Biology:NAV2
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Neuron navigator 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NAV2 gene.[1][2][3] The vitamin A metabolite, all-trans retinoic acid (atRA), plays an important role in neuronal development, including neurite outgrowth. NAV2 is an atRA-responsive gene.[3]
Gene
Different isoforms have been discovered for this gene.
Function
The NAV2 gene, which is extensively expressed in the brain and is important to nervous system development.
The neuron navigator plays a role in cellular growth and migration.[4]
The NAV2 gene was shown to be strongly expressed in the brain, as well as the kidney, liver, thyroid, mammary gland, and spinal cord (and may be involved in cell proliferation, migration, and nervous system development).[5]
Clinical significance
Connections have been drawn to Nav2 having an association with human neurocognitive disorders Alzheimer's disease and age-related phenotypes. It has been discussed that future studies of Nav2 could provide crucial information in understanding the pathophysiology of the disease and its related phenotypes.[6]
It may play a role in Alzheimer's disease.[5] Alzheimer's disease is a chronic neurological illness whose prevalence rises rapidly as people reach the age of 65. According to reports, Alzheimer's disease is one of the top ten main causes of death in the United States. There are 50 introns and 38 exons in the neuron navigator 2 (NAV2) gene.[5]
NAV2 has recently been linked to episodic memory scores in Alzheimer's patients. To date, no study has looked into the link between the NAV2 gene and the risk or AAO of Alzheimer's disease.[5]
NAV2 may be one of the processes linking blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and neurodegenerative disorders, according to this study. NAV2 was found to be overexpressed in human colorectal cancer in another gene expression analysis, suggesting that it could be used as a predictive biomarker as well as a possible therapeutic target for colorectal cancer. However, the conducted study may have some limitations, so more research is needed to adequately understand the purpose of NAV2.[5]
References
- ↑ "Neuron navigator: a human gene family with homology to unc-53, a cell guidance gene from Caenorhabditis elegans". Genomics 80 (1): 21–30. June 2002. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6799. PMID 12079279.
- ↑ "Pore membrane and/or filament interacting like protein 1 (POMFIL1) is predominantly expressed in the nervous system and encodes different protein isoforms". Gene 290 (1–2): 73–94. June 2002. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(02)00567-X. PMID 12062803.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: NAV2 neuron navigator 2". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=89797.
- ↑ "NAV2 neuron navigator 2 [Homo sapiens (human) - Gene - NCBI"]. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=89797.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Family-based association analysis of NAV2 gene with the risk and age at onset of Alzheimer's disease". Journal of Neuroimmunology 310: 60–65. September 2017. doi:10.1016/j.jneuroim.2017.06.010. PMID 28778446.
- ↑ "Chapter 1 - The neuron navigator 2 gene and Alzheimer's disease", Genetics, Neurology, Behavior, and Diet in Dementia, Academic Press, 2020-01-01, pp. 3–24, ISBN 978-0-12-815868-5, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128158685000013, retrieved 2022-05-05
Further reading
- "Construction of expression-ready cDNA clones for KIAA genes: manual curation of 330 KIAA cDNA clones". DNA Research 9 (3): 99–106. June 2002. doi:10.1093/dnares/9.3.99. PMID 12168954.
- "Generation and analysis of 280,000 human expressed sequence tags". Genome Research 6 (9): 807–828. September 1996. doi:10.1101/gr.6.9.807. PMID 8889549.
- "Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. XVI. The complete sequences of 150 new cDNA clones from brain which code for large proteins in vitro". DNA Research 7 (1): 65–73. February 2000. doi:10.1093/dnares/7.1.65. PMID 10718198.
- "Shotgun sequencing of the human transcriptome with ORF expressed sequence tags". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 97 (7): 3491–3496. March 2000. doi:10.1073/pnas.97.7.3491. PMID 10737800. Bibcode: 2000PNAS...97.3491D.
- "A mammalian homolog of unc-53 is regulated by all-trans retinoic acid in neuroblastoma cells and embryos". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 99 (6): 3422–3427. 2002. doi:10.1073/pnas.052017399. PMID 11904404. Bibcode: 2002PNAS...99.3422M.
- "Isolation of HELAD1, a novel human helicase gene up-regulated in colorectal carcinomas". Oncogene 21 (41): 6387–6394. September 2002. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1205751. PMID 12214280.
- "Identification and characterization of rain, a novel Ras-interacting protein with a unique subcellular localization". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 279 (21): 22353–22361. May 2004. doi:10.1074/jbc.M312867200. PMID 15031288.
- "The novel gene encoding a putative transmembrane protein is mutated in gnathodiaphyseal dysplasia (GDD)". American Journal of Human Genetics 74 (6): 1255–1261. June 2004. doi:10.1086/421527. PMID 15124103.
- "Sensory deficits in mice hypomorphic for a mammalian homologue of unc-53". Brain Research. Developmental Brain Research 150 (2): 89–101. June 2004. doi:10.1016/j.devbrainres.2004.03.004. PMID 15158073.
- "Towards a proteome-scale map of the human protein-protein interaction network". Nature 437 (7062): 1173–1178. October 2005. doi:10.1038/nature04209. PMID 16189514. Bibcode: 2005Natur.437.1173R.
- "A probability-based approach for high-throughput protein phosphorylation analysis and site localization". Nature Biotechnology 24 (10): 1285–1292. October 2006. doi:10.1038/nbt1240. PMID 16964243.
- "Global, in vivo, and site-specific phosphorylation dynamics in signaling networks". Cell 127 (3): 635–648. November 2006. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.09.026. PMID 17081983.
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