Biology:NAP1L4

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Nucleosome assembly protein 1-like 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NAP1L4 gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a member of the nucleosome assembly protein (NAP) family which can interact with both core and linker histones. It can shuttle between the cytoplasm and nucleus, suggesting a role as a histone chaperone. This gene is one of several located near the imprinted gene domain of 11p15.5, an important tumor-suppressor gene region. Alterations in this region have been associated with the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, Wilms tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma, adrenocortical carcinoma, and lung, ovarian, and breast cancer.[2]

References

  1. "A novel human homologue of yeast nucleosome assembly protein, 65 kb centromeric to the p57KIP2 gene, is biallelically expressed in fetal and adult tissues". Hum Mol Genet 5 (11): 1743–8. Mar 1997. doi:10.1093/hmg/5.11.1743. PMID 8923002. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: NAP1L4 nucleosome assembly protein 1-like 4". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=4676. 

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