Human Gene NES (ENST00000368223.4) from GENCODE V44
  Description: Homo sapiens nestin (NES), mRNA. (from RefSeq NM_006617)
RefSeq Summary (NM_006617): This gene encodes a member of the intermediate filament protein family and is expressed primarily in nerve cells. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2011]. Sequence Note: This RefSeq record was created from transcript and genomic sequence data to make the sequence consistent with the reference genome assembly. The genomic coordinates used for the transcript record were based on transcript alignments.
Gencode Transcript: ENST00000368223.4
Gencode Gene: ENSG00000132688.11
Transcript (Including UTRs)
   Position: hg38 chr1:156,668,763-156,677,407 Size: 8,645 Total Exon Count: 4 Strand: -
Coding Region
   Position: hg38 chr1:156,669,322-156,677,264 Size: 7,943 Coding Exon Count: 4 

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Data last updated at UCSC: 2023-08-18 00:09:47

-  Sequence and Links to Tools and Databases
 
Genomic Sequence (chr1:156,668,763-156,677,407)mRNA (may differ from genome)Protein (1621 aa)
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-  Comments and Description Text from UniProtKB
  ID: NEST_HUMAN
DESCRIPTION: RecName: Full=Nestin;
FUNCTION: Required for brain and eye development. Promotes the disassembly of phosphorylated vimentin intermediate filaments (IF) during mitosis and may play a role in the trafficking and distribution of IF proteins and other cellular factors to daughter cells during progenitor cell division. Required for survival, renewal and mitogen-stimulated proliferation of neural progenitor cells (By similarity).
SUBUNIT: Forms homodimers and homotetramers in vitro. In mixtures with other intermediate filament proteins such as vimentin and alpha-internexin, tis protein preferentially forms heterodimers which can assemble to form intermediate filaments if nestin does not exceed 25%. Interacts with FHOD3 (By similarity).
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: CNS stem cells.
DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE: Upon terminal neural differentiation, nestin is down-regulated and replaced by neurofilaments.
PTM: Constitutively phosphorylated. This increases during mitosis when the cytoplasmic intermediate filament network is reorganized (By similarity).
SIMILARITY: Belongs to the intermediate filament family.

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-  MalaCards Disease Associations
  MalaCards Gene Search: NES
Diseases sorted by gene-association score: brain stem cancer (24), ependymoblastoma (23), optic nerve glioma (22), periventricular leukomalacia (18), medulloepithelioma (16), central neurocytoma (14), astroblastoma (13), embryonal carcinoma (11), central nervous system teratoma (11), papillary glioneuronal tumor (10), anaplastic ganglioglioma (10), malignant leydig cell tumor (10), gliomatosis cerebri (9), brain glioma (9), central nervous system germ cell tumor (8), brain ischemia (8), astrocytoma (8), mucopolysaccharidosis type iiia (8), subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (8), dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (8), neuronal migration disorders (7), osteochondroma (7), central nervous system primitive neuroectodermal neoplasm (7), ependymoma (7), ganglioglioma (7), dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (7), subependymoma (6), odontoma (6), leukomalacia (6), brain cancer (6), kidney clear cell sarcoma (6), hydrocephalus (5), nodular malignant melanoma (5), retinitis pigmentosa 42 (5), gliosarcoma (5), myopathy, myofibrillar, 2 (5), neurilemmoma (5), optic nerve neoplasm (5), follicular mucinosis (5), tanycytic ependymoma (5), papillary ependymoma (4), glioblastoma multiforme (4), infratentorial cancer (4), medulloblastoma (3), pancreatic cancer (2), stroke, ischemic (1), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 1 (1)

-  Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD)
  The following chemicals interact with this gene           more ... click here to view the complete list

-  RNA-Seq Expression Data from GTEx (53 Tissues, 570 Donors)
  Highest median expression: 62.46 RPKM in Heart - Atrial Appendage
Total median expression: 738.75 RPKM



