinase activator activity (GO:0019209), kinase binding (GO:0019900), protein kinase activator activity (GO:0030295), protein serine/threonine kinase activator activity (GO:0043539), metal ion binding (GO:0046872), protein binding (GO:0005515)

GO Cellular Component (4): nucleus (GO:0005634), cytoplasm (GO:0005737), cytosol (GO:0005829), extracellular exosome (GO:0070062)

Reactome top-level categories

Rollup of top-1 pathways:

CategoryPathways
Signal Transduction1

GO top-level categories

Rollup of top GO terms by namespace:

CategoryTerms
cellular anatomical structure2
regulation of protein phosphorylation1
regulation of protein kinase activity1
protein autophosphorylation1
intracellular signal transduction1
enzyme activator activity1
kinase activity1
kinase regulator activity1
enzyme binding1
protein kinase activity1
kinase activator activity1
protein kinase regulator activity1
protein serine/threonine kinase activity1
protein kinase activator activity1
cation binding1
binding1
intracellular membrane-bounded organelle1
intracellular anatomical structure1
cytoplasm1
extracellular vesicle1

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

1152 interactions, top by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
MOB1BLATS1O95835993
MOB1BLATS2Q9NRM7918
MOB1BSAV1Q9H4B6860
MOB1BGFERP55789726
MOB1BSTK4Q13043707
MOB1BSTK24Q9Y6E0677
MOB1BSTK38LQ9Y2H1613
MOB1BSTK38Q15208608
MOB1BWWTR1Q9GZV5585
MOB1BYAP1P46937576
MOB1BTEAD1P28347554
MOB1BRASSF1Q9NS23523
MOB1BDOCK6Q96HP0515
MOB1BPPP6CO00743500
MOB1BA0A0B4J2F2A0A0B4J2F2497

IntAct

58 interactions, top by confidence:

ABTypeScore
STK38LMOB2psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.910
MOB1BLATS1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.840
MOB1BLATS1psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.840
LATS1MOB1Bpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.840
LATS2MOB1Bpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.830
STK3MOB1Bpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.690
MOB1BSTK4psi-mi:“MI:0217”(phosphorylation reaction)0.630
MOB1BSTK4psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.630
MOB1BNT5C2psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
MOB1BTNIP1psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
WASHC3MOB1Bpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
TNIP1MOB1Bpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
MOB1BPPP6Cpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.480
MOB1BPPP6Cpsi-mi:“MI:2364”(proximity)0.480
MOB1BPPP6Cpsi-mi:“MI:0403”(colocalization)0.480
MOB1BPPP6R1psi-mi:“MI:0403”(colocalization)0.480
MOB1BANKRD28psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.420
Stk38STK38psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.400
MST1MOB1Bpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.400
psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350

BioGRID (144): MOB1B (Two-hybrid), MOB1B (Two-hybrid), MOB1B (Two-hybrid), LATS1 (Affinity Capture-MS), MOB1A (Affinity Capture-MS), STK38L (Affinity Capture-MS), MOB1B (Affinity Capture-MS), MOB1B (Affinity Capture-Western), STK38L (Affinity Capture-MS), MOB1A (Affinity Capture-MS), LATS1 (Affinity Capture-MS), LATS2 (Affinity Capture-MS), STK38 (Affinity Capture-MS), LRCH2 (Affinity Capture-MS), DOCK7 (Affinity Capture-MS)

ESM2 similar proteins: A0A223HDI2, A2BG43, B0BLT4, B0BNM9, B0YN54, O22797, O64587, O94360, P40124, P68265, P68266, Q01518, Q08163, Q0VCQ0, Q2WBN3, Q3SYV4, Q3T1J9, Q4R4I6, Q54XJ0, Q5F495, Q5HZ92, Q5RAE0, Q5RDB1, Q5TA50, Q5XIS2, Q63ZQ3, Q66JG2, Q6DBQ8, Q6NLQ3, Q6NU44, Q6PEB6, Q6Z6S1, Q70IA6, Q7L9L4, Q8BPB0, Q8BS40, Q8GYX0, Q8VI63, Q921Y0, Q949G5

Diamond homologs: F4K494, F4K495, O74558, O94360, P40484, P43563, Q29RK9, Q2LZ59, Q2WBN3, Q3T1J9, Q54BM4, Q54CR8, Q54QV0, Q54XJ0, Q58D63, Q5ABC6, Q5EAA4, Q5R5Z0, Q5RAE0, Q70IA6, Q70IA8, Q7L9L4, Q86TA1, Q8BJG4, Q8BPB0, Q8BSU7, Q8GYX0, Q8IQG1, Q8VE04, Q8VI63, Q921Y0, Q949G5, Q95RA8, Q96BX8, Q9FHI1, Q9H8S9, Q9P601, Q9VL13

SIGNOR signaling

13 interactions.

