background:
Dorsal neural-tube nuclear protein is a 398 amino acid nuclear protein. DNTNP is thought to play an important role in neural development by specifying dorsal cell fates within the neural tube. Widely expressed in the dorsal neural tube, DNTNP is most highly expressed in the dorsal regions of the midbrain, the hindbrain, the diencephalon, and the spinal neural tube and is expressed at lower levels in the branchial arches, the telencephalon, the heart, and somites of developing embryos. DNTNP is encoded by a gene located on chromosome 4 which contains many genes including the Huntingtin gene, which is found to encode an expanded glutamine tract in cases of Huntington's disease.
Function:
May play an important role in neural development; the dorsomedial roof of the third ventricle.
Subcellular Location:
Nucleus. Subnuclear distribution.
Similarity:
Belongs to the FAM53 family.
Database links:
Entrez Gene: 152877 Human
SwissProt: Q6NSI3 Human
Unigene: 143314 Human
Important Note:
This product as supplied is intended for research use only, not for use in human, therapeutic or diagnostic applications.
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