NPIPA1

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Also known as morpheus

Summary

NPIPA1 (nuclear pore complex interacting protein family member A1, HGNC:7909) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 16p13.11, encoding Nuclear pore complex-interacting protein family member A1 (Q9UND3).

Predicted to be involved in mRNA transport and protein transport. Predicted to be located in nuclear membrane. Predicted to be part of nuclear pore.

Source: NCBI Gene 9284 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • GWAS associations: 2
  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 51 total — 1 likely-pathogenic
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_006985

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:7909
Approved symbolNPIPA1
Namenuclear pore complex interacting protein family member A1
Location16p13.11
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
Aliasesmorpheus
Ensembl geneENSG00000183426
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM606406
Entrez9284

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 10 — 4 protein_coding, 4 protein_coding_CDS_not_defined, 2 retained_intron

ENST00000328085, ENST00000424549, ENST00000472413, ENST00000534720, ENST00000537062, ENST00000541836, ENST00000545479, ENST00000545831, ENST00000663682, ENST00000967088

RefSeq mRNA: 1 — MANE Select: NM_006985 NM_006985

CCDS: CCDS10557

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000328085 — 8 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE000016839431493744314937505
ENSE000018936481495161514952056
ENSE000034852161494893014949037
ENSE000035841571494557414945673
ENSE000036160891494181214941940
ENSE000036362911494583714945981
ENSE000036406841495005014950110
ENSE000036599081495022014950255

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 134 present calls, max score 99.86.

Top tissues by expression

134 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
right hemisphere of cerebellumUBERON:001489099.86gold quality
cerebellar cortexUBERON:000212999.85gold quality
cerebellar hemisphereUBERON:000224599.85gold quality
cerebellumUBERON:000203799.84gold quality
pituitary glandUBERON:000000799.52gold quality
adenohypophysisUBERON:000219699.51gold quality
right testisUBERON:000453499.34gold quality
primary visual cortexUBERON:000243699.33gold quality
left testisUBERON:000453399.31gold quality
right frontal lobeUBERON:000281099.28gold quality
right uterine tubeUBERON:000130299.22gold quality
right ovaryUBERON:000211899.13gold quality
left ovaryUBERON:000211999.08gold quality
lower esophagus muscularis layerUBERON:003583398.95gold quality
esophagogastric junction muscularis propriaUBERON:003584198.95gold quality
lower esophagusUBERON:001347398.94gold quality
muscle layer of sigmoid colonUBERON:003580598.94gold quality
Ammon’s hornUBERON:000195498.92gold quality
superior frontal gyrusUBERON:000266198.92gold quality
tibial nerveUBERON:000132398.90gold quality
ovaryUBERON:000099298.88gold quality
body of uterusUBERON:000985398.87gold quality
mucosa of stomachUBERON:000119998.82gold quality
amygdalaUBERON:000187698.80gold quality
hypothalamusUBERON:000189898.76gold quality
temporal lobeUBERON:000187198.75gold quality
endocervixUBERON:000045898.74gold quality
left uterine tubeUBERON:000130398.71gold quality
anterior cingulate cortexUBERON:000983598.68gold quality
right lobe of thyroid glandUBERON:000111998.60gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 1 experiment(s), a significant marker in 1.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-ANND-3yes5.86

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

Cross-species orthologs

0 orthologs

Paralogs (19): NPIPB12 (ENSG00000169203), NPIPB3 (ENSG00000169246), NPIPA5 (ENSG00000183793), NPIPA6 (ENSG00000183889), NPIPB4 (ENSG00000185864), NPIPB15 (ENSG00000196436), NPIPB9 (ENSG00000196993), NPIPB13 (ENSG00000198064), NPIPB6 (ENSG00000198156), NPIPA8 (ENSG00000214940), NPIPA7 (ENSG00000214967), NPIPA3 (ENSG00000224712), NPIPA9 (ENSG00000233024), NPIPB7 (ENSG00000233232), NPIPB2 (ENSG00000234719), NPIPB5 (ENSG00000243716), NPIPB11 (ENSG00000254206), NPIPA2 (ENSG00000254852), NPIPB8 (ENSG00000255524)

Protein

Protein identifiers

Nuclear pore complex-interacting protein family member A1Q9UND3 (reviewed: Q9UND3)

Alternative names: Nuclear pore complex-interacting protein

All UniProt accessions (3): Q9UND3, F8WB45, H0YH09

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Subunit / interactions. May associate with the nuclear pore complex.

Subcellular location. Nucleus. Nuclear pore complex. Nucleus membrane.

Tissue specificity. Widely expressed.

Similarity. Belongs to the NPIP family.

RefSeq proteins (1): NP_008916* (*=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR009443NPIPFamily
IPR054697NPIP_NDomain

Pfam: PF06409

UniProt features (9 total): sequence conflict 6, chain 1, region of interest 1, sequence variant 1

Structure

Experimental structures (PDB)

0 structures.

