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Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD)
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authored
[InstanceEdit:927774] May, B, 2010-08-06
compartment
[Compartment:70101] cytosol
created
[InstanceEdit:927892] May, B, 2010-08-10
dbId
927802
displayName
Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD)
edited
[InstanceEdit:927774] May, B, 2010-08-06
eventOf
[TopLevelPathway:R-HSA-8953854] Metabolism of RNA - Homo sapiens
goBiologicalProcess
[GO_BiologicalProcess:21780] nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, nonsense-mediated decay
hasDiagram
true
hasEHLD
false
hasEvent
[Pathway:R-HSA-975957] Nonsense Mediated Decay (NMD) enhanced by the Exon Junction Complex (EJC) - Homo sapiens
[Pathway:R-HSA-975956] Nonsense Mediated Decay (NMD) independent of the Exon Junction Complex (EJC) - Homo sapiens
isInDisease
false
isInferred
false
lastUpdatedDate
2017-12-18
literatureReference
[LiteratureReference:975936] Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in human cells: mechanistic insights, functions beyond quality control and the double-life of NMD factors
[LiteratureReference:975935] Execution of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay: what defines a substrate?
[LiteratureReference:975938] mRNA quality control: an ancient machinery recognizes and degrades mRNAs with nonsense codons
[LiteratureReference:975933] The nonsense-mediated decay RNA surveillance pathway
[LiteratureReference:975934] Quality control of eukaryotic mRNA: safeguarding cells from abnormal mRNA function
[LiteratureReference:1295735] The meaning of nonsense
[LiteratureReference:1295718] NMD: multitasking between mRNA surveillance and modulation of gene expression
[LiteratureReference:1295734] NMD: RNA biology meets human genetic medicine
[LiteratureReference:1295721] SnapShot: Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay
maxDepth
3
modified
[InstanceEdit:11108703] Weiser, Joel, 2026-03-16
name
Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD)
orthologousEvent
[Pathway:R-PFA-927802] Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD) - Plasmodium falciparum
[Pathway:R-SCE-927802] Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD) - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
[Pathway:R-SPO-927802] Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD) - Schizosaccharomyces pombe
[Pathway:R-DDI-927802] Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD) - Dictyostelium discoideum
[Pathway:R-CEL-927802] Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD) - Caenorhabditis elegans
[Pathway:R-DME-927802] Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD) - Drosophila melanogaster
[Pathway:R-GGA-927802] Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD) - Gallus gallus
[Pathway:R-XTR-927802] Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD) - Xenopus tropicalis
[Pathway:R-DRE-927802] Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD) - Danio rerio
[Pathway:R-SSC-927802] Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD) - Sus scrofa
[Pathway:R-BTA-927802] Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD) - Bos taurus
[Pathway:R-CFA-927802] Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD) - Canis familiaris
[Pathway:R-RNO-927802] Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD) - Rattus norvegicus
[Pathway:R-MMU-927802] Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD) - Mus musculus
releaseDate
2011-06-14
reviewStatus
[ReviewStatus:9821382] five stars
reviewed
[InstanceEdit:1296158] Neu-Yilik, G, 2011-05-19
schemaClass
Pathway
species
[Species:48887] Homo sapiens
stId
R-HSA-927802
summation
[Summation:927821] The Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD) pathway activates the dest...
updateTrackers
[UpdateTracker:9782724] Update Tracker - [Pathway:927802] Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD) - v58:[updateIndirectRLE]
[UpdateTracker:9780202] Update Tracker - [Pathway:927802] Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD) - v63:[updateIndirectRLE]
Referrals
(updatedInstance)
[UpdateTracker:9782724] Update Tracker - [Pathway:927802] Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD) - v58:[updateIndirectRLE]
[UpdateTracker:9780202] Update Tracker - [Pathway:927802] Nonsense-Mediated Decay (NMD) - v63:[updateIndirectRLE]
(hasEvent)
[TopLevelPathway:R-HSA-8953854] Metabolism of RNA
(hasEncapsulatedEvent)
[Pathway:R-HSA-376176] Signaling by ROBO receptors
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