AEffectBMechanism
MOB1Bup-regulatesLATS1binding
MOB1Bup-regulatesLATS2binding
STK3up-regulatesMOB1Bphosphorylation
STK4up-regulatesMOB1Bphosphorylation
MOB1Bup-regulatesLATS1/2binding
STK3/4up-regulatesMOB1Bphosphorylation
PTPN5“up-regulates activity”MOB1Bdephosphorylation

Enriched among interaction partners

Reactome pathways and GO biological processes over-represented among this gene’s 36 IntAct physical interaction partners (hypergeometric vs the genome-wide background, BH-FDR, gene-set size 15–500, ranked by fold). A functional readout of the neighbourhood — distinct from this gene’s own memberships above, and biased toward well-studied / hub proteins, so read it as themes rather than proof.

Reactome pathways:

PathwayPartnersFoldFDR
Signaling by Hippo5100.7×1e-07

GO biological processes:

GO termPartnersFoldFDR
hippo signaling5118.2×2e-07
canonical Wnt signaling pathway524.7×5e-05
negative regulation of canonical Wnt signaling pathway519.0×1e-04
protein phosphorylation817.5×2e-06
positive regulation of apoptotic process712.8×4e-05
intracellular signal transduction78.6×2e-04

Disease & clinical

Clinical variants and AI predictions

ClinVar

35 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic0
Uncertain significance23
Likely benign0
Benign0

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (0)

SpliceAI

2487 predictions. Top by Δscore:

VariantEffectΔscore
4:70902548:GTT:Gdonor_gain1.0000
4:70902551:G:GGdonor_gain1.0000
4:70942883:G:GGdonor_gain1.0000
4:70958866:A:AGacceptor_gain1.0000
4:70958867:T:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
4:70958870:A:AGacceptor_gain1.0000
4:70958870:ATAGT:Aacceptor_gain1.0000
4:70958871:T:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
4:70958872:A:AGacceptor_gain1.0000
4:70958872:AGT:Aacceptor_gain1.0000
4:70958872:AGTG:Aacceptor_gain1.0000
4:70958873:G:GAacceptor_gain1.0000
4:70958873:GT:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
4:70958873:GTG:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
4:70958873:GTGG:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
4:70958873:GTGGT:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
4:70959036:TAACA:Tdonor_gain1.0000
4:70959037:AACA:Adonor_gain1.0000
4:70959038:ACA:Adonor_gain1.0000
4:70959039:CA:Cdonor_gain1.0000
4:70959040:AG:Adonor_loss1.0000
4:70959041:G:GGdonor_gain1.0000
4:70970025:G:GGdonor_gain1.0000
4:70975146:A:AGacceptor_gain1.0000
4:70975152:GATAT:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
4:70975283:A:AGdonor_gain1.0000
4:70982061:G:GTdonor_gain1.0000
4:70982101:TG:Tdonor_gain1.0000
4:70982102:GG:Gdonor_gain1.0000
4:70998061:C:Gacceptor_gain1.0000

AlphaMissense

1455 scored. Top likely-pathogenic:

VariantProtein changeam_pathogenicity
4:70958942:T:CL28P1.000
4:70958966:T:AL36H1.000
4:70958990:C:AA44D1.000
4:70958993:T:AV45D1.000
4:70959025:T:AW56R1.000
4:70959025:T:CW56R1.000
4:70959026:G:CW56S1.000
4:70959027:G:CW56C1.000
4:70959027:G:TW56C1.000
4:70959031:G:CA58P1.000
4:70959032:C:AA58E1.000
4:70969942:T:CF65L1.000
4:70969944:C:AF65L1.000
4:70969944:C:GF65L1.000
4:70969949:A:CQ67P1.000
4:70969961:T:CL71P1.000
4:70969984:T:CC79R1.000
4:70969985:G:AC79Y1.000
4:70969986:T:GC79W1.000
4:70969999:T:CC84R1.000
4:70970010:G:AM87I1.000
4:70970010:G:CM87I1.000
4:70970010:G:TM87I1.000
4:70970015:C:AA89D1.000
4:70970017:G:CG90R1.000
4:70975160:T:CY95H1.000
4:70975160:T:GY95D1.000
4:70975166:T:AW97R1.000
4:70975166:T:CW97R1.000
4:70975167:G:CW97S1.000