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-Q9UND3-F151.610.00

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

0 pathways

MSigDB gene sets: 80 (showing top): KANG_DOXORUBICIN_RESISTANCE_UP, PEREZ_TP63_TARGETS, HSIAO_HOUSEKEEPING_GENES, ONKEN_UVEAL_MELANOMA_UP, GOBP_NUCLEOBASE_CONTAINING_COMPOUND_TRANSPORT, AMIT_EGF_RESPONSE_20_HELA, PEREZ_TP53_AND_TP63_TARGETS, SCHLOSSER_SERUM_RESPONSE_AUGMENTED_BY_MYC, GOBP_RNA_LOCALIZATION, GOCC_NUCLEAR_ENVELOPE, LAIHO_COLORECTAL_CANCER_SERRATED_DN, GOCC_NUCLEAR_PORE, GOCC_NUCLEAR_MEMBRANE, KRIGE_RESPONSE_TO_TOSEDOSTAT_24HR_UP, POMEROY_MEDULLOBLASTOMA_PROGNOSIS_UP

GO Biological Process (2): protein transport (GO:0015031), mRNA transport (GO:0051028)

GO Molecular Function (0):

GO Cellular Component (4): nuclear pore (GO:0005643), nuclear membrane (GO:0031965), nucleus (GO:0005634), membrane (GO:0016020)

GO top-level categories

Rollup of top GO terms by namespace:

CategoryTerms
nuclear envelope2
transport1
intracellular protein localization1
establishment of protein localization1
RNA transport1
nuclear protein-containing complex1
nucleus1
organelle membrane1
intracellular membrane-bounded organelle1
cellular anatomical structure1

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

1039 interactions, top by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
NPIPA1NUP62P37198886
NPIPA1PPP3R1P06705391
NPIPA1PDXDC1Q6P996369
NPIPA1GOLGA6BA6NDN3355
NPIPA1LGR5O75473307
NPIPA1LRRC37AA6NMS7287
NPIPA1GAPDHP00354287
NPIPA1NBPF11Q86T75287
NPIPA1LRRC37A3O60309273
NPIPA1PTPRCP08575247
NPIPA1MPV17LQ2QL34244
NPIPA1GOLGA6AQ9NYA3231
NPIPA1TBL1XO60907226
NPIPA1CD4P01730223
NPIPA1H3BMD7H3BMD7222
NPIPA1ACTBP02570222

IntAct

2 interactions, top by confidence:

ABTypeScore
FOSNPIPA1psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.000

BioGRID (9): NPIPA1 (Affinity Capture-RNA), NPIPA1 (Affinity Capture-MS), NPIPA1 (Negative Genetic), NPIPA2 (Negative Genetic), NPIPA1 (Negative Genetic), NPIPA2 (Negative Genetic), NPIPA3 (Affinity Capture-MS), NPIPA1 (Affinity Capture-RNA), NPIPA1 (Affinity Capture-RNA)

ESM2 similar proteins: A0A0B4J1W7, A0A7H0DN35, A4QN01, A6NHN6, A6NJ64, A8MQ11, E9PIF3, E9PJ23, E9PJI5, E9PKD4, E9PQR5, F5HGC2, F8W1W9, F8WFD2, O75200, O83374, P05913, P06486, P07396, P0C7Q2, P0CK47, P0CK48, P0DM63, P0DXC3, P15489, P16765, P16802, P20969, P36443, P38900, P47003, P68341, P68454, P68455, P87191, P92537, P92561, Q03418, Q32M92, Q4ZGE2

Diamond homologs: A0A0B4J1W7, A6NHN6, A6NJ64, A6NJU9, A8MRT5, C9JG80, E5RHQ5, E9PIF3, E9PJ23, E9PJI5, E9PKD4, E9PQR5, F8W0I5, F8W1W9, F8WFD2, O75200, P0DM63, P0DXC3, Q92617, Q9UND3, O70490, Q08AH1, Q08AH3, Q3UNX5, Q53FZ2, Q5REV5, Q68CK6, Q6AYT9, Q6NUN0, Q6SKG1, Q8BGA8, Q8K0L3, Q91VA0, Q9BEA2

SIGNOR signaling

0 interactions.

Disease & clinical

Clinical variants and AI predictions

ClinVar

51 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic1
Uncertain significance43
Likely benign5
Benign0

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (1)

Variant IDHGVSClassification
503580GRCh37/hg19 16p13.11(chr16:14968859-16291983)x3Likely pathogenic

SpliceAI

997 predictions. Top by Δscore:

