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Gene information for PABPN1 (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID8106
Official gene symbolPABPN1
Full namepoly(A) binding protein, nuclear 1
Aliases,OPMD,PAB2,PABP2,
Gene summaryThis gene encodes an abundant nuclear protein that binds with high affinity to nascent poly(A) tails. The protein is required for progressive and efficient polymerization of poly(A) tails on the 3' ends of eukaryotic genes and controls the size of the poly(A) tail to about 250 nt. At steady-state, this protein is localized in the nucleus whereas a different poly(A) binding protein is localized in the cytoplasm. An expansion of the trinucleotide (GCG) repeat from normal 6 to 8-13 at the 5' end of the coding region of this gene leads to autosomal dominant oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) disease. Multiple splice variants have been described but their full-length nature is not known. One splice variant includes introns 1 and 6 but no protein is formed. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 14   Locus: 14q11.2-q13
Gene position23789397 - 23795372  Map Viewer
Gene orientationplus
Gene size5976 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID602279