Synonyms:
9930111A19Rik; AOS5; AOVD1; hN1; lin-12; Mis6; Motch; N1; NOTCH1; TAN1; Notch 1 extracellular truncation; Notch 1 intracellular domain; hN1; Lin-12; LIN12; MIS6; Motch A; mT14; Neurogenic locus notch homolog protein 1; Neurogenic locus notch protein homolog; NICD; Notch1 intracellular domain; NOTC1_HUMAN; Notch 1; NOTCH; Notch gene homolog 1 (Drosophila); Notch homolog 1 translocation associated (Drosophila); Notch homolog 1; translocation-associated (Drosophila); NOTCH; Drosophila; homolog of; 1; notch1; p300; TAN 1; Translocation Associated Notch Homolog; Translocation Associated Notch Homolog; Translocation associated notch protein TAN 1; Translocation-associated notch protein TAN-1.
Introduction:
The notch gene belongs to a family of epidermal growth factor (EGF) like homeotic genes, which encode transmembrane proteins with a variable number of cysteine-rich EGF-like repeats in the extracellular region. Four notch genes have been described in mammals: Notch1, Notch2, Notch3 and Notch4(Int-3), which have been implicated in the differentiation of the nervous system and other structures. The EGF-like proteins Delta and Serrate have been identified as ligands of Notch1. Mature Notch proteins are heterodimeric receptors derived from the cleavage of Notch pre-proteins into an extracellular subunit (NEC) containing multiple EGF-like repeats and a transmembrane subunit including intracellular region (Ntm).