NIN (gene)

Ninein (GSK3B interacting protein)
Identifiers
SymbolsNIN ; SCKL7
External IDsOMIM: 608684 MGI: 105108 HomoloGene: 40632 GeneCards: NIN Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez5119918080
EnsemblENSG00000100503ENSMUSG00000021068
UniProtQ8N4C6Q61043
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_016350NM_001081453
RefSeq (protein)NP_057434NP_001074922
Location (UCSC)Chr 14:
51.19 – 51.3 Mb
Chr 12:
70.01 – 70.11 Mb
PubMed search

Ninein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NIN gene.[1][2][3] Ninein, together with its paralog Ninein-like protein is one of the proteins important for centrosomal function. This protein is important for positioning and anchoring the microtubules minus-ends in epithelial cells. Localization of this protein to the centrosome requires three leucine zippers in the central coiled-coil domain. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants that encode different isoforms have been reported.[3]

References

  1. Hong YR, Chen CH, Chang JH, Wang S, Sy WD, Chou CK, Howng SL (Oct 2000). "Cloning and characterization of a novel human ninein protein that interacts with the glycogen synthase kinase 3beta". Biochim Biophys Acta 1492 (2–3): 513–6. doi:10.1016/S0167-4781(00)00127-5. PMID 11004522.
  2. Hong YR, Chen CH, Chuo MH, Liou SY, Howng SL (Feb 2001). "Genomic organization and molecular characterization of the human ninein gene". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 279 (3): 989–95. doi:10.1006/bbrc.2000.4050. PMID 11162463.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: NIN ninein (GSK3B interacting protein)".

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