Identification
BMDB Protein ID BMDBP01486
Secondary Accession Numbers None
Name Neudesin
Synonyms Not Available
Gene Name NENF
Protein Type Enzyme
Biological Properties
General Function Involved in heme binding
Specific Function Acts as a neurotrophic factor in postnatal mature neurons enhancing neuronal survival (By similarity). Promotes cell proliferation and neurogenesis in undifferentiated neural progenitor cells at the embryonic stage and inhibits differentiation of astrocytes (By similarity). Its neurotrophic activity is exerted via MAPK1/ERK2, MAPK3/ERK1 and AKT1/AKT pathways (By similarity). Neurotrophic activity is enhanced by binding to heme (By similarity). Acts also as an anorexigenic neurotrophic factor that contributes to energy balance (By similarity).
Pathways Not Available
Reactions Not Available
GO Classification Not Available
Cellular Location Not Available
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location 16
Locus Not Available
SNPs NENF
Gene Sequence
>510 bp
ATGGCGGGCCCCGCGCCCGGGCGGCGGCTGGTCGCGCTGGCCCTGATCGTGGCGCTGGCC
GTGGGGCTCCCCACAGCCGGGGCCGGGCAGGCGCCGCGTCCCGCCGAGCGGGGTCCCCCG
GTGCGGCTCTTCACGGAGGAGGAGCTGGCCCGCTACGGCGGGGAGGAGGAAGATCAGCCC
ATCTACATGGCAGTCAAGGGGGTGGTGTTCGATGTCACTTCTGGAAAGGAGTTTTATGGA
CGAGGAGCCCCCTACAACGCCCTGACCGGGAAGGACTCCACCAGAGGGGTGGCCAAGATG
TCCCTGGACCCTGCAGACCTCACCCATGACACCACGGGCCTCACGGCCGAGGAGCTGGAA
TCCCTGGACGACGTCTTCACCAGAGTGTACAAAGCCAAATACCCGATCGTCGGCTACACG
GCCCGAAGAATCCTCAATGAGGACGGCAGCCCCAACCTGGACTTCAAGCCTGAAGACCAG
CCCCACTTTGACATAAAGGACGAGTTCTGA
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 169
Molecular Weight 18313.0
Theoretical pI 4.56
Pfam Domain Function Not Available
Signals
  • 1-28
Transmembrane Regions
  • 7-23
  • 266-290
Protein Sequence
>Neudesin
MAGPAPGRRLVALALIVALAVGLPTAGAGQAPRPAERGPPVRLFTEEELARYGGEEEDQP
IYMAVKGVVFDVTSGKEFYGRGAPYNALTGKDSTRGVAKMSLDPADLTHDTTGLTAEELE
SLDDVFTRVYKAKYPIVGYTARRILNEDGSPNLDFKPEDQPHFDIKDEF
GenBank ID Protein AAI16107.1
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID Q1JQA5
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name NENF_BOVIN
PDB IDs Not Available
GenBank Gene ID BC116106
GeneCard ID NENF
GenAtlas ID Not Available
HGNC ID Not Available
References
General References Not Available