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Jagged1

Developmental stage

Expressed in 32-52 days embryos in the distal cardiac outflow tract and pulmonary artery, major arteries, portal vein, optic vesicle, otocyst, branchial arches, metanephros, pancreas, mesocardium, around the major bronchial branches, and in the neural tube.

Domain

The second EGF-like domain is atypical.

Function

Ligand for multiple Notch receptors and involved in the mediation of Notch signaling (PubMed:18660822, PubMed:20437614). May be involved in cell-fate decisions during hematopoiesis (PubMed:9462510). Seems to be involved in early and late stages of mammalian cardiovascular development. Inhibits myoblast differentiation (By similarity). Enhances fibroblast growth factor-induced angiogenesis (in vitro).

Involvement in disease

Alagille syndrome 1

ALGS1

A form of Alagille syndrome, an autosomal dominant multisystem disorder. It is clinically defined by hepatic bile duct paucity and cholestasis in association with cardiac, skeletal, and ophthalmologic manifestations. There are characteristic facial features and less frequent clinical involvement of the renal and vascular systems.

None

The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.

Tetralogy of Fallot

TOF

A congenital heart anomaly which consists of pulmonary stenosis, ventricular septal defect, dextroposition of the aorta (aorta is on the right side instead of the left) and hypertrophy of the right ventricle. In this condition, blood from both ventricles (oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor) is pumped into the body often causing cyanosis.

None

The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.

Deafness, congenital heart defects, and posterior embryotoxon

DCHE

An autosomal dominant disease characterized by mild to severe combined hearing loss, congenital heart defects, and posterior embryotoxon, a corneal abnormality consisting of a central collagen core surrounded by a thin layer of Descemets membrane and separated from the anterior chamber by a layer of endothelium. Congenital heart defects include tetralogy of Fallot, ventricular septal defect, or isolated peripheral pulmonic stenosis.

None

The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.

Tissue specificity

Widely expressed in adult and fetal tissues. In cervix epithelium expressed in undifferentiated subcolumnar reserve cells and squamous metaplasia. Expression is up-regulated in cervical squamous cell carcinoma. Expressed in bone marrow cell line HS-27a which supports the long-term maintenance of immature progenitor cells.

Cellular localization

  • Membrane
  • Single-pass type I membrane protein

Alternative names

  • Protein jagged-1
  • Jagged1
  • hJ1
  • JAGL1
  • JAG1

Target type

Proteins

Primary research area

Oncology

Molecular weight

133799Da