NIPBL

Nipped-B homolog (Drosophila)
Identifiers
Symbols NIPBL ; CDLS; CDLS1; IDN3; IDN3-B; Scc2
External IDs OMIM: 608667 MGI: 1913976 HomoloGene: 15850 GeneCards: NIPBL Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 25836 71175
Ensembl ENSG00000164190 ENSMUSG00000022141
UniProt Q6KC79 Q6KCD5
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_015384 NM_027707
RefSeq (protein) NP_056199 NP_081983
Location (UCSC) Chr 5:
36.88 – 37.07 Mb
Chr 15:
8.29 – 8.44 Mb
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Nipped-B-like protein (NIPBL), also known as delangin or SCC2 homolog is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NIPBL gene.[1]

Function

This gene encodes the homolog of the Drosophila melanogaster Nipped-B gene product and fungal Scc2-type sister chromatid cohesion proteins. The Drosophila protein facilitates enhancer-promoter communication of remote enhancers and plays a role in developmental regulation. It is also homologous to a family of chromosomal adherins with broad roles in sister chromatid cohesion, chromosome condensation, and DNA repair. The human protein has a bipartite nuclear targeting sequence and a putative HEAT repeat domain. Condensins, cohesins and other complexes with chromosome-related functions also contain HEAT repeats.[1]

Clinical significance

Mutations in this gene result in Cornelia de Lange syndrome, a disorder characterized by dysmorphic facial features, growth delay, limb reduction defects, and mental retardation.[1]

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