Talk:Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase

Latest comment: 3 years ago by Benbest in topic Gene and protein capitalization, italization

Gene and protein capitalization, italization

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According to Wikipedia guidelines for human genes and proteins (Gene nomenclature#Human) both gene and protein names are capitalized, with gene names being italicized, and protein names not being italicized. I am applying this standard to this article. --Ben Best:Talk 15:20, 4 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

After beginning to correct capitalizations, I notice that the correct form was being used in most cases, and that the article had been very inconsistent about this matter. There was also much confusion about the difference between the intracellular and extracellular forms. --Ben Best:Talk 15:30, 4 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
Further research has convinced me that my choice of formatting standard is less controversial than I imagined, and is commonly used in papers written by leading researchers in the field.[1][2] --Ben Best:Talk 22:21, 9 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
For all vertebrates the nomenclature is confusing (Gene nomenclature#Vertebrate gene and protein symbol conventions), notably for the species most used in experimental studies, the rat and mouse. Whereas for humans the gene is NAMPT and the protein is NAMPT, for rat and mouse, the gene is Nampt and the protein is NAMPT. --Ben Best:Talk 12:18, 10 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

References

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  1. ^ Imai S (2016). "The NAD World 2.0: the importance of the inter-tissue communication mediated by NAMPT/NAD +/SIRT1 in mammalian aging and longevity control". npj Systems Biology and Applications. 2: 16018. doi:10.1038/npjsba.2016.18. PMC 5516857. PMID 28725474.
  2. ^ Hopp A, Grüter P, Hottiger MO (2019). "Regulation of Glucose Metabolism by NAD + and ADP-Ribosylation". Cells. 8 (8): 890. doi:10.3390/cells8080890. PMC 6721828. PMID 31412683.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)