NOVA1

NOVA1

NOVA1

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


RNA-binding protein Nova-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NOVA1 gene.[5][6]

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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.[6] 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 might promote slower development and higher surface complexity in the brain models,[7] but this may be an artefact of a CRISPR side effect,[8][9] as it could not be replicated in a subsequent study.[10]


References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. Maricic T, Helmbrecht N, Riesenberg S, Macak D, Kanis P, Lackner M, Pugach-Matveeva AD, Pääbo S (2021-10-15). "Comment on "Reintroduction of the archaic variant of NOVA1 in cortical organoids alters neurodevelopment"". Science. 374 (6565): eabi6060. doi:10.1126/science.abi6060. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 34648345. S2CID 238990790.
  4. Riesenberg S, Kanis P, Macak D, Wollny D, Düsterhöft D, Kowalewski J, Helmbrecht N, Maricic T, Pääbo S (2023-07-20). "Efficient high-precision homology-directed repair-dependent genome editing by HDRobust". Nature Methods. 20 (9): 1388–1399. doi:10.1038/s41592-023-01949-1. ISSN 1548-7091. PMC 10482697. PMID 37474806.

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