NAV2

NAV2
Neuron navigator 2
Identifiers
Symbols NAV2; FLJ10633; FLJ11030; FLJ23707; FLJ77876; HELAD1; KIAA1419; POMFIL2; RAINB1; STEERIN2; UNC53H2
External IDs OMIM607026 HomoloGene52330 GeneCards: NAV2 Gene
EC number 3.6.4.12
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 89797 n/a
Ensembl ENSG00000166833 n/a
UniProt Q8IVL1 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001111018.1 n/a
RefSeq (protein) NP_001104488.1 n/a
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
19.37 – 20.14 Mb
n/a
PubMed search [1] n/a

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. RAINB1 is an atRA-responsive gene.[supplied by OMIM][3]

References

  1. ^ Maes T, Barcelo A, Buesa C (Jun 2002). "Neuron navigator: a human gene family with homology to unc-53, a cell guidance gene from Caenorhabditis elegans". Genomics 80 (1): 21–30. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6799. PMID 12079279. 
  2. ^ Coy JF, Wiemann S, Bechmann I, Bachner D, Nitsch R, Kretz O, Christiansen H, Poustka A (Jun 2002). "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. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(02)00567-X. PMID 12062803. 
  3. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: NAV2 neuron navigator 2". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=89797. 

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