Notch 3

Notch 3
Identifiers
Symbols NOTCH3; CADASIL; CASIL
External IDs OMIM600276 MGI99460 HomoloGene376 GeneCards: NOTCH3 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 4854 18131
Ensembl ENSG00000074181 ENSMUSG00000038146
UniProt Q9UM47 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_000435.2 NM_008716.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_000426.2 NP_032742.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 19:
15.27 – 15.31 Mb
Chr 17:
32.26 – 32.3 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Neurogenic locus notch homolog protein 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NOTCH3 gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes the third discovered human homologue of the Drosophilia melanogaster type I membrane protein notch. In Drosophilia, notch interaction with its cell-bound ligands (delta, serrate) establishes an intercellular signalling pathway that plays a key role in neural development. Homologues of the notch-ligands have also been identified in human, but precise interactions between these ligands and the human notch homologues remains to be determined.

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Pathology

Mutations in NOTCH3 have been identified as the underlying cause of cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL).[2]

References

  1. ^ Sugaya K, Fukagawa T, Matsumoto K, Mita K, Takahashi E, Ando A, Inoko H, Ikemura T (Feb 1995). "Three genes in the human MHC class III region near the junction with the class II: gene for receptor of advanced glycosylation end products, PBX2 homeobox gene and a notch homolog, human counterpart of mouse mammary tumor gene int-3". Genomics 23 (2): 408–19. doi:10.1006/geno.1994.1517. PMID 7835890. 
  2. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: NOTCH3 Notch homolog 3 (Drosophila)". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=4854. 

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