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Protein argonaute-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EIF2C1 gene.This gene encodes a member of the Argonaute family of proteins which play a role in RNA interference. The encoded protein is highly basic and contains a PAZ domain and a PIWI domain. It may interact with dicer1 and play a role in short-interfering-RNA-mediated gene silencing. This gene is located on chromosome 1 in a cluster of closely related family members including argonaute 3 and argonaute 4.