NAPA

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Description

The NAPA (NSF attachment protein alpha) is a protein-coding gene located on chromosome 19.

Napa or NAPA can refer to different things. It can be a shortened version of "Nappa" or "NAPA".

NAPA is likely involved in the transport of vesicles between the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus. In collaboration with GNA12, it promotes the localization of CDH5 to the plasma membrane.

NAPA is also known as SNAPA.

Associated Diseases

• lissencephaly due to TUBA1A mutation
• cobblestone lissencephaly without muscular or ocular involvement
• neurodevelopmental disorder with microcephaly, epilepsy, and brain atrophy
• mega-corpus-callosum syndrome with cerebellar hypoplasia and cortical malformations
• Joubert syndrome
• autosomal recessive spastic paraplegia type 66
• pyruvate dehydrogenase E1-beta deficiency
• Chudley-McCullough syndrome
• pyruvate dehydrogenase E3-binding protein deficiency
• Chiari malformation type II
• leukoencephalopathy, progressive, with ovarian failure
• tubulinopathy-associated dysgyria