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-  mRNA Secondary Structure of 3' and 5' UTRs
 
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5' UTR -30.60143-0.214 Picture PostScript Text
3' UTR -214.50559-0.384 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
IPR016044 - F
IPR001664 - IF
IPR018039 - Intermediate_filament_CS

Pfam Domains:
PF00038 - Intermediate filament protein

ModBase Predicted Comparative 3D Structure on P48681
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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.
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-  Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations with Structured Vocabulary
  Molecular Function:
GO:0003674 molecular_function
GO:0005198 structural molecule activity
GO:0019215 intermediate filament binding

Biological Process:
GO:0000086 G2/M transition of mitotic cell cycle
GO:0007275 multicellular organism development
GO:0007399 nervous system development
GO:0007417 central nervous system development
GO:0007420 brain development
GO:0030844 positive regulation of intermediate filament depolymerization
GO:0031076 embryonic camera-type eye development
GO:0032091 negative regulation of protein binding
GO:0043086 negative regulation of catalytic activity
GO:0072089 stem cell proliferation
GO:2000179 positive regulation of neural precursor cell proliferation

Cellular Component:
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
GO:0005882 intermediate filament
GO:0045111 intermediate filament cytoskeleton


-  Descriptions from all associated GenBank mRNAs
  AF086454 - Homo sapiens full length insert cDNA clone ZD83E07.
BC108285 - Homo sapiens nestin, mRNA (cDNA clone IMAGE:4939323), partial cds.
AB073350 - Homo sapiens primary neuroblastoma mRNA for nestin, partial cds, clone:Nbla00170.
AK025494 - Homo sapiens cDNA: FLJ21841 fis, clone HEP01831.
JD422884 - Sequence 403908 from Patent EP1572962.
JD156853 - Sequence 137877 from Patent EP1572962.
JD467343 - Sequence 448367 from Patent EP1572962.
JD413826 - Sequence 394850 from Patent EP1572962.
JD320297 - Sequence 301321 from Patent EP1572962.
JD380774 - Sequence 361798 from Patent EP1572962.
JD201073 - Sequence 182097 from Patent EP1572962.
JD368915 - Sequence 349939 from Patent EP1572962.
JD342862 - Sequence 323886 from Patent EP1572962.
JD268727 - Sequence 249751 from Patent EP1572962.
JD160493 - Sequence 141517 from Patent EP1572962.
JD459480 - Sequence 440504 from Patent EP1572962.
JD443578 - Sequence 424602 from Patent EP1572962.
JD538240 - Sequence 519264 from Patent EP1572962.
JD230878 - Sequence 211902 from Patent EP1572962.
JD218873 - Sequence 199897 from Patent EP1572962.
GU014842 - Synthetic construct Homo sapiens clone IMAGE:100068746; MGC:198460 nestin (NES) gene, encodes complete protein.
JD471449 - Sequence 452473 from Patent EP1572962.
JD206264 - Sequence 187288 from Patent EP1572962.
BC142611 - Homo sapiens nestin, mRNA (cDNA clone IMAGE:40147234), partial cds.
BC051373 - Homo sapiens nestin, mRNA (cDNA clone IMAGE:6671906).
BC032580 - Homo sapiens nestin, mRNA (cDNA clone IMAGE:5493839), partial cds.

-  Other Names for This Gene
  Alternate Gene Symbols: ENST00000368223.1, ENST00000368223.2, ENST00000368223.3, Nbla00170, NEST_HUMAN, NM_006617, O00552, P48681, Q3LIF5, Q5SYZ6, uc001fpq.1, uc001fpq.2, uc001fpq.3, uc001fpq.4, uc001fpq.5
UCSC ID: ENST00000368223.4
RefSeq Accession: NM_006617
Protein: P48681 (aka NEST_HUMAN)
CCDS: CCDS1151.1

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