Gene Information
Gene NameNPHP1
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length732
Protein NamesNephrocystin-1 (Juvenile nephronophthisis 1 protein)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age1292 ( ENSG00000144061 )
Evolutionary StageOpisthokonta
AlphaFoldDBO15259
Gene CardNPHP1
Uniprot IDO15259
PfamPF00018
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.40574602)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ NPHP1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ NPHP1 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ NPHP1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ NPHP1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Nphp1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ NPHP1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Nphp1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ NPHP1 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsNA
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityWidespread expression, with highest levels in pituitary gland, spinal cord, thyroid gland, testis, skeletal muscle, lymph node and trachea. Weakly expressed in heart, kidney and pancreas. Expressed in nasal epithelial cells (at protein level) (PubMed:16308564). Expressed in the renal collecting duct (at protein level) (PubMed:18477472). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16308564, ECO:0000269|PubMed:18477472}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.002101(Rat);NULL(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 1S1N  (NMR  6O1Q  (NMR 
DBSNP rs190983114  rs121907899 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell junction {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9QY53}. Cell junction, adherens junction {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9QY53}. Cell projection, cilium {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16885411}. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, cilium axoneme {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16308564, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16885411}. Cell junction, tight junction. Note=In the retinal photoreceptor cell layer, localizes at the connecting cilium (By similarity). Colocalizes with E-cadherin and BCAR1 at or near the cell-cell adherens junctions (By similarity). Localized to respiratory cilia axoneme (PubMed:16308564, PubMed:16885411). Localized to the transition zone of respiratory cilia (PubMed:16885411). Localized to the transition zone of photoreceptor-connecting cilia and renal monocilia (By similarity). In cultured renal cells, it localizes diffusely in the cytoplasm but, as cells approach confluence, it accumulates at basolateral tight junctions (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9QY53, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16308564, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16885411}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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