Description
NME1 (NME/NM23 nucleoside diphosphate kinase 1), also called non-Metastatic protein 23 (NM23), is an enzyme that in humans encoded by the NME1 gene. The promoters of the mouse and human NME1 genes, like those of other NME genes, contain several binding sites for AP2, NF1, Sp1, LEF1, and response elements to glucocorticoid receptors. Immunofluorescence microscopy demonstrated colocalization of NME1 in nuclei of B cells expressing EBNA3C. Expression of EBNA3C reversed the ability of NME1 to inhibit migration of BL and breast carcinoma cells. NME1/NM23 bound SET and was released from inhibition by GZMA cleavage of SET. After GZMA loading or cytotoxic T lymphocyte attack, SET and NM23 translocated to the nucleus and SET was degraded, allowing NM23 to nick chromosomal DNA. Using a Drosophila model system,Dammai et al.(2003) showed that the Drosophila NME1 homolog, AWD, regulates trachea cell motility by modulating FGFR levels through a dynamin -mediated pathway