NAXD

NAXD
Identifiers
AliasesNAXD, LP3298, CARKD, NAD(P)HX dehydratase, PEBEL2
External IDsOMIM: 615910; MGI: 1913353; GeneCards: NAXD
Enzyme activity
EC #BRENDAExPASyKEGGMetaCyc
4.2.1.93↗↗↗↗
Orthologs
DatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry
SpeciesHumanMouse
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UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001242881
NM_001242882
NM_001242883
NM_018210

NM_001190357
NM_001293661
NM_026995

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001229810
NP_001229811
NP_001229812
NP_060680

NP_001177286
NP_001280590
NP_081271
NP_001389565

Location (UCSC)Chr 13: 110.62 – 110.64 MbChr 8: 11.55 – 11.56 Mb
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Carbohydrate kinase
Crystallographic structure of a putative Bacillus subtilis carbohydrate kinase (rainbow colored, N-terminus = blue, C-terminus = red).
Identifiers
SymbolCarb_kinase
PfamPF01256
Pfam clanCL0118
InterProIPR000631
PROSITEPDOC00806
SCOP21kyh / SCOPe / SUPFAM
Available protein structures:
PDB  1kyh​, 2ax3​ IPR000631 PF01256 (ECOD; PDBsum)  
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NAD(P)HX dehydratase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NAXD gene (previously CARKD). The NAXD protein is a ATP-dependent NAD(P)H-hydrate dehydratase enzyme that is involved in repairing NAD(P)HX, a type of damaged NAD(P)H.

Gene

Human CARKD gene has 10 exons and resides on Chromosome 13 at q34. The following genes are near CARKD on the chromosome:

Tissue distribution

CARKD appears to be ubiquitously expressed at high levels. Expression data in the human protein, and the mouse ortholog, indicate its expression in almost all tissues. One peculiar expression pattern of CARKD is its differential expression through the development of oligodendrocytes. Its expression is lower in oligodendrocyte progenitor cells than in mature oligodendrocytes.

Structure

This protein is part of the phosphomethylpyrimidine kinase: ribokinase / pfkB superfamily. This family is characterized by the presence of a domain shared by the family. CARKD contains a carbohydrate kinase domain (Pfam PF01256). This family is related to Pfam PF02210 and Pfam PF00294 implying that it also is a carbohydrate kinase.

Predicted properties

The following properties of CARKD were predicted using bioinformatic analysis:

Binding partners

The human protein apolipoprotein A-1 binding precursor (APOA1BP) was predicted to be a binding partner for CARKD. This prediction is based on co-occurrence across genomes and co-expression. In addition to these data, the orthologs of CARKD in E. coli contain a domain similar to APOA1BP. This indicates that the two proteins are likely to have originated from a common evolutionary ancestor and, according to Rosetta stone analysis theory, are likely interaction partners even in species such as humans where the two proteins are not produced as a single polypeptide.

Clinical significance

Based on allele-specific expression of CARKD, CARKD may play a role in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. In addition, microarray data indicates that CARKD is up-regulated in Glioblastoma multiforme tumors.

Mutations of the NAXD gene cause the rare disease early-onset progressive encephalopathy with brain edema and/or leukoencephalopathy-2 (PEBEL2).