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| Aliases | SNCB, entrez:6620, synuclein beta | ||||||||||||||||
| External IDs | OMIM: 602569 MGI: 1889011 HomoloGene: 2320 GeneCards: SNCB | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location (UCSC) | Chr 5: 176.62 – 176.63 Mb | Chr 13: 54.76 – 54.77 Mb | |||||||||||||||
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Beta-synuclein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SNCB gene.
The protein encoded by this gene is highly homologous to alpha-synuclein. These proteins are abundantly expressed in the brain and putatively inhibit phospholipase D2 selectively. The encoded protein, which may play a role in neuronal plasticity, is abundant in neurofibrillary lesions of patients with Alzheimer's disease. This protein has been shown to be highly expressed in the substantia nigra of the brain, a region of neuronal degeneration in patients with Parkinson's disease; however, no direct relation to Parkinson's disease has been established. Two transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene.