NIPBL

Nipped-B homolog (Drosophila)
Identifiers
Symbols NIPBL; FLJ44854; CDLS1; DKFZp434L1319; FLJ11203; CDLS; FLJ13354; FLJ12597; IDN3; Scc2; FLJ13648
External IDs OMIM608667 MGI1913976 HomoloGene15850 GeneCards: NIPBL Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 25836 71175
Ensembl ENSG00000164190 ENSMUSG00000022141
UniProt Q6KC79 Q6KCD5
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_015384 NM_201232
RefSeq (protein) NP_597677 NP_081983
Location (UCSC) Chr 5:
36.91 – 37.1 Mb
Chr 15:
8.24 – 8.39 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Nipped-B-like protein (NIPBL), also known as delangin or SCC2 homolog is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NIPBL gene.[1]

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Function

This gene encodes the homolog of the Drosophila melanogaster Nipped-B gene product and fungal Scc2-type sister chromatid cohesion proteins. The Drosophila protein facilitates enhancer-promoter communication of remote enhancers and plays a role in developmental regulation. It is also homologous to a family of chromosomal adherins with broad roles in sister chromatid cohesion, chromosome condensation, and DNA repair. The human protein has a bipartite nuclear targeting sequence and a putative HEAT repeat domain. Condensins, cohesins and other complexes with chromosome-related functions also contain HEAT repeats.[1]

Clinical significance

Mutations in this gene result in Cornelia de Lange syndrome, a disorder characterized by dysmorphic facial features, growth delay, limb reduction defects, and mental retardation.[1]

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