Description
Product Characteristics:
Required for centrosome duplication. Essential for the development of the cerebral cortex. May regulate the production of neurons by controlling the orientation of the mitotic spindle during division of cortical neuronal progenitors of the proliferative ventricular zone of the brain. Orientation of the division plane perpendicular to the layers of the cortex gives rise to two proliferative neuronal progenitors whereas parallel orientation of the division plane yields one proliferative neuronal progenitor and a post-mitotic neuron. A premature shift towards a neuronal fate within the progenitor population may result in an overall reduction in the final number of neurons and an increase in the number of neurons in the deeper layers of the cortex (By similarity). Required for formation and function of the mitotic spindle.
Synonyms: HOM TES 87, LIS1 interacting protein NUDE1 rat homolog, LIS1 interacting protein NUDE1, LIS4, NDE 1, NDE1, NDE-1, NDE1_HUMAN, Nuclear distribution gene E homolog 1, Nuclear distribution protein nudE homolog 1, NUDE 1, NudE, NudE nuclear distribution gene E homolog 1 A. nidulans, NudE nuclear distribution gene E homolog 1, NUDE1.
Target Information: This gene encodes a member of the nuclear distribution E (NudE) family of proteins. The encoded protein is localized at the centrosome and interacts with other centrosome components as part of a multiprotein complex that regulates dynein function. This protein plays an essential role in microtubule organization, mitosis and neuronal migration. Mutations in this gene cause lissencephaly 4, a disorder characterized by lissencephaly, severe brain atrophy, microcephaly, and severe mental retardation. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2012]