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Nance-Horan Syndrome Protein

Function

May function in cell morphology by maintaining the integrity of the circumferential actin ring and controlling lamellipod formation. Involved in the regulation eye, tooth, brain and craniofacial development.

Involvement in disease

Nance-Horan syndrome

NHS

Rare X-linked disorder characterized by congenital cataracts, dental anomalies, dysmorphic features, and, in some cases, intellectual disability. Distinctive dental anomalies are seen in affected males, including supernumerary incisors and crown shaped permanent teeth. Characteristic facial features are anteverted pinnae, long face, and prominent nasal bridge and nose. Carrier females display milder variable symptoms of disease with lens opacities often involving the posterior Y sutures, and on occasion dental anomalies and the characteristic facial features described.

None

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

Cataract 40

CTRCT40

An opacification of the crystalline lens of the eye that frequently results in visual impairment or blindness. Opacities vary in morphology, are often confined to a portion of the lens, and may be static or progressive. CTRCT40 manifests as a congenital nuclear opacity with severe visual impairment in affected males. Heterozygous females have suture cataracts and only slight reduction in vision. In some cases, cataract is associated with microcornea without any other systemic anomaly or dysmorphism. Microcornea is defined by a corneal diameter inferior to 10 mm in both meridians in an otherwise normal eye.

None

The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry. Caused by copy number variations predicted to result in altered transcriptional regulation of the NHS gene: a 0.8 Mb segmental duplication-triplication encompassing the NHS, SCML1 and RAI2 genes, and an 4.8 kb intragenic deletion in NHS intron 1.

Sequence similarities

Belongs to the NHS family.

Tissue specificity

Detected at low levels in all tissues analyzed. Detected in fetal and adult brain, lens, retina, retinal pigment epithelium, placenta, lymphocytes and fibroblasts. Levels in retinal pigment epithelium, placenta, lymphocytes, and fibroblasts are very low. Expressed also in kidney, lung and thymus.

Cellular localization

  • Isoform 1
  • Apical cell membrane
  • Peripheral membrane protein
  • Cell projection
  • Lamellipodium
  • Cell junction
  • Tight junction
  • Cell junction
  • Focal adhesion
  • Colocalizes with the tight junction protein TJP1 in epithelial cells. Localizes to the leading edge of lamellipodia in motile cells.
  • Isoform 3
  • Cytoplasm

Alternative names

Actin remodeling regulator NHS, Congenital cataracts and dental anomalies protein, Nance-Horan syndrome protein, NHS

Target type

Proteins

Molecular weight

179135Da

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Application

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