neuron navigator 1 (steerin-1, pore membrane &/or filament-interacting-like protein 3, Unc-53 homolog 1, unc53H1, NAV1, KIAA1151, KIAA1213, POMFIL3, STEERIN1)

Function

• may be involved in neuronal migration (putative)
• interacts with tubulin (putative)

Structure

belongs to the Nav/unc-53 family

Compartment

• cytoplasm, cytoskeleton (putative)
• associates with a subset of microtubule plus ends
• enriched in neuronal growth cones (putative)

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=7

Expression

• broadly expressed at low levels
• expressed at high levels in heart, skeletal muscle & placenta
• expressed in fetal brain & heart

More general terms

• cytoskeletal protein

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q8NEY1.html