VariantEffectΔscore
16:14941859:TGG:Tdonor_gain1.0000
16:14941861:G:GTdonor_gain1.0000
16:14941936:TTTGT:Tdonor_gain1.0000
16:14941937:TTGT:Tdonor_gain1.0000
16:14941938:TGTG:Tdonor_loss1.0000
16:14941939:GT:Gdonor_gain1.0000
16:14941940:TG:Tdonor_loss1.0000
16:14941941:G:GGdonor_gain1.0000
16:14941943:G:GTdonor_loss1.0000
16:14941944:AGTAT:Adonor_loss1.0000
16:14945571:TAGGT:Tacceptor_loss1.0000
16:14945572:A:Gacceptor_loss1.0000
16:14945573:G:Aacceptor_loss1.0000
16:14945573:GGT:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
16:14945648:G:GTdonor_gain1.0000
16:14945669:GGAAG:Gdonor_gain1.0000
16:14945670:G:GTdonor_gain1.0000
16:14945671:A:Tdonor_gain1.0000
16:14945964:G:GTdonor_gain1.0000
16:14945977:GAACA:Gdonor_gain1.0000
16:14945982:G:GGdonor_gain1.0000
16:14948928:A:AGacceptor_gain1.0000
16:14948929:G:GGacceptor_gain1.0000
16:14948929:GTCT:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
16:14949038:G:GGdonor_gain1.0000
16:14950111:G:GGdonor_gain1.0000
16:14937592:G:GTdonor_gain0.9900
16:14937596:G:GTdonor_gain0.9900
16:14941806:TTCCA:Tacceptor_loss0.9900
16:14941807:TCCA:Tacceptor_loss0.9900

AlphaMissense

2278 scored. Top likely-pathogenic:

VariantProtein changeam_pathogenicity
16:14950057:T:CF185L0.971
16:14950059:T:AF185L0.971
16:14950059:T:GF185L0.971
16:14941890:T:CF48L0.939
16:14941892:T:AF48L0.939
16:14941892:T:GF48L0.939
16:14941854:T:CF36L0.936
16:14941856:T:AF36L0.936
16:14941856:T:GF36L0.936
16:14941869:T:AW41R0.917
16:14941869:T:CW41R0.917
16:14945580:T:CF67L0.914
16:14945582:C:AF67L0.914
16:14945582:C:GF67L0.914
16:14949025:T:CI178T0.914
16:14945863:T:CF107L0.909
16:14945865:T:AF107L0.909
16:14945865:T:GF107L0.909
16:14950087:G:CA195P0.889
16:14950221:T:CI203T0.888
16:14950110:A:CK202N0.885
16:14950110:A:TK202N0.885
16:14951623:G:AM217I0.882
16:14951623:G:CM217I0.882
16:14951623:G:TM217I0.882
16:14949025:T:AI178K0.872
16:14948991:G:CA167P0.871
16:14950058:T:CF185S0.866
16:14945588:G:CK69N0.865
16:14945588:G:TK69N0.865

dbSNP variants (sampled 300 via entrez): RS1000383504 (16:14936557 A>G), RS1000581246 (16:14936886 T>C), RS1006163452 (16:14939777 C>T), RS1006195987 (16:14943963 A>T), RS1007193736 (16:14935581 G>A,C), RS1007391776 (16:14936046 A>G), RS1009285969 (16:14935637 C>A,T), RS1009628108 (16:14936338 A>G), RS1012064652 (16:14950094 A>C), RS1013100755 (16:14938939 T>C), RS1013484966 (16:14936943 C>T), RS1017656116 (16:14939859 A>C,G), RS1017983699 (16:14944111 T>C), RS1018589495 (16:14935590 C>G,T), RS1020729679 (16:14936508 A>G)

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:606406 | disease phenotypes:

GenCC curated gene-disease

Mondo (0):

Orphanet (0):

HPO phenotypes

0 total (0 of 0 shown, HPO-id order):

GWAS associations

2 associations (top):

StudyTraitp-value
GCST009391_2072Metabolite levels3.000000e-08
GCST012051_6Systolic blood pressure6.000000e-07

EFO canonical traits (2, from GWAS)

EFO IDTrait name
EFO:0010347cholesteryl ester 20:3 measurement
EFO:0006335systolic blood pressure

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: no

PharmGKB: 1 entry (VIP=true, CPIC=false)

CTD chemical–gene interactions

37 total (human), top 30 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
Tretinoindecreases expression2
Particulate Matterincreases abundance, increases expression, affects cotreatment2
aristolochic acid Iincreases expression1
bisphenol Faffects cotreatment, decreases expression1
dicrotophosincreases expression1
bufotalindecreases expression1
bisphenol Aaffects cotreatment, decreases expression1
2-butenaldecreases expression1
manganese chloridedecreases expression, increases abundance1
tamibarotenedecreases expression1
chromium hexavalent ionincreases expression1
ICG 001increases expression1
bisphenol Saffects cotreatment, decreases expression1
Leflunomidedecreases expression1
Acetaminophenincreases expression1
Air Pollutantsincreases abundance, increases expression1
Ethanolaffects cotreatment, increases abundance, increases expression1
Cadmiumdecreases expression1
Cisplatinaffects reaction, decreases expression1
Dexamethasoneaffects cotreatment, decreases expression1
Diethylhexyl Phthalatedecreases expression1
Doxorubicindecreases expression1
Gasolineaffects cotreatment, increases abundance, increases expression1
Indomethacinaffects cotreatment, decreases expression1
Leadaffects expression1
Manganeseincreases abundance, decreases expression1
Methyl Methanesulfonateincreases expression1
Piroxicamaffects reaction, decreases expression1
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbonsincreases expression, affects cotreatment, increases abundance1
Tobacco Smoke Pollutiondecreases expression1

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

0 trials via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.

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