ninjurin (nerve injury-induced protein) 1 (NINJ1)

Function

• homophilic cell adhesion molecule that promotes axonal growth
• may play a role in nerve regeneration & in the formation & function of other tissues
• cell adhesion requires divalent cations

Structure

belongs to the ninjurin family

Compartment

membrane

Expression

• widely expressed in both adult & embryonic tissues, primarily those of epithelial origin
• induced by nerve injury both in dorsal root ganglion neurons & in Schwann cells

More general terms

• membrane protein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=4814
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:4814
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/602062
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q92982.html