protein NDRG4; brain development-related molecule 1; vascular smooth muscle cell-associated protein 8; SMAP-8 (NDRG4 BDM1 KIAA1180)

Function

• may play a role in the early postnatal development & function of neuronal cells

Structure

belongs to the NDRG family

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=6

Expression

• expressed only in brain & heart
• isoform 1 & isoform 2 are only expressed in brain
• isoform 3 is expressed in both heart & brain

More general terms

• phosphoprotein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=65009
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:65009
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9ULP0.html