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Nestin (protein)
Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nestin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NES gene.
Nestin (acronym for neuroepithelial stem cell protein) is a type VI intermediate filament (IF) protein.[5][6] These intermediate filament proteins are expressed mostly in nerve cells where they are implicated in the radial growth of the axon. Seven genes encode for the heavy (NF-H), medium (NF-M) and light neurofilament (NF-L) proteins, nestin and α-internexin in nerve cells, synemin α and desmuslin/synemin β (two alternative transcripts of the DMN gene) in muscle cells, and syncoilin (also in muscle cells). Members of this group mostly preferentially coassemble as heteropolymers in tissues. Steinert et al. has shown that nestin forms homodimers and homotetramers but does not form IF by itself in vitro. In mixtures, nestin preferentially co-assembles with purified vimentin or the type IV IF protein internexin to form heterodimer coiled-coil molecules.[7]