NACA (gene)

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NACA
Gene ontology
Molecular function
Cellular component
Biological process
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001113199
NM_001282976
NM_013608

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001106670
NP_001269905
NP_038636
NP_001269905.1
NP_038636.2

Location (UCSC)Chr 12: 56.71 – 56.73 MbChr 10: 127.87 – 127.88 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Nascent-polypeptide-associated complex alpha polypeptide, also known as NACA, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the NACA gene.[5][6][7]

Function

NACA prevents short recently synthesized (i.e., nascent) ribosome-associated polypeptides from inappropriate interactions with cytosolic proteins. NACA binds nascent-polypeptide domains emerging from ribosomes unless it contains a signal peptide which is fully exposed. Depletion of NACA from ribosomes carrying nascent polypeptides allows the signal recognition particle (SRP) to crosslink to polypeptides regardless of whether or not they contain signal peptides or not. In the absence of NACA, proteins lacking signal peptides can be mis-translocated into the endoplasmic reticulum.[6][8]

The NACA protein is expressed in bone during development and acts as a transcriptional coactivator in conjunction with acidic activators.[7]

Interactions

NACA has been shown to

taxilin family.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000196531Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000061315Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ "Entrez Gene: NACA nascent-polypeptide-associated complex alpha polypeptide".
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    S2CID 33088429. Archived from the original
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