GZMB

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GZMB
Protein GZMB PDB 1fq3.png
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases GZMB , CCPI, CGL-1, CGL1, CSP-B, CSPB, CTLA1, CTSGL1, HLP, SECT, granzyme B, C11
External IDs OMIM: 123910; MGI: 109267; HomoloGene: 108184; GeneCards: GZMB; OMA:GZMB - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_004131
NM_001346011

NM_013542

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001332940
NP_004122

NP_038570

Location (UCSC) Chr 14: 24.63 – 24.63 Mb Chr 14: 56.5 – 56.5 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
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Granzyme B is a serine protease that in humans is encoded by the GZMB gene. [5] Granzyme B is expressed by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) and natural killer (NK) cells.

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CTL and NK cells share the remarkable ability to recognize specific infected target cells. They are thought to protect their host by inducing apoptosis of cells that bear on their surface 'nonself' antigens, usually peptides or proteins resulting from infection by intracellular pathogens. The protein encoded by this gene is crucial for the rapid induction of target cell apoptosis by CTL in cell-mediated immune response. [6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000100453 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000015437 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. Dahl CA, Bach FH, Chan W, Huebner K, Russo G, Croce CM, Herfurth T, Cairns JS (May 1990). "Isolation of a cDNA clone encoding a novel form of granzyme B from human NK cells and mapping to chromosome 14". Hum Genet. 84 (5): 465–70. doi:10.1007/bf00195821. PMID   2323780. S2CID   22245529.
  6. "Entrez Gene: GZMB granzyme B (granzyme 2, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated serine esterase 1)".

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