Human Gene NCSTN (ENST00000294785.10_5) from GENCODE V47lift37
  Description: nicastrin, transcript variant 1 (from RefSeq NM_015331.3)
Gencode Transcript: ENST00000294785.10_5
Gencode Gene: ENSG00000162736.18_12
Transcript (Including UTRs)
   Position: hg19 chr1:160,313,173-160,328,739 Size: 15,567 Total Exon Count: 17 Strand: +
Coding Region
   Position: hg19 chr1:160,313,187-160,328,061 Size: 14,875 Coding Exon Count: 17 

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Data last updated at UCSC: 2024-08-22 23:36:26

-  Sequence and Links to Tools and Databases
 
Genomic Sequence (chr1:160,313,173-160,328,739)mRNA (may differ from genome)Protein (709 aa)
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-  Comments and Description Text from UniProtKB
  ID: NICA_HUMAN
DESCRIPTION: RecName: Full=Nicastrin; Flags: Precursor;
FUNCTION: Essential subunit of the gamma-secretase complex, an endoprotease complex that catalyzes the intramembrane cleavage of integral membrane proteins such as Notch receptors and APP (beta- amyloid precursor protein). It probably represents a stabilizing cofactor required for the assembly of the gamma-secretase complex.
SUBUNIT: Component of the gamma-secretase complex, a complex composed of a presenilin homodimer (PSEN1 or PSEN2), nicastrin (NCSTN), APH1 (APH1A or APH1B) and PEN2. Such minimal complex is sufficient for secretase activity, although other components may exist. Binds to proteolytic processed C-terminal fragments C83 and C99 of the amyloid precursor protein (APP).
INTERACTION: P49755:TMED10; NbExp=5; IntAct=EBI-998440, EBI-998422;
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein (Potential). Melanosome. Note=Identified by mass spectrometry in melanosome fractions from stage I to stage IV.
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Widely expressed.
INDUCTION: Constitutively expressed in neural cells.
DISEASE: Defects in NCSTN are the cause of familial acne inversa type 1 (ACNINV1) [MIM:142690]. A chronic relapsing inflammatory disease of the hair follicles characterized by recurrent draining sinuses, painful skin abscesses, and disfiguring scars. Manifestations typically appear after puberty.
SIMILARITY: Belongs to the nicastrin family.

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-  MalaCards Disease Associations
  MalaCards Gene Search: NCSTN
Diseases sorted by gene-association score: acne inversa, familial, 1* (1230), acne (54), hidradenitis suppurativa (27), hidradenitis (26), alzheimer disease (12), sweat gland disease (12), anal canal squamous cell carcinoma (9), sebaceous gland disease (7), dowling-degos disease (4)
* = Manually curated disease association

-  Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD)
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-  RNA-Seq Expression Data from GTEx (53 Tissues, 570 Donors)
  Highest median expression: 42.88 RPKM in Cells - Cultured fibroblasts
Total median expression: 1129.18 RPKM



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-  mRNA Secondary Structure of 3' and 5' UTRs
 
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3' UTR -178.80678-0.264 Picture PostScript Text

The RNAfold program from the Vienna RNA Package is used to perform the secondary structure predictions and folding calculations. The estimated folding energy is in kcal/mol. The more negative the energy, the more secondary structure the RNA is likely to have.

-  Protein Domain and Structure Information
  InterPro Domains: Graphical view of domain structure
IPR008710 - Nicastrin

Pfam Domains:
PF04389 - Peptidase family M28
PF05450 - Nicastrin
PF18266 - Nicastrin small lobe

SCOP Domains:
53187 - Zn-dependent exopeptidases

ModBase Predicted Comparative 3D Structure on Q92542
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-  Orthologous Genes in Other Species
  Orthologies between human, mouse, and rat are computed by taking the best BLASTP hit, and filtering out non-syntenic hits. For more distant species reciprocal-best BLASTP hits are used. Note that the absence of an ortholog in the table below may reflect incomplete annotations in the other species rather than a true absence of the orthologous gene.
MouseRatZebrafishD. melanogasterC. elegansS. cerevisiae
No orthologNo orthologNo orthologNo orthologGenome BrowserNo ortholog
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-  Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations with Structured Vocabulary
  Molecular Function:
GO:0004175 endopeptidase activity
GO:0005515 protein binding
GO:0008233 peptidase activity

