NKG7

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NKG7
Identifiers
Aliases NKG7 , GIG1, GMP-17, p15-TIA-1, natural killer cell granule protein 7
External IDs MGI: 1931250 HomoloGene: 4092 GeneCards: NKG7
Gene location (Human)
Ideogram human chromosome 19.svg
Chr. Chromosome 19 (human) [1]
Human chromosome 19 ideogram.svg
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Band 19q13.41Start51,371,606 bp [1]
End51,372,715 bp [1]
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_005601

NM_024253

RefSeq (protein)

NP_005592

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 19: 51.37 – 51.37 Mb Chr 7: 43.44 – 43.44 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
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Natural killer cell granule protein 7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NKG7 gene. [5]

Protein biological molecule consisting of chains of amino acid residues

Proteins are large biomolecules, or macromolecules, consisting of one or more long chains of amino acid residues. Proteins perform a vast array of functions within organisms, including catalysing metabolic reactions, DNA replication, responding to stimuli, providing structure to cells and organisms, and transporting molecules from one location to another. Proteins differ from one another primarily in their sequence of amino acids, which is dictated by the nucleotide sequence of their genes, and which usually results in protein folding into a specific three-dimensional structure that determines its activity.

Gene Basic physical and functional unit of heredity

In biology, a gene is a sequence of nucleotides in DNA or RNA that codes for a molecule that has a function. During gene expression, the DNA is first copied into RNA. The RNA can be directly functional or be the intermediate template for a protein that performs a function. The transmission of genes to an organism's offspring is the basis of the inheritance of phenotypic trait. These genes make up different DNA sequences called genotypes. Genotypes along with environmental and developmental factors determine what the phenotypes will be. Most biological traits are under the influence of polygenes as well as gene–environment interactions. Some genetic traits are instantly visible, such as eye color or number of limbs, and some are not, such as blood type, risk for specific diseases, or the thousands of basic biochemical processes that constitute life.

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