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. 2018 Mar 21;7:e32332. doi: 10.7554/eLife.32332

Table 1. Primate-specific genes.

Gene symbol Gene name Function cNPC-enriched in Occurrence Features
ANKRD20A2 Ankyrin repeat domain 20 family member A2 Unknown Florio, Pollen, Miller Homo (before Neandertal-Denisovan split) Five ankyrin repeats, three coiled coil motifs [UniProt]
ANKRD20A4 Ankyrin repeat domain 20 family member A4 Unknown Florio, Fietz, Pollen Homo (before Neandertal-Denisovan split) Five ankyrin repeats, three coiled coil motifs [UniProt]
ARHGAP11B Rho GTPase activating protein 11B Basal progenitor amplification (Florio et al., 2015) Florio, Fietz, Pollen Homo (before Neandertal-Denisovan split) One nucleotide substitution led to a novel splice donor site in exon five resulting in a novel and unique C-terminal sequence and a loss of Rho-GAP activity (Florio et al., 2015; Florio et al., 2016)
CBWD6 COBW Domain Containing 6 Unknown Pollen, Miller Homo (before Neandertal-Denisovan split) CobW domain, ATP binding sites [UniProt]
DHRS4L2 Dehydrogenase/reductase 4 like 2 Maybe an NADPH dependent retinol oxidoreductase [RefSeq] Fietz, Pollen Homo (before Neandertal-Denisovan split) Unknown
FAM182B Family with sequence similarity 182 member B Unknown Fietz, Miller Homo (before Neandertal-Denisovan split) Removal of a stop codon resulting in an open reading frame in humans (this publication)
FAM72B Family with sequence similarity 72 member B Unknown Florio, Fietz, Pollen Homo (before Neandertal-Denisovan split) Unknown
FAM72C Family with sequence similarity 72 member C Unknown Florio, Fietz, Pollen Homo (before Neandertal-Denisovan split) Unknown
FAM72D Family with sequence similarity 72 member D Unknown Florio, Fietz, Miller Homo (before Neandertal-Denisovan split) Unknown
GTF2H2C GTF2H2 family member C Unknown Pollen, Miller Homo (before Neandertal-Denisovan split) VWFA domain, C4-type zinc finger motif [UniProt]
NBPF10 Neuroblastoma Breakpoint Family Member 10 Contains DUF1220 domains which have been implicated in a number of developmental and neurogenetic diseases (e.g. microcephaly, macrocephaly, autism, schizophrenia, cognitive disability, congenital heart disease, neuroblastoma, and congenital kidney and urinary tract anomalies) [RefSeq] Fietz, Pollen Homo (before Neandertal-Denisovan split) Tandemly repeated copies of DUF1220 protein domains [RefSeq], coiled coil domain [UniProt]
NBPF14 Neuroblastoma Breakpoint Family Member 14 Contains DUF1220 domains which have been implicated in a number of developmental and neurogenetic diseases (e.g. microcephaly, macrocephaly, autism, schizophrenia, cognitive disability, congenital heart disease, neuroblastoma, and congenital kidney and urinary tract anomalies) [RefSeq] Fietz, Pollen Homo (before Neandertal-Denisovan split) Tandemly repeated copies of DUF1220 protein domains [RefSeq], coiled coil domain [UniProt]
NOTCH2NL Notch 2 N-terminal like Unknown Florio, Fietz, Pollen Homo (before Neandertal-Denisovan split) 6 EGF-like domains [UniProt]
