NEFM

Neurofilament medium polypeptide (NF-M) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NEFM gene.[3][4]

NEFM
Identifiers
AliasesNEFM, NEF3, NF-M, NFM, neurofilament, medium polypeptide, neurofilament medium
External IDsOMIM: 162250 HomoloGene: 38041 GeneCards: NEFM
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 8 (human)[1]
Band8p21.2Start24,913,758 bp[1]
End24,919,098 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

4741

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Ensembl

ENSG00000104722

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UniProt

P07197

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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_005382
NM_001105541

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_001099011
NP_005373

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Location (UCSC)Chr 8: 24.91 – 24.92 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2]n/a
Wikidata
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Function

Neurofilaments are type IV intermediate filament heteropolymers composed of light (NEFL), medium (this protein), and heavy (NEFH) chains. Neurofilaments comprise the exoskeleton and functionally maintain neuronal caliber. They may also play a role in intracellular transport to axons and dendrites. This gene encodes the medium neurofilament protein. This protein is commonly used as a biomarker of neuronal damage.[4]

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000104722 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. Ding Y, Reed DR, Baltazar MC, Price RA (May 1992). "RFLP for BgI II at the human neurofilament medium chain (NEF3) gene locus". Nucleic Acids Res. 20 (6): 1429. doi:10.1093/nar/20.6.1429-a. PMC 312205. PMID 1348579.
  4. "Entrez Gene: NEFM neurofilament, medium polypeptide 150kDa".

Further reading

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