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NACA nascent polypeptide associated complex subunit alpha

Gene ID: 4666, updated on 3-Nov-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: HSD48; NACA1; skNAC; NAC-alpha

Summary

This gene encodes a protein that associates with basic transcription factor 3 (BTF3) to form the nascent polypeptide-associated complex (NAC). This complex binds to nascent proteins that lack a signal peptide motif as they emerge from the ribosome, blocking interaction with the signal recognition particle (SRP) and preventing mistranslocation to the endoplasmic reticulum. This protein is an IgE autoantigen in atopic dermatitis patients. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants, but the full length nature of some of these variants, including those encoding very large proteins, has not been determined. There are multiple pseudogenes of this gene on different chromosomes. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2016]

Genomic context

Location:
12q13.3
Sequence:
Chromosome: 12; NC_000012.12 (56712427..56725299, complement)
Total number of exons:
11

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