NASP (gene)

Nuclear autoantigenic sperm protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NASP gene. Multiple isoforms are encoded by transcript variants of this gene.

NASP
Identifiers
Aliases	NASP, FLB7527, PRO1999, HMDRA1, nuclear autoantigenic sperm protein
External IDs	OMIM: 603185 MGI: 1355328 HomoloGene: 133894 GeneCards: NASP
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 1 (human) Band 1p34.1 Start 45,583,846 bp End 45,618,904 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 4 (mouse) Band 4 D1|4 53.24 cM Start 116,458,249 bp End 116,485,138 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in embryo ganglionic eminence oocyte secondary oocyte sural nerve right uterine tube corpus callosum lymph node canal of the cervix spleen Top expressed in spermatid somite abdominal wall spermatocyte otic placode primitive streak seminiferous tubule maxillary prominence morula ganglionic eminence More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function protein binding histone binding protein-containing complex binding Cellular component cytoplasm nucleus nucleoplasm protein-containing complex Biological process protein transport DNA replication-dependent chromatin assembly DNA replication nucleosome assembly cell population proliferation male gonad development blastocyst development histone exchange response to testosterone G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle cell cycle CENP-A containing chromatin assembly Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 4678 50927 Ensembl ENSG00000132780 ENSMUSG00000028693 UniProt P49321 Q99MD9 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001195193 NM_002482 NM_152298 NM_172164 NM_001081475 NM_001284229 NM_016777 RefSeq (protein) NP_001182122 NP_002473 NP_689511 NP_001074944 NP_001271158 NP_058057 Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 45.58 – 45.62 Mb Chr 4: 116.46 – 116.49 Mb PubMed search
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Function

This gene encodes a histone H1 binding protein that is involved in transporting histones into the nucleus of dividing cells. The somatic form is expressed in all mitotic cells, is localized to the nucleus, and is coupled to the cell cycle. The testicular form is expressed in embryonic tissues, tumor cells, and the testis. In male germ cells, this protein is localized to the cytoplasm of primary spermatocytes, the nucleus of spermatids, and the periacrosomal region of mature spermatozoa.

Further reading

• Welch JE, Zimmerman LJ, Joseph DR, O'Rand MG (1991). "Characterization of a sperm-specific nuclear autoantigenic protein. I. Complete sequence and homology with the Xenopus protein, N1/N2". Biol. Reprod. 43 (4): 559–68. doi:10.1095/biolreprod43.4.559. PMID 2289010.
• Welch JE, O'Rand MG (1991). "Characterization of a sperm-specific nuclear autoantigenic protein. II. Expression and localization in the testis". Biol. Reprod. 43 (4): 569–78. doi:10.1095/biolreprod43.4.569. PMID 2289011.
• Kleinschmidt JA, Dingwall C, Maier G, Franke WW (1987). "Molecular characterization of a karyophilic, histone-binding protein: cDNA cloning, amino acid sequence and expression of nuclear protein N1/N2 of Xenopus laevis". EMBO J. 5 (13): 3547–52. doi:10.1002/j.1460-2075.1986.tb04681.x. PMC 1167392. PMID 3549279.
• Maruyama K, Sugano S (1994). "Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides". Gene. 138 (1–2): 171–4. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90802-8. PMID 8125298.
• Lee YH, O'Rand MG (1993). "Ultrastructural localization of a nuclear autoantigenic sperm protein in spermatogenic cells and spermatozoa". Anat. Rec. 236 (3): 442–8. doi:10.1002/ar.1092360304. PMID 8363049. S2CID 22558475.
• Batova I, O'Rand MG (1996). "Histone-binding domains in a human nuclear autoantigenic sperm protein". Biol. Reprod. 54 (6): 1238–44. doi:10.1095/biolreprod54.6.1238. PMID 8724350.
• 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.
• Richardson RT, Batova IN, Widgren EE, et al. (2000). "Characterization of the histone H1-binding protein, NASP, as a cell cycle-regulated somatic protein". J. Biol. Chem. 275 (39): 30378–86. doi:10.1074/jbc.M003781200. PMID 10893414.
• Batova IN, Richardson RT, Widgren EE, O'Rand MG (2000). "Analysis of the autoimmune epitopes on human testicular NASP using recombinant and synthetic peptides". Clin. Exp. Immunol. 121 (2): 201–9. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2249.2000.01303.x. PMC 1905703. PMID 10931132.
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• Richardson RT, Bencic DC, O'Rand MG (2001). "Comparison of mouse and human NASP genes and expression in human transformed and tumor cell lines". Gene. 274 (1–2): 67–75. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00605-9. PMID 11674998.
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• Alekseev OM, Bencic DC, Richardson RT, et al. (2003). "Overexpression of the Linker histone-binding protein tNASP affects progression through the cell cycle". J. Biol. Chem. 278 (10): 8846–52. doi:10.1074/jbc.M210352200. PMID 12509435.
• Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs". Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40–5. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID 14702039.
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• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334.
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