Nicastrin

mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens
Protein protein Q7024546

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
protein
Part of
Nicastrin[5]
Biological process
Notch signaling pathway, ephrin receptor signaling pathway, myeloid cell homeostasis, protein processing, positive regulation of catalytic activity, amyloid-beta metabolic process, epithelial cell proliferation, proteolysis, T cell proliferation, membrane protein ectodomain proteolysis, membrane protein intracellular domain proteolysis, positive regulation of apoptotic process, Notch receptor processing, amyloid precursor protein catabolic process, amyloid-beta formation, amyloid precursor protein metabolic process, neutrophil degranulation, Notch signaling pathway, Notch receptor processing, protein processing, cerebellum development, Notch receptor processing, ligand-dependent, membrane protein ectodomain proteolysis, dopamine receptor signaling pathway, glutamate receptor signaling pathway, learning or memory, protein processing, central nervous system myelination, adult behavior, amyloid precursor protein metabolic process, amyloid precursor protein biosynthetic process, positive regulation of amyloid precursor protein biosynthetic process, positive regulation of catalytic activity, neuron apoptotic process, neuron death, cellular response to calcium ion, regulation of long-term synaptic potentiation, short-term synaptic potentiation[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]
Cell component
Golgi apparatus, membrane, focal adhesion, melanosome, plasma membrane, integral component of plasma membrane, lysosomal membrane, endoplasmic reticulum, extracellular exosome, integral component of membrane, azurophil granule membrane, gamma-secretase complex, cytoplasmic vesicle membrane, cytoplasmic vesicle, cytoplasm, mitochondrion, lysosome, lysosomal membrane, early endosome, integral component of plasma membrane, focal adhesion, synaptic vesicle, endosome membrane, membrane, protein-containing complex, sarcolemma, synapse, extracellular exosome, synaptic membrane, integral component of presynaptic membrane, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, integral component of plasma membrane[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Encoded by
NCSTN
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens
Molecular function
peptidase activity, protein binding, endopeptidase activity[6][7][8]
Physically interacts with
avagacestat, begacestat, nirogacestat[2][3][4]
🏷️ Also known as
en anterior pharynx-defective 2 en NCSTN en nicastrin en Nicastrin en uniprot:Q92542 es Nicastrina ja ニカストリン
🔖 Identifiers · 7
OpenAlex ID
C2779658117
Freebase ID
/m/02kffyt
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779658117
PDB structure ID
4UPC, 5A63, 4UIS, 5FN3, 5FN4, 5FN5, 5FN2, 2N7R, 2N7Q
UniProt protein ID
Rainer Podlesch

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Cell component 17
Biological process 3
Found in taxon 1
Instance of 1
Molecular function 1
UniProt protein ID 1
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Summary

Nicastrin is a protein[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Open Targets Platform. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Open Targets Platform. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Open Targets Platform. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Mammalian APH-1 interacts with presenilin and nicastrin and is required for intramembrane proteolysis of amyloid-beta precursor protein and Notch. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Analysis of the myosin-II-responsive focal adhesion proteome reveals a role for β-Pix in negative regulation of focal adhesion maturation. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exosomes. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Nicastrin modulates presenilin-mediated notch/glp-1 signal transduction and betaAPP processing. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Three-dimensional structure of human γ-secretase. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . Nicastrin modulates presenilin-mediated notch/glp-1 signal transduction and betaAPP processing. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . Purification and characterization of the human gamma-secretase complex. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cell component → Golgi apparatus, membrane, focal adhesion +30
    Instance of → —
    Physically interacts with → avagacestat, begacestat, nirogacestat
    Molecular function → peptidase activity, protein binding, endopeptidase activity
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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