This gene is a member of the neuroblastoma breakpoint family (NBPF) which consists of dozens of recently duplicated genes primarily located in segmental duplications on human chromosome 1. This gene family has experienced its greatest expansion within the human lineage and has expanded, to a lesser extent, among primates in general. Members of this gene family are characterized by tandemly repeated copies of DUF1220 protein domains. DUF1220 copy number variations in human chromosomal region 1q21.1, where most DUF1220 domains are located, have been implicated in a number of developmental and neurogenetic diseases such as microcephaly, macrocephaly, autism, schizophrenia, mental retardation, congenital heart disease, neuroblastoma, and congenital kidney and urinary tract anomalies. Altered expression of some gene family members is associated with several types of cancer. This gene family contains numerous pseudogenes. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2013]
Subcellular Location:
Cytoplasm.
Tissue Specificity:
Expressed in testis and fetal heart, as well as in non small cell lung carcinoma and neuroblastoma cell line.
Similarity:
Belongs to the NBPF family.
Contains 5 NBPF domains.
SWISS:
Q9H094
Gene ID:
84224
Database links:
Entrez Gene: 84224 Human
SwissProt: Q9H094 Human
Unigene: 325422 Human
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