Biological Process:
GO:0002262 myeloid cell homeostasis
GO:0006508 proteolysis
GO:0006509 membrane protein ectodomain proteolysis
GO:0007219 Notch signaling pathway
GO:0007220 Notch receptor processing
GO:0016485 protein processing
GO:0034205 beta-amyloid formation
GO:0035333 Notch receptor processing, ligand-dependent
GO:0042098 T cell proliferation
GO:0042982 amyloid precursor protein metabolic process
GO:0042987 amyloid precursor protein catabolic process
GO:0043085 positive regulation of catalytic activity
GO:0043312 neutrophil degranulation
GO:0050435 beta-amyloid metabolic process
GO:0050673 epithelial cell proliferation

Cellular Component:
GO:0005765 lysosomal membrane
GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
GO:0005794 Golgi apparatus
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
GO:0005887 integral component of plasma membrane
GO:0005925 focal adhesion
GO:0016020 membrane
GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
GO:0030659 cytoplasmic vesicle membrane
GO:0031410 cytoplasmic vesicle
GO:0035577 azurophil granule membrane
GO:0042470 melanosome
GO:0070062 extracellular exosome
GO:0070765 gamma-secretase complex


-  Descriptions from all associated GenBank mRNAs
  AF240468 - Homo sapiens nicastrin mRNA, complete cds.
BC047621 - Homo sapiens nicastrin, mRNA (cDNA clone MGC:51016 IMAGE:4827966), complete cds.
AK314764 - Homo sapiens cDNA, FLJ95633, Homo sapiens nicastrin (NCSTN), mRNA.
AK310741 - Homo sapiens cDNA, FLJ17783.
AK299142 - Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ60331 complete cds, highly similar to Nicastrin precursor.
AY359120 - Homo sapiens clone DNA97004 ATAG1874 (UNQ1874) mRNA, complete cds.
AB383822 - Synthetic construct DNA, clone: pF1KSDA0253, Homo sapiens NCSTN gene for nicastrin precursor, complete cds, without stop codon, in Flexi system.
BC100024 - Homo sapiens cDNA clone IMAGE:30523794, containing frame-shift errors.
D87442 - Homo sapiens mRNA for KIAA0253 gene, partial cds.
CU690444 - Synthetic construct Homo sapiens gateway clone IMAGE:100020951 5' read NCSTN mRNA.
JF432369 - Synthetic construct Homo sapiens clone IMAGE:100073565 nicastrin (NCSTN) gene, encodes complete protein.
KJ902339 - Synthetic construct Homo sapiens clone ccsbBroadEn_11733 NCSTN gene, encodes complete protein.
AK296153 - Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ51641 complete cds, highly similar to Nicastrin precursor.
JD492329 - Sequence 473353 from Patent EP1572962.
JD367918 - Sequence 348942 from Patent EP1572962.
JD304329 - Sequence 285353 from Patent EP1572962.
JD313078 - Sequence 294102 from Patent EP1572962.
JD129741 - Sequence 110765 from Patent EP1572962.
JD122491 - Sequence 103515 from Patent EP1572962.
JD402274 - Sequence 383298 from Patent EP1572962.
JD145043 - Sequence 126067 from Patent EP1572962.
JD324638 - Sequence 305662 from Patent EP1572962.
JD049159 - Sequence 30183 from Patent EP1572962.
JD049160 - Sequence 30184 from Patent EP1572962.
JD146556 - Sequence 127580 from Patent EP1572962.
JD514792 - Sequence 495816 from Patent EP1572962.
JD300128 - Sequence 281152 from Patent EP1572962.
JD418880 - Sequence 399904 from Patent EP1572962.
JD123301 - Sequence 104325 from Patent EP1572962.
JD199319 - Sequence 180343 from Patent EP1572962.
JD161888 - Sequence 142912 from Patent EP1572962.

