Grancalcin

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GCA
Protein GCA PDB 1f4o.png
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases GCA , GCL, grancalcin
External IDs OMIM: 607030; MGI: 1918521; HomoloGene: 22702; GeneCards: GCA; OMA:GCA - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
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UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_145523

RefSeq (protein)

NP_663498

Location (UCSC) Chr 2: 162.32 – 162.37 Mb Chr 2: 62.49 – 62.52 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
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Grancalcin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GCA gene. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Contents

This gene product, grancalcin, is a calcium-binding protein abundant in neutrophils and macrophages. It belongs to the penta-EF-hand subfamily of proteins which includes sorcin, calpain, and ALG-2. Grancalcin localization is dependent upon calcium and magnesium. In the absence of divalent cation, grancalcin localizes to the cytosolic fraction; with magnesium alone, it partitions with the granule fraction; and in the presence of magnesium and calcium, it associates with both the granule and membrane fractions, suggesting a role for grancalcin in granule-membrane fusion and degranulation. [8]

Interactions

GCA (gene) has been shown to interact with SRI. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000115271 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000026893 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. Boyhan A, Casimir CM, French JK, Teahan CG, Segal AW (Mar 1992). "Molecular cloning and characterization of grancalcin, a novel EF-hand calcium-binding protein abundant in neutrophils and monocytes". J Biol Chem. 267 (5): 2928–33. doi: 10.1016/S0021-9258(19)50675-5 . PMID   1737748.
  6. Teahan CG, Totty NF, Segal AW (Oct 1992). "Isolation and characterization of grancalcin, a novel 28 kDa EF-hand calcium-binding protein from human neutrophils". Biochem J. 286. ( Pt 2) (2): 549–54. doi:10.1042/bj2860549. PMC   1132932 . PMID   1530588.
  7. 1 2 Hansen C, Tarabykina S, la Cour JM, Lollike K, Berchtold MW (Jun 2003). "The PEF family proteins sorcin and grancalcin interact in vivo and in vitro". FEBS Lett. 545 (2–3): 151–4. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(03)00518-0. PMID   12804766. S2CID   42572647.
  8. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: GCA grancalcin, EF-hand calcium binding protein".

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