dbSNP variants (sampled 300 via entrez): RS1000074886 (4:70935347 C>T), RS1000087094 (4:70956083 G>A), RS1000096731 (4:70930869 G>A), RS1000125119 (4:70962757 G>A,T), RS1000151489 (4:70971334 G>A), RS10002884 (4:70914858 T>C), RS10003046 (4:70940632 G>A,T), RS1000317148 (4:70936631 G>C), RS1000337249 (4:70944116 C>T), RS1000354185 (4:70987126 G>A), RS1000366753 (4:70908197 T>G), RS1000408196 (4:70948284 A>G), RS1000418954 (4:70908819 A>T), RS1000514613 (4:70953002 G>A), RS1000580326 (4:70915110 C>T)

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:609282 | disease phenotypes:

GenCC curated gene-disease

Mondo (0):

Orphanet (0):

HPO phenotypes

0 total (0 of 0 shown, HPO-id order):

GWAS associations

7 associations (top):

StudyTraitp-value
GCST007847_102Type 2 diabetes3.000000e-09
GCST009856_16Leukocyte telomere length2.000000e-08
GCST010118_37Type 2 diabetes5.000000e-16
GCST012490_521Femur bone mineral density x serum urate levels interaction8.000000e-09
GCST90002392_659Mean corpuscular volume6.000000e-10
GCST90002396_226Mean reticulocyte volume8.000000e-11
GCST90002397_10Mean spheric corpuscular volume5.000000e-11

EFO canonical traits (2, from GWAS)

EFO IDTrait name
EFO:0004531urate measurement
EFO:0010701mean reticulocyte volume

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: yes

ChEMBL targets (1): CHEMBL4295878 (SINGLE PROTEIN)

PharmGKB: 1 entry (VIP=true, CPIC=false)

CTD chemical–gene interactions

25 total (human), top 25 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
bisphenol Sdecreases methylation, increases expression2
aristolochic acid Idecreases expression1
FR900359increases phosphorylation1
triphenyl phosphateaffects expression1
bisphenol Aincreases expression1
2-butenaldecreases expression1
sodium arseniteincreases expression1
perfluorooctane sulfonic aciddecreases expression1
jinfukangdecreases expression1
Fulvestrantincreases methylation1
Air Pollutantsdecreases expression, increases abundance1
Clorgylineincreases expression1
Dinitrochlorobenzeneaffects binding1
Doxorubicindecreases expression1
Ethyl Methanesulfonateincreases expression1
Golddecreases expression1
Methyl Methanesulfonateincreases expression1
Quercetindecreases expression1
Tobacco Smoke Pollutionaffects expression1
Tolueneincreases expression1
Urethaneincreases expression1
Valproic Aciddecreases expression1
7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxidedecreases expression1
Copper Sulfateincreases expression1
Particulate Matterdecreases expression, increases abundance1

ChEMBL screening assays

1 unique, capped per target: 1 binding

Representative assays (with source publication via chembl_document):

Assay IDTypeDescriptionSource paper
CHEMBL4118617BindingBinding affinity to MOB1B in human NCI-H23 cells at 1 uM by mass spectrometry based pull down assayStudies of TAK1-centered polypharmacology with novel covalent TAK1 inhibitors. — Bioorg Med Chem

Cellosaurus cell lines

4 cell lines: 3 cancer cell line, 1 transformed cell line

First 10 cell lines (id-ordered, not curated):

CellosaurusNameCategorySex
CVCL_D7V9Ubigene A-549 MOB1B KOCancer cell lineMale
CVCL_D8QSUbigene HCT 116 MOB1B KOCancer cell lineMale
CVCL_D9KLUbigene HEK293 MOB1B KOTransformed cell lineFemale
CVCL_E0IAUbigene HeLa MOB1B KOCancer cell lineFemale

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

0 trials via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.

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