SMN2 Survival of motor neuron 2, centromeric Loss of SMN1 and SMN2 results in embryonic death; mutations in SMN1 are associated with spinal muscular atrophy, mutations in SMN2 do not lead to disease; forms heteromeric complexes with proteins such as SIP1 and GEMIN4, and also interacts with several proteins known to be involved in the biogenesis of snRNPs, such as hnRNP U protein and the small nucleolar RNA binding protein [RefSeq] Pollen, Miller Homo (after Neandertal-Denisovan split) Evolved after the split from Neanderthal and Denisovan (Dennis et al., 2017); telomeric (SMN1) and centromeric (SMN2) copies of this gene are nearly identical and encode the same protein; critical sequence difference between the two genes is a single nucleotide in exon 7, which is thought to be an exon splice enhancer; the full length protein encoded by this gene localizes to both the cytoplasm and the nucleus [RefSeq]; GEMIN2 binding site, tudor domain, RPP20/POP7 interaction site, SNRPB binding site, SYNCRIP interaction site [UniProt]
ZNF492 Zinc finger protein 492 Unknown Florio, Fietz, Pollen Homo (before Neandertal-Denisovan split) Human ZNF492 is a chimera consisting of the original KRAB repressor domain and the acquired ZNF98 DNA binding domain (this publication); KRAB domain and 13 C2H2 zinc finger motifs [UniProt]
ALG1L ALG1, chitobiosyldiphosphodolichol beta-mannosyltransferase like Unknown Pollen, Miller Hominini Unknown
CBWD2 COBW domain containing 2 Unknown Pollen, Miller Hominini CobW domain, ATP binding sites [UniProt]
TMEM133 Transmembrane protein 133 Unknown Fietz, Miller, Johnson Hominini Intronless gene [RefSeq]; transmembrane protein without signal peptide and two predicted transmembrane domains (Protter)
HHLA3 HERV-H LTR-associating 3 Unknown Fietz, Pollen Homininae Unknown
TMEM99 Transmembrane protein 99 Unknown Fietz, Miller Hominidae Transmembrane protein with signal peptide and three transmembrane domains [UniProt, Protter]
ZNF90 Zinc finger protein 90 Unknown Florio, Pollen Hominidae KRAB domain and 15 C2H2 zinc finger motifs [UniProt]
CCDC74B Coiled-coil domain containing 74B Unknown Fietz, Pollen, Miller, Johnson Hominoidae Coiled-coil motif [UniProt]
C9orf47 Chromosome nine open reading frame 47 Unknown Fietz, Miller, Johnson Hominoidae Signal peptide [UniProt, Protter]
GLUD2 Glutamate Dehydrogenase 2 Localized to the mitochondrion, homohexamer, recycles glutamate during neurotransmission and catalyzes the reversible oxidative deamination of glutamate to alpha-ketoglutarate [RefSeq] Miller, Johnson Hominoidae Arose by retroposition (intronless) (this publication)
PTTG2 Pituitary tumor-transforming 2 Unknown Fietz, Miller Hominoidae Arose by retroposition; reading frame remained open only in apes (this publication); destruction box, SH3 binding domain [UniProt]
APOL2 Apolipoprotein L2 Is found in the cytoplasm, where it may affect the movement of lipids or allow the binding of lipids to organelles [RefSeq] Florio, Fietz, Pollen, Johnson Catarrhini Signal peptide [UniProt, Protter]
APOL4 Apolipoprotein L4 May play a role in lipid exchange and transport throughout the body, as well as in reverse cholesterol transport from peripheral cells to the liver [RefSeq] Fietz, Miller Catarrhini Signal peptide [UniProt, Protter]
BTN3A2 Butyrophilin subfamily three member A2 Immunoglobulin superfamily, may be involved in the adaptive immune response [RefSeq] Fietz, Pollen, Miller Catarrhini Signal peptide, Ig-like V-type domain, coiled coil motif, one transmembrane domain [UniProt, Protter]
BTN3A3 Butyrophilin Subfamily 3 Member A3 Major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-associated gene Fietz, Miller Catarrhini Arose by triplication duplication: BTN3A1 is likely the ancestral gene, BTN3A1 duplicated once and this 'copy' duplicated to BTN3A2 and BTN3A3. This triplication happened in the human-rhesus ancestor since marmoset has only a single gene (this publication); type I membrane protein with two extracellular immunoglobulin (Ig) domains and an intracellular B30.2 (PRYSPRY) domain [UniProt]
