Calpain-9

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CAPN9
Protein CAPN9 PDB 1ziv.png
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
Aliases CAPN9 , GC36, nCL-4, calpain 9
External IDs OMIM: 606401; MGI: 1920897; HomoloGene: 38208; GeneCards: CAPN9; OMA:CAPN9 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_006615
NM_016452
NM_001319676

NM_023709

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001306605
NP_006606
NP_057536

NP_076198

Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 230.75 – 230.8 Mb Chr 8: 125.3 – 125.35 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
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Calpain-9 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CAPN9 gene. [5] [6] [7]

Contents

Calpains are ubiquitous, well-conserved family of calcium-dependent, cysteine proteases. The calpain proteins are heterodimers consisting of an invariant small subunit and variable large subunits. The large subunit possesses a cysteine protease domain, and both subunits possess calcium-binding domains. Calpains have been implicated in neurodegenerative processes, as their activation can be triggered by calcium influx and oxidative stress. The protein encoded by this gene is expressed predominantly in stomach and small intestine and may have specialized functions in the digestive tract. This gene is thought to be associated with gastric cancer. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000135773 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000031981 Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Lee HJ, Sorimachi H, Jeong SY, Ishiura S, Suzuki K (May 1998). "Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel tissue-specific calpain predominantly expressed in the digestive tract". Biol Chem. 379 (2): 175–184. doi:10.1515/bchm.1998.379.2.175. PMID   9524069. S2CID   37483841.
  6. Yoshikawa Y, Mukai H, Hino F, Asada K, Kato I (Jul 2000). "Isolation of two novel genes, down-regulated in gastric cancer". Jpn J Cancer Res. 91 (5): 459–63. doi:10.1111/j.1349-7006.2000.tb00967.x. PMC   5926377 . PMID   10835488.
  7. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: CAPN9 calpain 9".

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