Centre for Arab Genomic Studies A Division of Sheikh Hamdan Award for Medical Sciences The atalogue for ransmission enetics in rabs C T G A CTGA Database Nonmetastatic Cells 3, Protein Expressed in Alternative Names myeloid differentiation of highly purified CD34+ NME3 cells. DR-NM23 Nonmetastatic Protein 23, Homolog of Epidemiology in the Arab World NM23H3 Saudi Arabia Record Category Shtir et al. (2016) aimed to identify candidate genes Gene locus with SNPs that provide a protective effect against Diabetic Retinopathy (DR). A total of 43 diabetics WHO-ICD that had not developed DR 10-years after their N/A to gene loci diabetes diagnosis were recruited as cases, while 64 diabetics with DR were enrolled as controls. Incidence per 100,000 Live Births Whole exome sequencing was carried out, and N/A to gene loci statistical analysis involved the combined multivariate and collapsing method at the gene OMIM Number level. This helped identify the gene NME3 as a 601817 significant candidate (p=1.55x10-10). The SNP rs11890 (g.1820992T>A) was more frequent in Mode of Inheritance cases than controls and was hence suggested to N/A to gene loci confer protection against DR in diabetic patients [Risk Ratio= 4.61 (2.53, 8.40)]. Gene Map Locus 16p13.3 References Shtir C, Aldahmesh MA, Al-Dahmash S, Abboud Description E, Alkuraya H, Abouammoh MA, Nowailaty SR, The NME3 gene encodes a nucleoside diphosphate Al-Thubaiti G, Naim EA, ALYounes B, Binhumaid kinase protein. As a kinase, this protein plays a FS, ALOtaibi AB, Altamimi AS, Alamer FH, major role in the synthesis of nucleoside Hashem M, Abouelhoda M, Monies D, Alkuraya triphosphates. It is also involved in the purine and FS. Exome-based case-control association study pyrimidine nucleotide metabolic process and in the using extreme phenotype design reveals novel regulation of cell apoptosis. Additionally, the candidates with protective effect in diabetic NME3 protein is speculated to be involved in retinopathy. Hum Genet. 2016; 135(2):193-200. hematopoiesis by the inhibition of granulocyte PMID: 26693933. differentiation. Related CTGA Records Molecular Genetics Microvascular Complications of Diabetes, The NME3 gene is located on the short arm of Susceptibility to, 1 chromosome 16. It spans a length of 1.4 kb and its coding sequence consists of five exons. The gene External Links contains putative binding sites for Sp1, AP2, MYB, https://www.genecards.org/cgi- ETS, GATA, and HOX1. The protein encoded by bin/carddisp.pl?gene=NME3 this gene has a mass of 19 kDa and is made up of https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/4832 169 amino acids. The gene is found to be expressed highly in the nasal epithelium. Studies of Contributors murine NME3 have found the gene to be Sayeeda Hana : 20.10.2016 preferentially expressed in the early stages of Copyright © Centre for Arab Genomic Studies 1 Copyright © Centre for Arab Genomic Studies 2 .