MICA MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence A Is a ligand for the NKG2-D type II integral membrane protein receptor; functions as a stress-induced antigen that is broadly recognized by intestinal epithelial gamma delta T cells; variations have been associated with susceptibility to psoriasis one and psoriatic arthritis [RefSeq] Florio, Fietz, Miller Catarrhini Signal peptide, Ig-like C1-type domain, one transmembrane domain [UniProt, Protter]
MT1M Metallothionein 1M Unknown Miller, Johnson Catarrhini Two metal-binding domains [UniProt]
SLFN13 Schlafen Family Member 13 Unknown Florio, Johnson Catarrhini Unknown
ZNF100 Zinc finger protein 100 Unknown Fietz, Pollen Catarrhini KRAB domain and 12 C2H2 zinc finger motifs [UniProt]
ZNF222 Zinc Finger Protein 222 Unknown Pollen, Miller Catarrhini KRAB domain and 10 C2H2 zinc finger motifs [UniProt]
ZNF43 Zinc finger protein 43 Unknown Fietz, Pollen Catarrhini KRAB domain and 22 C2H2 zinc finger motifs [UniProt]
ZNF695 Zinc finger protein 695 Unknown Florio, Fietz, Miller Catarrhini KRAB domain and 13 C2H2 zinc finger motifs [UniProt]
ZNF724 Zinc finger protein 724 Unknown Florio, Fietz, Pollen Catarrhini KRAB domain and 16 C2H2 zinc finger motifs [UniProt]
ZNF726 Zinc finger protein 726 Unknown Florio, Fietz Catarrhini KRAB domain and 20 C2H2 zinc finger motifs [UniProt]
ZNF730 Zinc finger protein 730 Unknown Fietz, Johnson Catarrhini KRAB domain and 12 C2H2 zinc finger motifs [UniProt]
ZNF732 Zinc finger protein 732 Unknown Florio, Pollen Catarrhini KRAB domain and 16 C2H2 zinc finger motifs [UniProt]
ZNF816 Zinc finger protein 816 Unknown Florio, Fietz, Pollen, Miller Catarrhini KRAB domain and 15 C2H2 zinc finger motifs [UniProt]
ZNF93 Zinc finger protein 93 Unknown Pollen, Miller Catarrhini KRAB domain and 17 C2H2 zinc finger motifs [UniProt]
HEPN1 Hepatocellular carcinoma, down-regulated 1 Transient expression of this gene significantly inhibits cell growth and suggests a role in apoptosis; downregulated or lost in hepatocellular carcinomas [RefSeq] Florio, Fietz, Miller Simiiformes Expressed in the liver; encodes a short peptide, predominantly localized to the cytoplasm [RefSeq]
KIF4B Kinesin family member 4B A microtubule-based motor protein that plays vital roles in anaphase spindle dynamics and cytokinesis [RefSeq] Fietz, Pollen Simiiformes Intronless retrocopy of kinesin family member 4A [RefSeq]; kinesin motor domain, ATP binding site, coiled coil, nuclear localization signal, PRC1 interaction domain [UniProt]
ZNF20 Zinc finger protein 20 Unknown Fietz, Miller Simiiformes KRAB domain and 15 C2H2 zinc finger motifs [UniProt]
ZNF680 Zinc finger protein 680 Unknown Florio, Pollen Simiiformes KRAB domain and 12 C2H2 zinc finger motifs [UniProt]
ZNF718 Zinc finger protein 718 Unknown Fietz, Pollen Simiiformes KRAB domain and 11 C2H2 zinc finger motifs [UniProt]
ZNF788 Zinc finger family member 788 Unknown Fietz, Pollen Simiiformes No KRAB domain, 17 C2H2 zinc finger motifs [UniProt]
MT1E Metallothionein 1E Unknown Pollen, Miller Haplorrhini Two metal-binding domains [UniProt]
TNFRSF10D TNF receptor superfamily member 10d Does not induce apoptosis and has been shown to play an inhibitory role in TRAIL-induced cell apoptosis. [RefSeq] Florio, Fietz Haplorrhini Signal peptide, TRAIL-binding domain, one transmembrane domain, truncated death domain [UniProt, Protter]