NACA (gene)

Nascent-polypeptide-associated complex alpha polypeptide, also known as NACA, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the NACA gene.

NACA
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 3LKX, 3MCB, 3MCE
Identifiers
Aliases	NACA, NACA1, skNAC, HSD48, NAC-alpha, nascent polypeptide-associated complex alpha subunit, nascent polypeptide associated complex subunit alpha
External IDs	OMIM: 601234 MGI: 106095 HomoloGene: 136025 GeneCards: NACA
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 12 (human) Band 12q13.3 Start 56,712,305 bp End 56,731,628 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 10 (mouse) Band 10|10 D3 Start 127,871,444 bp End 127,884,506 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in lactiferous duct Achilles tendon parietal pleura germinal epithelium caput epididymis corpus epididymis vulva superficial temporal artery internal globus pallidus ganglionic eminence Top expressed in blastocyst ovary lens ganglionic eminence thymus uterus morula placenta zone of skin urinary bladder More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function DNA binding transcription coactivator activity protein binding Cellular component cytoplasm nucleus nascent polypeptide-associated complex extracellular exosome Biological process transcription, DNA-templated regulation of transcription, DNA-templated protein transport regulation of skeletal muscle fiber development cardiac ventricle development heart trabecula morphogenesis positive regulation of cell proliferation involved in heart morphogenesis viral process skeletal muscle tissue regeneration protein biosynthesis positive regulation of skeletal muscle tissue growth negative regulation of striated muscle cell apoptotic process transport Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 4666 17938 Ensembl ENSG00000196531 ENSMUSG00000061315 UniProt Q13765 P70670 Q60817 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001113201 NM_001113202 NM_001113203 NM_005594 NM_001320193 NM_001320194 NM_001365896 NM_001113199 NM_001282976 NM_013608 RefSeq (protein) NP_001106672 NP_001106673 NP_001106674 NP_001307122 NP_001307123 NP_005585 NP_001106672 NP_001106673 NP_001106674 NP_001307122 NP_001307123 NP_005585 NP_001106670 NP_001269905 NP_038636 NP_001269905.1 NP_038636.2 Location (UCSC) Chr 12: 56.71 – 56.73 Mb Chr 10: 127.87 – 127.88 Mb PubMed search
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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.

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

Interactions

NACA has been shown to interact with BTF3, FADD, C-jun, and 3 members of taxilin family.

Further reading

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• Yotov WV, St-Arnaud R (1996). "Mapping of the human gene for the alpha-NAC/1.9.2 (NACA/1.9.2) transcriptional coactivator to Chromosome 12q23-24.1". Mamm. Genome. 7 (2): 163–4. doi:10.1007/BF03035343. PMID 8835540. S2CID 33088429.
• Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, et al. (1997). "Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library". Gene. 200 (1–2): 149–56. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3. PMID 9373149.
• Yotov WV, Moreau A, St-Arnaud R (1998). "The alpha chain of the nascent polypeptide-associated complex functions as a transcriptional coactivator". Mol. Cell. Biol. 18 (3): 1303–11. doi:10.1128/MCB.18.3.1303. PMC 108843. PMID 9488445.
• Moreau A, Yotov WV, Glorieux FH, St-Arnaud R (1998). "Bone-specific expression of the alpha chain of the nascent polypeptide-associated complex, a coactivator potentiating c-Jun-mediated transcription". Mol. Cell. Biol. 18 (3): 1312–21. doi:10.1128/MCB.18.3.1312. PMC 108844. PMID 9488446.
• Munz B, Wiedmann M, Lochmüller H, Werner S (1999). "Cloning of novel injury-regulated genes. Implications for an important role of the muscle-specific protein skNAC in muscle repair". J. Biol. Chem. 274 (19): 13305–10. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.19.13305. PMID 10224091.
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• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. Bibcode:2002PNAS...9916899M. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
• Stilo R, Liguoro D, di Jeso B, et al. (2003). "The alpha-chain of the nascent polypeptide-associated complex binds to and regulates FADD function". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 303 (4): 1034–41. doi:10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00487-X. PMID 12684039.
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