NOVA1

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An Error has occurred retrieving Wikidata item for infobox RNA-binding protein Nova-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NOVA1 gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a neuron-specific RNA-binding protein, a member of the Nova family of paraneoplastic disease antigens, that is recognized and inhibited by paraneoplastic antibodies. These antibodies are found in the sera of patients with paraneoplastic opsoclonus-ataxia, breast cancer, and small cell lung cancer. Alternatively spliced transcripts encoding distinct isoforms have been described.[2] Both Neanderthals and Denisovans had one version and nearly all modern humans had another suggesting positive selection. Insertion of Neanderthal gene variant of the neuro-oncological ventral antigen 1 (NOVA1) gene into human cortical organoids promoted slower development and higher surface complexity in the brain models.[3]

References

  1. ^ Buckanovich RJ, Yang YY, Darnell RB (Feb 1996). "The onconeural antigen Nova-1 is a neuron-specific RNA-binding protein, the activity of which is inhibited by paraneoplastic antibodies". J Neurosci. 16 (3): 1114–22. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.16-03-01114.1996. PMC 6578795. PMID 8558240.
  2. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: NOVA1 neuro-oncological ventral antigen 1".
  3. ^ "Neanderthal Gene Variant Alters Neurodevelopment in Human Brain Organoids". 11 February 2021.

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