-  Biochemical and Signaling Pathways
  Reactome (by CSHL, EBI, and GO)

Protein Q92542 (Reactome details) participates in the following event(s):

R-HSA-6798739 Exocytosis of azurophil granule membrane proteins
R-HSA-157353 NEXT1 is cleaved to produce NICD1
R-HSA-157640 NEXT2 is cleaved to produce NICD2
R-HSA-157648 NEXT4 is cleaved to produce NICD4
R-NUL-2197556 Gamma-secretase complex cleaves mNEXT2
R-HSA-2220988 NEXT1 PEST domain mutants are cleaved to produce NICD1 PEST domain mutants
R-HSA-9013361 NEXT3 is cleaved to produce NICD3
R-HSA-193682 gamma-secretase cleaves the p75NTR transmembrane domain
R-HSA-1251997 Cleavage of ERBB4m80 by gamma-scretase complex
R-HSA-205112 gamma-secretase cleaves p75NTR, releasing NRIF and TRAF6
R-HSA-2534206 E-cadherin degradation by PS1:NCSTN (Gamma-secretase)
R-HSA-6798695 Neutrophil degranulation
R-HSA-157212 A third proteolytic cleavage releases NICD
R-HSA-2122948 Activated NOTCH1 Transmits Signal to the Nucleus
R-HSA-2979096 NOTCH2 Activation and Transmission of Signal to the Nucleus
R-HSA-1980150 Signaling by NOTCH4
R-HSA-2644606 Constitutive Signaling by NOTCH1 PEST Domain Mutants
R-HSA-2894862 Constitutive Signaling by NOTCH1 HD+PEST Domain Mutants
R-HSA-9013507 NOTCH3 Activation and Transmission of Signal to the Nucleus
R-HSA-9017802 Noncanonical activation of NOTCH3
R-HSA-193692 Regulated proteolysis of p75NTR
R-HSA-1251985 Nuclear signaling by ERBB4
R-HSA-3928665 EPH-ephrin mediated repulsion of cells
R-HSA-205043 NRIF signals cell death from the nucleus
R-HSA-1474228 Degradation of the extracellular matrix
R-HSA-168249 Innate Immune System
R-HSA-1980143 Signaling by NOTCH1
R-HSA-1980145 Signaling by NOTCH2
R-HSA-157118 Signaling by NOTCH
R-HSA-2644602 Signaling by NOTCH1 PEST Domain Mutants in Cancer
R-HSA-2894858 Signaling by NOTCH1 HD+PEST Domain Mutants in Cancer
R-HSA-9012852 Signaling by NOTCH3
R-HSA-193704 p75 NTR receptor-mediated signalling
R-HSA-1236394 Signaling by ERBB4
R-HSA-2682334 EPH-Ephrin signaling
R-HSA-204998 Cell death signalling via NRAGE, NRIF and NADE
R-HSA-1474244 Extracellular matrix organization
R-HSA-168256 Immune System
R-HSA-162582 Signal Transduction
R-HSA-2644603 Signaling by NOTCH1 in Cancer
R-HSA-73887 Death Receptor Signalling
R-HSA-9006934 Signaling by Receptor Tyrosine Kinases
R-HSA-422475 Axon guidance
R-HSA-5663202 Diseases of signal transduction
R-HSA-1266738 Developmental Biology
R-HSA-1643685 Disease

-  Other Names for This Gene
  Alternate Gene Symbols: ENST00000294785.1, ENST00000294785.2, ENST00000294785.3, ENST00000294785.4, ENST00000294785.5, ENST00000294785.6, ENST00000294785.7, ENST00000294785.8, ENST00000294785.9, KIAA0253, NICA_HUMAN, NM_015331, Q5T207, Q5T208, Q86VV5, Q92542, uc317lif.1, uc317lif.2, UNQ1874/PRO4317
UCSC ID: ENST00000294785.10_5
RefSeq Accession: NM_015331.3
Protein: Q92542 (aka NICA_HUMAN)

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