Noggin (protein)

Noggin

PDB rendering based on 1m4u.
Identifiers
Symbols NOG; SYM1; SYNS1
External IDs OMIM602991 MGI104327 HomoloGene3979 GeneCards: NOG Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 9241 18121
Ensembl ENSG00000183691 ENSMUSG00000048616
UniProt Q13253 Q5SRD8
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_005450 NM_008711.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_005441 NP_032737.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 17:
54.67 – 54.67 Mb
Chr 11:
89.16 – 89.16 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Noggin, also known as NOG, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the NOG gene.[1]

Noggin inhibits TGF-β signal transduction by binding to TGF-β family ligands and preventing them from binding to their corresponding receptors. Noggin plays a key role in neural induction by inhibiting BMP4, along with other TGF-β signaling inhibitors such as chordin and follistatin. Mouse knockout experiments have demonstrated that noggin also plays a crucial role in bone development, joint formation, and neural tube fusion.

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Function

The secreted polypeptide noggin, encoded by the NOG gene, binds and inactivates members of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily signaling proteins, such as bone morphogenetic protein-4 (BMP4). By diffusing through extracellular matrices more efficiently than members of the TGF-beta superfamily, noggin may have a principal role in creating morphogenic gradients. Noggin appears to have pleiotropic effect, both early in development as well as in later stages. It was originally isolated from Xenopus based on its ability to restore normal dorsal-ventral body axis in embryos that had been artificially ventralized by UV treatment. The results of the mouse knockout of noggin suggest that it is involved in numerous developmental processes, such as neural tube fusion and joint formation. Recently, several dominant human NOG mutations in unrelated families with proximal symphalangism (SYM1) and multiple synostoses syndrome (SYNS1) were identified; both SYM1 and SYNS1 have multiple joint fusion as their principal feature, and map to the same region (17q22) as NOG. All NOG mutations altered evolutionarily conserved amino acid residues. The amino acid sequence of human noggin is highly homologous to that of Xenopus, rat and mouse.[1]

Discovery

Noggin was discovered in the laboratory of Richard M. Harland at the University of California, Berkeley because of its ability to induce secondary axis formation in frog embryos.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: NOG noggin". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=9241. 
  2. ^ Valenzuela DM, Economides AN, Rojas E, Lamb TM, Nuñez L, Jones P, Lp NY, Espinosa R 3rd, Brannan CI, Gilbert DJ, Copeland NG, Jenkins NA, Le Beau MM, Harland RM, Yancopoulos GD (September 1995). "Identification of mammalian noggin and its expression in the adult nervous system". J. Neurosci. 15 (9): 6077–84. PMID 7666191. http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/15/9/6077. 


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